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A bit off topic but I’ve seen a few posts about thunderbolt docks, but what I really need is a thunderbolt KVM that can drive a 5k (or more) display between at least two MacBooks.

Does anyone have a recommendation? My searches have not been fruitful.

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Not quite what you are asking for, but perhaps display-switch[0] can help. I'm too cheap to get a KVM which supports 2 4k monitors so I'm using display-switch instead. Works wonders.

[0] https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch

What USB Switch are you using? I have yet to find one without awful reviews on Amazon.

I do it the really, really cheap way.. I have my keyboard and mouse connected to a USB hub and switch the USB cable between the computers. I have a USB cable connected to each computer and physically switch which one is connected to the hub.

That is my current workaround but my hub's cable is really suffering from it.

Maybe this ? You could also email Wendell on the site and get his thoughts.

https://store.level1techs.com/products/14-kvm-switch-single-...

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