When working from my home office, I regularly switch between my corporate Mac and my personal Mac. Since I share the same Apple Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse between both machines, switching devices used to be a bit annoying. Most of the time, I ended up plugging in a cable just to move them to the other Mac (and of course first wasting time to find a lightning to USB-C cable).

So I crafted "a Keyboard Switcher" which is an open-source macOS menu bar application that makes it easier to switch paired Bluetooth input devices between Macs. Instead of manually reconnecting everything, you can simply release devices on one Mac and connect them on the other with just a few clicks.

Some of the features include:

• Connect or release individual Bluetooth devices
• Group multiple devices, such as a Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse, and switch them together
• Use global hotkeys to switch device groups without opening the menu
• Get an overview of paired and connected devices directly from the macOS menu bar

The goal was simple: Solve a small but annoying problem in my daily workflow without adding unnecessary complexity. The project is open source, and the source code is available on my git server and GitHub. If you use multiple Macs and share your Apple input devices between them, feel free to give it a try. Feedback and contributions are always welcome!

Blog: https://gyptazy.com/blog/akeyboardswitcher-quickly-switch-apple-keyboard-mouse-trackpad-between-multiple-macs/
Download: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/macos/akeyboardswitcher/
Source (Github): https://github.com/gyptazy/akeyboardswitcher
Source (gyptazy): https://git.gyptazy.com/gyptazy/akeyboardswitcher

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