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Physical Thunderbolt 2 KVM switch?

I am sharing an Apple Thunderbolt display between a 2003 Mac Pro and an M2 Studio. It all works fine with the relevant Thunderbolt 2 to 3 adaptor, an HDMI dongle for the Mac Pro and MacOS's screen sharing.


However, I am getting sick of switching screens in software, and wondered whether there might be physical switch that would allow instant screen swaps. Searching on line got my into a whole world of pain with anything that looked as if it might work costing many hundreds and being vastly too complex.


Is there a simple solution, or should I just stick with screen sharing?

Mac Studio, macOS 13.6

Posted on Apr 2, 2025 4:32 AM

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User profile for user: Steve Rickaby
Steve Rickaby Author
User level: Level 1
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Apr 3, 2025 11:05 AM in response to tbirdvet

The only product that seems relevant there is USD600, and discontinued. Also – although I forgot to mention this, my bad – I'm in the UK.


I don't really understand why so much complexity is required, when physically unplugging the TB lead from one computer and plugging it into the other works. I just need a hardware version of that.

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