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Using your Switch
When you power up your computers, your first computer’s desktop will
appear on your monitor. You are now ready to use that computer as if
it were directly connected to your monitor, keyboard, and mouse. You
can switch access to your other computer using a desktop icon or a
keyboard hot-key sequence.
Windows users:
To switch computers using the desktop icon, right-click on the
icon in the taskbar in the lower-right corner of your screen and select
“Switch All”.
To enable hot keys for your computers, right-click on the
icon
in the taskbar, select “Options”, and then select “Enable Hotkey
Switching”. To switch computers using hot keys, press the “Ctrl”
button on your keyboard twice in rapid succession. This is the default
hot-key sequence. To change the hot-key sequence, right-click on the
icon, select “Options”, and then choose a new switching key.
Mac OS users:
To switch computers using the desktop icon, click once on the
icon in the menu bar in the upper-right corner of your screen and
select “Switch All”.
To enable hot keys for your computers, click on the
icon in
the menu bar, select “Options”, and then select “Enable Hotkey
Switching”. To switch computers using hot keys, press the “Ctrl”
button on your keyboard twice in rapid succession. This is the default
hot-key sequence. To change the hot-key sequence, click on the
icon, select “Options”, and then choose a new switching key.
Using your Switch
