Pair Magic Keyboard or Magic Mouse 2 with Multiple Macs

Its worth noting there is a seamless solution that works for the magic keyboard and the magic trackpad 2, but not the magic mouse 2 *if* you have a usb docking station like yourself.

Just use the keyboard and trackpad in wired mode with the lightening to usb cable. Both should work happily if you leave them connected to the docking station, and they will have auto paired with the last Mac to connect to the docking station if you disconnect them.

Are these two peripherals unable to maintain pairing configurations to multiple Macs? I've read multiple write-ups on this site describing how to pair to multiple Macs using the Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse. It would be pretty disappointing if this feature was discarded. In fact, we'll return these peripherals if that's the case. We understand the devices will not connect concurrently to two Macs, and it would be nice if we didn't have to re-pair the devices via lightning connector each time we swapped the laptop being used in the office,

You CAN pair these two peripherals to multiple Macs. However, as you already know, they can't be connected at the same time to multiple Macs.

For example, I have the Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad 2. I turned off Bluetooth on a Mac Mini. I then paired the two devices to my Macbook Pro Retina using the Lightening cable. I disconnected the Lightening cable and Screen Shared to my Mac Mini, turned off Bluetooth on the Macbook Pro Retina and turned on Bluetooth on the Mac Mini. The two devices showed up immediately and I Connected each to the Mac Mini. Last, since I wanted to use the two devices with the Macbook Pro Retina, I turned on Bluetooth on the Retina, disconnected the two devices from the Mac Mini and reconnected them to the Retina. Both Macs have Bluetooth turned on and all I have to do is disconnect them from one Mac and connect them to the other to switch back and forth.

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There are some sites that have this application that you are looking for.

It may or may not work with your configuration.

I've had limited success. Was working with mouse only, then stopped.

http://teleport.en.softonic.com/mac

I am still looking for a good solution.

Tim

Teleport, as a poster mentioned above, is your friend. Get it from here: http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/ Legend has it that it was developed by someone from Apple! If it's two computers running Mavericks or above, use the latest version. If, like me, you're mixing PowerPC macs with Sierra macs, use 1.02 for Sierra.

If you're into hardware you can buy kvm switches, but if you can do it in software why bother!

I used to use teleport a lot. it's a great application but it's not exactly what one would be looking for in this thread.

The set up in my house is that I have a USB C dock connection to a monitor and I have a Logitech unifying usb plugged into the dock. That is the best solution that I can come up with so that when I plug into the dock with my 2016 macbook the keyboard and mouse immediately work. Likewise, when my wife plugs in her 2016 macbook pro she has the keyboard and mouse immediately work.

There is no seamless solution with the magic trackpad and keyboard that I can figure out. Which is sad because many bluetooth devices from Logitech and others have an easy switch button that will let you swap between up to 3 devices with ease. Sad that Apple can't make that happen with their "magic" stuff.

You can only pair with one device at a time. They are not multi-user devices. You can use them only on one computer at a time.