Two laptops - one mouse - one screen

i have two laptops, one is a powerbook, g4, the another one a mac book pro. i need to know how can i connect both laptops to the point that it will view just one screen and use just one mouse.

Take a look at buying a KVM switch. It's actually meant to control two computers with one set of keyboard monitor and mouse. However, this should allow you to connect your monitor to two computers. Look to buy one with a physical switch rather than a keyboard shortcut.

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Set System Preferences/Bluetooth to show Bluetooth in the menu bar. Then you can disconnect in the menu bar.

One person, one iPhone, one laptop. Two homes in two states, two external drives, two identical copies of my music library. Many headaches.

I feel like this question is asked endlessly on these boards, but somehow I still can't find a relevant answer... So, apologies for rehashing a variant of the same question!
I have one (ancient) MacBook Pro, and one (ancient) iPhone. I carry both back and forth between two states: the state where I work and the state where I live the rest of the time. My ancient MBP and my ancient iPhone are too small to carry my whole music collection (which is quite large—larger than a new phone or laptop would reasonably support, anyway). My mobile apps and my podcasts live on my laptop, but my music library lives on an external drive. I have two external drives now, one in each state where I live/work. I also have a copy of everything on my desktop machine at work, but I've given up long ago trying to sync to multiple computers. I'll settle for now for syncing to one computer (my MBP), which sometimes is connected to one copy of my library, and sometimes is connected to another copy of my library.
I know that I can make multiple iTunes libraries, with duplicate copies of my podcast subscriptions, my apps, and my playlists and music, and keep switching which one my phone is set to sync to (wiping it each time, and possibly losing some settings in the process?) But that's a pain in the neck. Plus, it's hard to keep my podcasts active in both libraries, because iTunes podcast subscriptions are like frail little tamagotchi critters that need constant love, nurturing, and encouragement, or else they wither and die.
Is there any way to have a single library, with my apps and podcasts on the laptop, which just happens to make use of the "local" copies of my music on whichever external drive happens to be attached?
Or do I need the google cloud + android if I want to unify my listening and syncing life?
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There are several reasons which may cause the backup to be full instead of incremental, such as source volume snapshot is deleted, from which the last backup was taken.
For more detailed information, please refer to the thread below:
control incremental vs full backup on W2k8 R2
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7820edc7-18ef-4f6e-bb50-f87f4a728597/control-incremental-vs-full-backup-on-w2k8-r2?forum=windowsbackup
There is a similar thread, please go through it to help troubleshoot this issue:
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bdb3c5ae-81dc-4f54-a39e-4b888ee52476/understanding-windows-small-business-server-2008-backup-full-and-incremental-with-2-backup
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I have two apple id's one from my old laptop and one from my iPhone. I saved my iTunes library to my external hard drive right before my old mac laptop died and then tried to transfer it to my new iMac. Now when I try to play my old music it skips like a scratched cd. Also, now I can't add any music to my iPhone unless it was purchased recently through itunes and downloaded through icloud. I tried to "Organize" my library in hopes of correcting the problem but my iMac just ejects my external harddrive part way through. Please help!

Ejects the harddrive?
Of what did your old Mac die?
It sounds to me like you have some file corruption somewhere. Either in the transfer of your library to the external or the external itself is flaky if it keeps ejecting.

Can I use two Time Capsules? one as an extension of my laptop (for music and video storage) and the other one to back up everything from the laptop and Time Capsule (for music and videos)

Can I use two Time Capsules? one as an extension of my laptop (for music and video storage) and the other one to back up everything from the laptop and Time Capsule (for music and videos)

Not via Time Machine. It cannot back up from a network location.
The 3rd-party apps CarbonCopyCloner and ChronoSync may be workable alternatives.
EDIT: And, if you're going to do that, you could back up from the Time Capsule to a USB drive connected to the TC's USB port. Second TC not required.
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I have two laptops authorized with the same itunes account. However, there are different playlists on each laptop. One laptop is messed up and I cannot get on the internet with it, so I was able to deauthorize it from the itunes account. I thought that would bring the playlists over to the other computer, but it did not. Is there a way to do it?

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http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/how-to-recover-a-lost-or-stolen-ipad/
How to Find a Stolen iPad
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Apple Product Lost or Stolen
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You can authorize to play his and your content but you are going to want to stay away from singing in and out each others Apple ID in the same iTunes library as that can lock out one of the Apple ID’s for 90 days. The best way to handle that is to create a separate user and have it just for his stuff and then use your user for just your iPhone.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
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Hello, I have two laptops - MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. I use the app store on my MacBook Pro frequently. I have recently purchased a MacBook Air. I logged in to the app store, using my apple id, on my new MacBook Air to install apps. However, when I search for an app it says installed (which is actually installed in my MacBook Pro). Is there a way to get around this? And install apps on a new Mac using the same apple id. All my products are linked to one apple id. Do I need to create a new apple id to install apps on a new laptop.
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I have an Intel based iMac that has just developed two small spots on the screen. One 1/8" circle at bottom and a tiny circle at top. The fading on and off light isn't working anymore either. Does anyone know anything about this?

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Questions on handling two table controls on one screen.

Can some people please share some technology tips on handling two table controls on one screen .
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Edited by: Rob Burbank on Dec 7, 2009 11:20 AM

hi
other Table is in Disable mode.
check that u have unticked the READ ONLY property of ur UI
also check if u have binded the ENABLE property of ur table UI to WDY_BOOLEAN in some method
and u r setting it to 'X'
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    DATA lo_el_cn_node TYPE REF TO if_wd_context_element.
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Can I load Premier Elements 12 on my two laptops or am I limited to one device?

Can I load Premier Elements onto my two laptops or am I limited to one device?

Trevorg
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I purchased an album years ago on itunes and now iv bought a new laptop and want to put all my purchased music onto it, however it says iv only bought two songs off the one album. i know iv bought the whole album because ive got it on my iphone.

i purchased an album years ago on itunes and now iv bought a new laptop and want to put all my purchased music onto it, however it says iv only bought two songs off the one album. i know iv bought the whole album because ive got it on my iphone. how do i retrieve the rest of the songs without paying for them again?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
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When I slide the mouse one way the screen gets huge. How do I bring it back down?

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