On 2020-03-13 15:21, Larry Colen wrote:
I currently have two computer systems that I can use for photo processing. My
“at home” system is an early 2009 mac pro and my laptop is a mid 2014 macbook
pro. [...]
I’m very tempted to try to set up the MBP as my main processing computer and
the pro as basically NAS. The challenge to this is that I like to use two
monitors, one horizontal, one vertical, and if I plug them both into the MBP
then I lose my ethernet adapter.
Is there a reasonably cost efficient way to do this? Or should I just keep
muddling along on the tower?
the best solution is an Apple Thunderbolt display, it's a nice display, but
it also includes a very solid Thunderbolt hub with Ethernet, USB, Firewire,
and a daisy-chain Thunderbolt jack; i have found mine is very reliable and
compatible; i use it with a Mac Pro 2013, so i don't use the power jack it
comes with; barring extraordinary measures, this would have to be your
landscape orientation display
alternatively try one of the various Thunderbolt-2 or Thunderbolt-1 breakout
boxes, most of which have HDMI and Ethernet at a minimum
another method — find a cheap used 2011-mid 2014 iMac (any model with
Thunderbolt 1 or 2, but not the 5K models starting late 2014) in Target
Display Mode connected via a Thunderbolt cable; the iMac will still run even
though it's displaying your MBP's desktop; then set up network sharing via
Thunderbolt and get a network connection from the iMac as well; i haven't
tested the network part, but i've used an iMac in Target mode next to my
Apple Thunderbolt Display for a couple of years for a dual 27" desktop
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