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Use MacBook Pro as a External Monitor for a Mac Pro Tower ??

fab5freddy

fab5freddy

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Is is possible to use
MacBook Pro as a External Monitor for a Mac Pro Tower ??
If you have a DVI to DVI cable, then would it work connecting the 2
computers together ?
 
No. Not unless you wanted to rip apart your MBP and do some DIY magic that I could never fathom. Do you need a monitor?
 
oh wow, so i could access the Mac Pro's Data through my MacBook Pro ?

with a DVI cable connected to it ??

I just struck me, maybe i could connect my Mac Pro to my Macbook Pro
with the Firewire Cable and just boot from the Mac Pro Boot Drive ??

That might work.....? No ?
 
Nope, it won't work. The DVI ports are out only and other connections (FireWire or USB) are too slow to properly carry a display signal.

EDIT: Yes, you can access the files on your Mac Pro from your MacBook Pro, but not with a DVI cable, it can go over the network or you can connect with FireWire. Booting over FireWire might work, but it's quite a bit slower than the speed of an internal SATA hard drive.
 
Teleport will not do what you want but will do something that might solve your problem. It will allow you to use your same Mac Pro mouse and keyboard for both systems without a switch or any other hardware. The only drawback is that you can't drag a window from a screen of your Mac Pro to your Macbook Pro but you can drag files and copy and paste.

I really like the application and has solved a major problem for me. Its free but I have done my donation after using for a while.
 
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