Use MacBook as keyboard for PC

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Use MacBook as keyboard for PC

Hey,

I use a MacBook and a PC, often simultaneously. Now I find it really annoying to have the keyboard of my PC in front of my MacBook.

So I was wondering if there was a way to use my built-in MacBook keyboard to control my PC?

Is there a way to route the "keyboard-signal" out of my MacBook?

I ask this because currently I have a USB Hub/Switch with a mouse and an external keyboard connected. This switch allows me to quickly change which computer I'm working on. Now if I could remove the externe keyboard with the signal of my MacBook keyboard, that would be so awesome..

Any help?

Kind regards!

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 12:13 PM

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smizzlov Author

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Jan 9, 2012 3:29 PM in response to noondaywitch

Actually there is. I tried synergy and it's working perfectly. It's an open source software that allows me to use my built-in MacBook keyboard to operate my PC and also to move my mouse over from my MacBook to my PC monitor.

With all due respect, but next time rather say nothing instead of "there isn't a solution", because if I wasn't so stubborn I might have given up.

Greetz

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Jan 9, 2012 12:41 PM in response to smizzlov

Not possible. You could get a KVM switch and use your macbook and PC with a single keyboard, monitor and mouse, but you wouldn't be able to use the macbook keyboard, it would have to be usb.

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Jan 9, 2012 2:14 PM in response to smizzlov

Sorry, but there isn't.

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smizzlov Author

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Jan 9, 2012 12:48 PM in response to Andrew Wolczyk

I don't need a KVM switch. My mouse and keyboard can be switched between MacBook and PC with my USB Hub/Switch. My monitor can also be switched with the built-in input source menu.

There has to be a way to control my PC with my built-in MacBook keyboard.

Someone be creative! 😝

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