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This would be less expensive
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if both are on the LAN, connect and share screen will get you there.
I do this with an '18 mini and a MP3,1 and one monitor with a DVI and a DP input. Mine are on a
5 port unmanaged switch like this.
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I think I'll try VNC for a while and see how it goes
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It may not make any difference, but using Screen Sharing means no audio from the 'other computer' is heard on the dom computer.
I use it for moving files from my MBA to my mini (2012), and because they're both in different rooms.
If your computers are next to each other or you can easily see/switch your monitor between them (dual input monitor) and you do this a lot, then Screen Sharing may not be the way to go.
That $36 box will be a lot more efficient and fluid than Screen Share.
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true, no audio. It is possible using the LAN and AULabs or AVB with some later Macs. But the MP3,1 doesn't support AVB.
Only Tbolt Macs.
Which is why I need to get a toslink to connect the MP3,1 to my Apollo I/O.
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I have a 2-port IOgear HDMI KVM connecting two Minis to a monitor and keyboard. It works well but costs about $100.