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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1939426" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Does the monitor have more than one HDMI input? Or any other input besides the HDMI? It would be easiest to just cable both Macs to the monitor and then choose the input on the monitor itself, if it has two ports.</p><p></p><p>Trying to do what you want of having dual booting on one machine can be done, but is compex and fraught with lots of ways it can go wrong. </p><p></p><p>A third alternative that could be used is an HDMI switch, something like any of these:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+switch+2+in+1+out&crid=68SRYGV3G7P3&sprefix=hdmi+swi%2Caps%2C96&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_8&tag=macforums0e4-20?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+switch+2+in+1+out&crid=68SRYGV3G7P3&sprefix=hdmi+swi,aps,96&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_8&tag=macforums0e4-20?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>Note that I have not actually tried ANY of them, but I did use an HDMI switch a few years ago to connecct a Mac and a Cable settop box to an older tv that had just one HDMI input. The one I had supported a remote control so that all I had to do to swap inputs was tap a button on the remote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1939426, member: 396914"] Does the monitor have more than one HDMI input? Or any other input besides the HDMI? It would be easiest to just cable both Macs to the monitor and then choose the input on the monitor itself, if it has two ports. Trying to do what you want of having dual booting on one machine can be done, but is compex and fraught with lots of ways it can go wrong. A third alternative that could be used is an HDMI switch, something like any of these: [URL]https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+switch+2+in+1+out&crid=68SRYGV3G7P3&sprefix=hdmi+swi%2Caps%2C96&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_8&tag=macforums0e4-20?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] Note that I have not actually tried ANY of them, but I did use an HDMI switch a few years ago to connecct a Mac and a Cable settop box to an older tv that had just one HDMI input. The one I had supported a remote control so that all I had to do to swap inputs was tap a button on the remote. [/QUOTE]
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