I'm looking to turn my new macbook pro into an external mimic monitor for my new imac. ...like, so that I can move my mouse from the imac screen to the pro's screen. How do i do it? Is it possible to do it wireless??
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how do I turn my macbook pro into an extra monitor for my imac?
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MasterNile
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TuffLuffJimmy
macrumors G3
wrong. with a little fancy work you can do this with a VNC client. Like screen recycler as another poster suggested.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
I really should have posted an "In before VNC magic." in my original post.
How many of the users here can do that?
TuffLuffJimmy
macrumors G3
quite a few I'd imagine, and anyone who can't can easily use screen recycler.
So what point are you trying to make?
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
okay, i guess Ill try the recycler thing, but the main reason Im using it is bc I play WoW and 90% of the time, i need the internet open half the time too, so with this I can have WoW full screened and then have the internet without having to lean completely out of the way when i can just do it with my mouse....saying sounds extremely lazy of me, but o well...
defender
macrumors member
You could do this using synergy to share your mouse and keyboard with the 2 computers. Synergy is free.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
BlackMax
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mcpryon2
macrumors 6502a
Wow, that's a lot of playing. I have to admit, though, when I'd be playing for 16-18 hours a day back in the SWG days I'd want the internet open for something to do, too.
BlueRevolution
macrumors 603
You won't be able to do this with WoW. When you play a game fullscreen, you can't mouse out of it. I believe WoW blanks my second monitor out entirely. I suggest playing it in a window.
Screen Recycler is still worth the money, though. The extra screen real estate is awfully nice.
Screen Recycler is still worth the money, though. The extra screen real estate is awfully nice.
mmm, just wondering. if u have an imac and a macbook, why not just play on the imac and use the internet on the macbook. why screen share?
edit: sorry, didn't see the part where u only want to use 1 mouse
edit: sorry, didn't see the part where u only want to use 1 mouse