So here is what I want to accomplish. This is important to me, and I imagine some others are in the same boat.
I previously had a Mac Pro with a 23" cinema display. I ran that through a DVI KVM switch, which was also connected to a 15" MBP. In this way, I ran the MBP with the lid closed, and was able to share a mouse and keyboard with the Mac Pro. A switch of a button changed what I was working on. For reasons that would bore you, I got rid of the Mac Pro and 23" CD in favor of a 27" iMac. I now want to use the iMac's screen as an external monitor to the MBP, and again, share a keyboard. The screen switching works great, but the keyboard plugged in to the iMac, or connected via bluetooth, to the iMac is rendered useless when the MBP takes over. So, as it stands, I either need a keyboard for each computer (not practical), or use the MBP with the lid open (also something I do not want). So far I've been able to mange with one bluetooth keyboard, but there is a dance of initiating the external display (MBP into iMac), then turning off bluetooth on the iMac, then turning it on on the MBP, etc. To got back to the iMac, I do the steps in reverse. I'm wondering if some sort of combination of growl, scripting, ssh, whatever, can allow me to live the dream; share one keyboard between MBP and iMac, run the MBP with the lid closed, and switch between them without too much fuss. Any ideas? Maybe Growl isn't the right approach, but I'm not super familiar with it and it seemed like it might do some of what I need. Thanks, keytohwy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
