KVM is an acronym for Keyboard, Video, Mouse. It describes a hardware product that allow a keyboard, video display, and mouse to be used by more than one computer, by using a switch to choose the focused computer.
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Wireless display from one laptop to another
Here is my setup:
macbook pro retina physically connected to 2 external monitors, and keyboard+mouse.
17 macbook on its own
What I want to do:
I'd like to somehow use one of the external monitors ...
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Using a KVM with an iMac and an external monitor
Can I use an iMac (the mid-2010 21" model, to be exact) with a KVM, by sharing an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor with the iMac and another PC?
I know I can't use the iMac monitor as a shared ...
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What technical requirements need to be satisfied by a DVI KVM for these two Macs?
I have a Mac Pro (2008 eight core 2.8 GHz), a MacBook Air (mid-2011 Core i5 1.7 GHz), and a 30" Apple cinema display (maximum resolution 2560x1600). I have a mini displayport to dual-link DVI adapter ...
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software kvm for osx / windows
I have a dell 27" monitor with the dvi input connected to my windows machine and the display port connected to my macbook air. I can change the input manually but it's fairly tedious.
I'm looking ...
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No Scroll Lock on Apple Keyboard
My StarTech sv215micusba KVM requires that I use Scroll Lock, Scroll Lock, Enter, but my Apple keyboard doesn't have a Scroll Lock key. I found this reference:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1216
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How can I operate 2 XServes and 2 iMacs from 1 keyboard and 1 mouse (both bluetooth)?
I have 2 Xserves and 2 iMacs. I would like to control them with 1 Apple wireless keyboard and one Apple Magic Mouse.
I have seen a device from IOGear a Bluetooth 2.1 USB Micro Adapter, which made ...
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How can I make a keyboard configuration become default when I hook it up?
At work, I have a MacBook Pro and a RHEL workstation that share a HP keyboard and mouse via a KVM switch. I do most of my work on the Mac so I prefer to change the modifier keys so they command and ...
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OSX does not recognize the Scroll Lock key on my external USB Keyboard
I am trying to share my monitor and keyboard/mouse between my PC (Windows 7) and Macbook Pro (1,1 - 2006, Snow Leopard) using a basic KVM switch (Trendnet TK207).
By hitting Scroll Lock twice the KVM ...
