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I have always found that KVM switches have side effects on USB devices.
So I use mechanical USB switches.
for keyboard and mouse, I use two of these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I0Y3GEE/
They have no extra keyboard/mouse latency, and no weird side effects like boot keys that don't work or modifier keys that are in the wrong state.
Issues I've had before with mouse/keyboard:
- hotkey conflicts
- mac boot keys break (hold down <key> for <some boot function>)
- modifiers stick in wrong state
- weird delays
- combinations with mouse+keyboard break
kvm usb switching is always broken, sometimes subtly, sometimes obvious
I use mechanical USB switches to individually switch USB lines like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I0Y3GEE
one for keyboard, one for mouse
Problems it avoids
- cable speed usb
- no extra latency
- using boot-up hold-key-down sequences on macos works fine
- keyboard doesn't get hung in weird states
- no hotkey conflicts
- no mouse gets in weird state on one system that persists to another
etc etc etc