Thunderbolt 3 Sharing Switch? (For LG Ultrafine 5k and two Macs.)

[nothingtoseehere]

Hi everyone, I hope this question belongs here. I have the LG Ultrafine 5K and, since a few days, the M1 Mac mini
I still have my old 13" MBP early 2015 that I still use for Bootcamp with Windows; this machine had formerly been connected with the LG, of course delivering only 4K (TB3 to TB 2 adapter).

I really would like to use both machines with my LG Ultrafine. In former times, there were switches for sharing printers, or keyboards, such as https://www.ugreen.com/products/2-in-1-out-usb-2-0-sharing-switch

Does something similar exist for Thunderbolt 3? So that I could connect the monitor with the Thunderbolt Switch, and the switch with a) my M1 Mac mini and b) my MBP, and that I could press a button on the switch to decide which machine shall send informations to the monitor?

As I have hooked up my keyboard and my mouse with the LG display, this would also direct the input devices to the machine I intend to use at that very moment which would be very useful.

Of course, I can go to the back of the LG's panel and connect and disconnect every time I want to switch between the Macs. This is not only inconvenient, but above all the plug connection does not look very stable, so I would like to avoid doing this.

Any help very appreciated! 🙏

 

[CapoBella]

Hi everyone, I hope this question belongs here. I have the LG Ultrafine 5K and, since a few days, the M1 Mac mini
I still have my old 13" MBP early 2015 that I still use for Bootcamp with Windows; this machine had formerly been connected with the LG, of course delivering only 4K (TB3 to TB 2 adapter).

I really would like to use both machines with my LG Ultrafine. In former times, there were switches for sharing printers, or keyboards, such as https://www.ugreen.com/products/2-in-1-out-usb-2-0-sharing-switch

Does something similar exist for Thunderbolt 3? So that I could connect the monitor with the Thunderbolt Switch, and the switch with a) my M1 Mac mini and b) my MBP, and that I could press a button on the switch to decide which machine shall send informations to the monitor?

As I have hooked up my keyboard and my mouse with the LG display, this would also direct the input devices to the machine I intend to use at that very moment which would be very useful.

Of course, I can go to the back of the LG's panel and connect and disconnect every time I want to switch between the Macs. This is not only inconvenient, but above all the plug connection does not look very stable, so I would like to avoid doing this.

Any help very appreciated! 🙏

I have the same issue now that I purchased the LG 5K and I’m attempting to connect my two Mac mini‘s from 2018 that have thunderbolt three connectivity. There is only one type of input on the monitor but I need to connect two devices. Did you find any switch you’re looking for. Before I return an expensive monitor that can’t connect two devices but ironically the 24 inch at half the Price can

 

[BeatCrazy]

I need one of these, too.

 

[nothingtoseehere]

I have the same issue now that I purchased the LG 5K and I’m attempting to connect my two Mac mini‘s from 2018 that have thunderbolt three connectivity. There is only one type of input on the monitor but I need to connect two devices. Did you find any switch you’re looking for. Before I return an expensive monitor that can’t connect two devices but ironically the 24 inch at half the Price can

Alas, no, nothing so far.