Sharing multiple Monitors for Multiple Macs

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Sharing multiple Monitors for Multiple Macs

I have a work iMac that I have 2 external displays with he help of an adapter due to the older M Series only supporting one external Monitor. I am looking and downsizing my real estate in my office and was considering running my personal Mac from the same workspace.

Personal - Mac Studio with a Mac Studio Display.

Work - iMac with LG 4k & cheap nasty 3rd Display.

My goal is to use my Studio display with the LG as for work I need 3 screens, but then wanted to use the LG with my studio Mac to give me 2 but its not a game changer if a can not have 2 for personal Mac as I have lived without one up until now

I have attached an images of what I want to achieve is it possible?.

iMac (M1, 2021)

Posted on Jan 2, 2025 4:34 PM

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Jan 2, 2025 4:52 PM in response to hilyander

You are treating the required immense bandwidth to run a large display as trivial, something that can just be switched around on a whim.

NOTHING could be further from the truth.

If you want to several Big displays on different Macs, you will most likely be plugging and unplugging cables to get there.

in particular, the Apple studio display consumes the ENTIRE bandwidth of a Thunderbolt-3 connection. you can't combine that with anything and just flip a switch to send it somewhere else.

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