how to share keyboard, mouse and sound across macOS?

I have external keyboard, mouse and headset. 2 macbook and I want to share all this setup across 2 macbook. Universal control is fine to share keyboard and mouse but how about sound?

Posted on Jan 29, 2023 11:05 PM

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WheelieNick

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Jan 30, 2023 4:43 AM in response to lirkangel

You can try and airplay the sound from one MacBook to another, go to system settings>sound to set this up

lirkangel Author

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Jan 30, 2023 6:47 AM in response to WheelieNick

I tried, but if you airplay sound it turn off sharing keyboard and mouse

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