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I am musician and have several USB controllers that I would like to share between my Mac pro and my Macbook Pro. (drum pad, keyboard controller,USB midi interface etc.) I have seen several switches offered on the net, however they all seem to be for PC from what I have found really.
Belkin 7-Port Desktop USB Hub (F4U017) was recommended but the language in the the description does not mirror the same types of functions I am seeing mentioned in units made specifically for the PC. (ie "share USB devices between 2 computers.") Did I taint my mind by looking at the PC items first? Is it really as easy as to plug two Macs into the same USB hub and share their devices? Does anyone have a working solution they are using for this type of situation? How do you do it?
If I could share 7 USB devices between the two systems, I think I would be just this side close to Heaven in ease!
thank you!
Cheers,
Marty

Thank you for the lead Direwolf, it felt like there might be a little more to it than just connecting to a hub. I just converted from PC about 8 months ago. Loving my macs!! A KVM switch I had not thought of that. I will look into. I read the wiki page and it seems like a kvm would replace the screen sharing feature the two machines can now use easy enough, only without using the cpu overhead to do it??? (i think is what I understood)
Does anyone have a model they are using and can recommend? (it's a jungle +out there+) I just did a quick search and found mostly kvm switches with 2-ports USB,. ... looking for seven, come on lucky seven! lol!
I will keep looking. In the mean time if readers have additional ideas, I will be very grateful! Cheers!

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