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#DVI KVM SWITCH FOR MAC HOW TO#
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What does a KVM Switch do and what is it used for? Some KVM switches are designed to connect to up to thousands of servers and users and are even plug-and-play, so you can add or disconnect users and servers almost as quickly as you can plug and unplug cables.

USB-C to USB 3.KVM switches are devices that provide a single user or multiple users with reliable access to multiple computers including multiple video channels and a mix of USB peripherals.

USB-C to HDMI adapter - plug one end of this into your Macbook Air and the other end into the KVM.

To connect the Macbook Air to the KVM, you could use:

DVI-D and HDMI video signals are electrically compatible, they're just different connectors, so you can use DVI-D and HDMI equipment together with cheap dumb adapters

DVI to HDMI cable - use this to connect the KVM to your monitor.

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USB/HDMI KVM - this is way more KVM than you need, but it's also insanely cheap and you're not going to find a good one for less I own this and it is great, and it leaves you room to upgrade to a much nicer monitor in the future - plug your keyboard and monitor into this.Posted by pharm at 10:14 AM on August 30, 2019 Or find an unpowered one & keep powering your laptop with the existing charger. There seem to be various options on Amazon: this thing for instance (not an endorsement - I’ve not tried any of them). If you plug that into your laptop it should give you the sockets you need. What you need is one of the Thunderbolt USB-C hub things that offers both a Displayport socket (or HDMI) /and/ USB sockets. (Possibly just the former & the HDMI cables then convert Displayport to HDMI after the fact, I forget which).Īt least one (possibly both?) of the USB-C ports on the Air will be a Thunderbolt port which supports Alternate mode.

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You can’t tunnel from USB -> Displayport via an ordinary USB hub: USB-C to Displayport (or HDMI) cables are actually active cables that negotiate with the USB-C chip on your PC / laptop to put the socket in "Alternate mode" after which it acts as a direct Displayport or HDMI connection.

#DVI KVM SWITCH FOR MAC HOW TO#

Your plan will not work, unless the hub you buy is actually a Thunderbolt docking station that knows how to negotiate Thunderbolt Alternate mode. unless there's a KVM that doubles as a USB audio sink and can output analog audio via a 1/8th" cable? That would be sweet! posted by rouftop to Computers & Internet (10 answers total) currently there are speakers plugged in via the 1/8" jack of the mini I suspect I'd just have have an additional cable go to the macbook air's audio out jack. OK, seriously, is that the best I can do? Would that even work? Or is there a better way to do this? I would love to get this down to the bare minimum number of things, and would pay a little more to get a KVM that can support my shenanigans.īonus points for audio support. Nothing can possibly go wrong with this plan.

Plug keyboard, mouse, and monitor (via mini-displayport-to-DVI adapter) into KVM.

Buy a straight mini-displayport cable and connect that from Mini to the KVM, and an additional USB-A->USB-B cable to get USB from the Mini to the KVM.

Buy a USB-C->USB-B cable to connect the USB-C hub to the KVM to support the keyboard & mouse.

Buy a USB-C to mini-displayport adapter and use that to connect the USB-C hub to the KVM's displayport input.

use the two macbook ports: one to power, one to the USB-C hub.

Get a KVM that supports USB 3.0 connections from two computers (I expect this is USB-B ports) and mini-displayport from two computers, with mini-displayport out and USB-A ports to connect to devices.

My suspicion is that it's going to be impossible to find a KVM that can switch between a mini-displayport input and a USB-C input. I think the hard bit is going to be the video.

One of these ports is used to power the thing, and using it unpowered is not preferred. The Macbook Air has exactly two USB-C ports and nothing more.The adapter works fine and I suspect will be a part of the solution. Currently the monitor is directly connected to the Mini via a DVI-to-mini-displayport(?) adapter.The monitor is ancient but serviceable.I'm flummoxed by the choices and expect there's going to be some Frankenstein adapters involved.