How Universal Control on macOS Monterey Works

Re:How Universal Control on macOS Monterey Works by 1986 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @03:49PM (#27452269)

I do the same thing across a Linux computer and 2 Macs (Logitech MX Anywhere 3 + Keychron K3; the Keychron is plugged into the Linux computer so it's constantly on a power source, and connects to the Macs via BT - meanwhile the mouse is connected via BT for all 3 devices), and mainly agree about the monitor being the most annoying part.

The one exception is when I also have BT headphones connected to the MBP and the keyboard idles into disconnecting - for some reason connecting the BT headphones when the keyboard and mouse are already connected is no problem, but connecting the keyboard when the mouse and headphones are already connected almost never works.

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Re:How Universal Control on macOS Monterey Works by handrous on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:16PM (#27452593)

Haha, looks like we have similar equipment (I posted my gear, by request, elsewhere in the thread—also Keychron and Logitech, but different models).

I've got a set of Jabra Bluetooth headphones, and I don't see the problem you do with disconnecting my Keychron, but they do like to connect to all my devices at once, but then are only capable of actually listening to one at a time and tend to get "stuck" on whatever the latest thing was to make a noise. Pair that with the fact that notifications exist and often make noise, and I not-infrequently have it switch away from music or YouTube or a video call or whatever to some other device that just made a notification sound, then get stuck on that device.

If you haven't, you might look into power savings settings for your keyboard. You can change some of that stuff with key combos. I'm sure it's documented on the Keychron site, but a lot of it was printed on a card that came with it, too. I had some powersavings-related annoyances that I solved by basically shutting off sleep mode. Battery life's still acceptable, so no big deal (for me—some people might need weeks and weeks on a charge).

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Re:How Universal Control on macOS Monterey Works by 1986 on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @05:12PM (#27453290)

I actually used to have the Triathlon as well, but preferred the feel of the MX Anywhere. Thanks for the note on the power settings - will definitely try to dig that up, I certainly don't need it to sleep as aggressively as it does given that it's always on power.

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