"Target Bluetooth mode" or something of that nature...

I'm looking at connecting the 27" iMac to my 13" MacBook and use the wireless keyboard & magic mouse on both systems;however i hear that even in Target DisplayMode the iMac is still functioning and I Presume that the Bluetooth is also still active.
So is there a way to do a switch where i can point the bluetooth device from the iMac to the MacBook while using the imac in Target Display Mode?
thanks!

I think that would be difficult to do in a convenient way.
The only way I can think of to conveniently switch over to the MacBook with your Bluetooth devices, is to use the +Screen Sharing+ feature to control the MacBook (from the iMac) over the network connection. If the iMac's display is connected to the MacBook using target display mode, you may be able to do screen sharing to that screen (while the iMac controls the display), and make it go full screen. Then give the Cmd-F2 command to switch the display over to MacBook's control. So the iMac would be showing the MacBook video input on the display directly, but you would be controlling the MacBook using Screen Sharing.
I have no idea if that would actually work, but it would be interesting to find out. If you have any questions about anything I typed in the previous paragraph, please post back. If you actually try it, I'd be interested in knowing the outcome.

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Hi -Justin!
Tiger is available for purchase at The Apple Store (U.S.).
If you know what you are lookng for, a Full Retail Version, of the Tiger Install DVD, can alsobe purchased rather inexpensively, at some online Apple retailers, Amazon, eBay, AppleRescue, FastMac, etc.
As already posted, be sure not to purchase grey, upgrade or machine specific CDs or DVDs.
The disc must look exactly like the images in the above links.
Additional info in these links.
Using OS X Install CDs/DVDs On Multiple Macs
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Software Update, Upgrade: What's The Difference?
Once Tiger 10.4.x is installed, you can use the PPC 10.4.8 Combo Update, to upgrade to the current version.
Shop Carefully, Examine All Documentation, And Good Luck!
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Hello Marcel,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14264
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I am hoping for some frank and practical advice from the Mac Gurus.
The background is that I am about a year and a half into a move to mac from a "PC" (really Windows XP on Boot Camp on my Mac Pro) and I now have both the MacPro running Snow Leopard and the MacBookPro running Snow Leopard.
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Also, I am now trying to make sure that I PLUGIN to Ethernet and TURN OFF the Wifi in order to make sure that I am moving data via Ethernet.
To be honest the decision to COPY data is a new one and I am not sure how effective this is going to be but I have been running into a lot of errors when I was force moving data. This always seemed to me to be a much "cleaner" way to do this since it meant I was not open to the possibility of making a mistake as to what had been moved already (in a hectic day or with a long time for a copy of data) and it also seemed to me to be a good check that everything had been copy-moved since the computer was deleting the originating folder, instead of my doing it manually.
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3. How do folks work in a large networked office with big amounts of data moving around? I mean, is my experience typical and if not, why am I having such difficulty with this?
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According to the TDM support page, this isn't possible. I tried it with a Mnidisplay port to minidisplay port cable without success. Its a shame that thunderbolt doesn't appear to be backwards compable as I could have achieved this with an older iMac.
Cheers

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
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