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halleleah
Aug 28, 2010, 01:17 AM
Traveling light... Is it possible to connect a Macbook Pro to a Mac Pro and use the Macbook Pro keyboard/display/USB ports with the Mac Pro running the apps and doing the processing? :confused:

I'm hoping the MacBook Pro can be used as my external monitor and keyboard.

Thanks for any help and suggestions!


indiochano
Aug 28, 2010, 01:35 AM
why would you ever use a macbook pro as a monitor??????????????
CaoCao
Aug 28, 2010, 02:07 AM
Traveling light... Is it possible to connect a Macbook Pro to a Mac Pro and use the Macbook Pro keyboard/display/USB ports with the Mac Pro running the apps and doing the processing? :confused:

I'm hoping the MacBook Pro can be used as my external monitor and keyboard.

Thanks for any help and suggestions!

Hypothetically yes, but it would destroy the MBP's ability to be a computer
spinnerlys
Aug 28, 2010, 02:08 AM
ScreenRecycler (http://www.screenrecycler.com/ScreenRecycler.html)

TelePort (http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/)
halleleah
Aug 28, 2010, 01:11 PM
Hypothetically yes, but it would destroy the MBP's ability to be a computer

I definitely don't want to do that! :eek:
halleleah
Aug 28, 2010, 01:14 PM
why would you ever use a macbook pro as a monitor??????????????

I need the Mac Pro for audio recording and was hoping to be able to use the MacBook Pro as the display instead of having to bring one on the trip. :)
halleleah
Aug 28, 2010, 01:16 PM
ScreenRecycler (http://www.screenrecycler.com/ScreenRecycler.html)

TelePort (http://abyssoft.com/software/teleport/)

I still need the MacBook Pro to function as a standalone when it's not connected to the Mac Pro so I don't think these will work. :( Thanks very much though!
megamanbnmaster
Aug 28, 2010, 01:19 PM
have you tried VNC?

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071023174751182
advres
Aug 28, 2010, 01:19 PM
When you get to where you are going, go to walmart or some other big chain store, buy a monitor, use it and return it when you are done. I have had to do this to capture DV footage since I don't have a DV camera. Works like a charm!
Ryan P
Aug 29, 2010, 11:52 AM
One slightly different option some members may not be aware of, which I LOVE is Synergy.

It's a cross platform open source software, that has a new GUI interface for OS X. It lets you share a keyboard/mouse across computers, so that you can have a mouse roam from your windows box, to your MacBook, to your Macbook Pro and back. It can be a huge productivity boost. You can even do copy and paste across systems.

You need atleast 1 display for each system though....so probably not overly help to the OP..unless you can find a small LCD to tag along with you.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergykm/