New Thunderbolt display w/Mini & MBP???

[applemike68]

Hi all,

I currently have a mac mini and will soon purchase a MBP and Thunderbolt display. My question is, if the mini is connected to the thunderbolt display and hardly ever turned off and I want to hook up the MBP to the thunderbolt at the same time, how does this work? Will it ask me if I want to view the mini or the MBP or will I have to turn off one of the computers. Thanks,

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You pull the Thunderbolt plug (coming from the display and going into the Mac mini) from the Mac mini and put it into the Thunderbolt port of the MBP.

 

[martinm0]

The monitor does not support more than one computer being connected to it at a time due to the one Thunderbolt cable. So, as mentioned by the OP, you'll have to disconnect and reconnect.

You should just plan to use Screen Sharing (System Preferences->Sharing->Screen Sharing) from the mini to the MBP so that you can access and control the MBP from the mini/TBD. Granted you won't have it as a secondary monitor for the MBP, but my hunch was that you only wanted to use the MBP with the TBD in single monitor mode.