One Workstation two MacBooks

[Jigga Beef]

How do you handle using a single “work area” with two different MacBook pros. I just replaced my work machine so I am retiring my 2019 MBP to be used as a personal machine.



I have a thunderbolt dock, 2 monitors, Bluetooth keyboard & mouse connected via a single TB cable.



Obviously, I don’t intend on using them all at once but only when one of the machines is plugged in.



The only real hurdle I can see is using the same keyboard + trackpad since it will be a BT connection to both machines. I don’t want to be typing on the active machine and have the machine that is not in use register the keystrokes.




am I overthinking this?

 

[ondioline]

Universal control

 

[dallegre]

Universal control could be the way, I'm not totally up to speed on how that will work. Another option is using a keyboard/mouse that supports device switching. I use a Nuphy Air 75 keyboard and Logitech M590 mouse to switch between my work Windows machine and personal Macbook.

 

[stevemiller]

Using universal control between my 2018 and 2021 MacBook pros and it works really well. Drag and drop files is seamless too!