Cable Matters 20Gbps USB C Switch for 2 Computers, 140W PD, Up to 8K@30Hz on Windows, 4K@60Hz on macOS, Sharing One USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 Monitor or Dock (Not for Dock with an Attached Cable)

I had to change my review. Initially, it did refuse to start then after two days it stopped working. It turned up that the cable supplied are or became very directional. Yet, there is no indication of that on the cables themselves, the manula, the web page, the Amazon page, unless I missed it. The main thing is that now it works flawlessly! It is now connected to an old (but absolutely wonderful) Apple Cinema display ca. 2011 by two extra adapters (The Apple display crazily has a non remomovable mini DP only (told you that is an old display). At the other end is connected to a Macbook Pro M4, and the other system is an old MacBook Pro 2016 running WIndows 11 through Bootcamp (or sometimes booted to Monterey). It has been working now for two months, switching seamlessly for two months (of course now I marked the ends odf the cables!). My apologies to Cable Matters, and a plea to mark the seemingly directional cables so that they can be correctly connected and explain that in your instructions. I was tempted to give less than 5 stars, because of that, but it does exactly what I need, hence 5 stars.

I’m kind of amazed that this works with my Apple Studio Display, because it wasn’t listed as a supported device and I was fully expecting to send this straight back, but — much to my surprise — it does indeed work with an all-Apple setup! I have a Mac Mini going into one input and a MacBook Pro in another, and switching the Studio Display between them is as simple as pressing the button. It takes a couple of seconds to switch, but it works.

Quite expensive but does what I need. I use it to connect either my laptop or my desktop to my monitor, my monitor has a hub with KB/mouse/webcam. This allows my laptop to charge from the monitor, display out from laptop to monitor and peripherals are available on the laptop. My desktop connected to the second input doesn't have USB-C display out or need powering by USBC so it just simply passes the peripherals connected to the monitor. It works pretty well, there have been a couple of times where it stopped switching or doing anything and I thought it was dead but after unplugging for a few minutes it came back to life. The remote works well for switching and doesn't appear to need line of sight, there's also a physical button on the unit to switch inputs. It's hard to put a time on how quickly it switches because the USB devices need to enumerate but it's pretty fast and the devices are available within a couple of seconds. My device came with a hard to remove sticker on the top which was a bit annoying if you care about the aesthetics, I had to use isopropyl to remove the sticker back paper and residue.

Works perfectly switching between a Mac Mini 4 and a Windows laptop to an Apple Studio Display. Removes need to switch off and change cables, and enables both to be used at same time. As mentioned in another review, it did not work with the Apple cable from the Studio display, but did work immediately when changed to supplied Cable Matters cable. Remote is useful as allows switch unit to be placed in position where access not easy to switch.

The switch works great, when it works. It will occasionally disconnect and reconnect with the included cable (so using as designed). I have a MacBook Pro M4/Windows gaming PC tower connected to a Apple Studio display. Everything works, until the switch starts dropping the connection randomly to the Mac. This seems to be resolved only if I remove all power from the switch and "restart" it (rebooting devices, changing cable etc makes no difference). So not reliable.

Worked out of the gate on my Windows laptop and had to trust the usb hubs on my MacBook Pro. Can flaunt. My monitor has wireless keyboard and mouse dongles in its USB connections and they’ve worked seamlessly. Very good simple USB-C monitor switch (USB as well)

After having such a high hope in purchasing this. It was such a let down. It couldn’t switch properly with my docking station and monitors connected. I have returned it. Wouldn’t recommend it.

I have a Windows laptop and desktop. Both have USB-C, but only the laptop has USB-C that also carries video. As such I have to unplug both my screens every time I want to switch the dock over to the desktop, and plug them back in again to switch to the laptop. I also have to switch the cable from the dock into my desktop/laptop. Bought this on the premise that it would turn my existing Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C dock into a USB-C KVM, but it just isn't doing that. For a bog standard setup (I see a lot of reviews mentioning multiple Macs into a _single_ screen) this will probably work fine. Just a note: If your dock supplies your devices with power (i.e. if your dock charges your laptop when plugged into this) this won't work anymore. The device has a sticker on that states the USB-C connection into your laptop does not also charge it, so you'd have to have another PSU. Packaging is... fine. Cables seem of good quality. Device is quite light (not that that's a measure of quality or anything. I don't like the fact that you have cables (quite stiff cables tbh) plug into the front and the rear... it's hard to find a space on a desk where this would look neat (maybe if you mount it under the desk? the remote control for switching would certainly be helpful there). Will be returning it.

I am currently using 1 external display for both Macbook Pro (M1 Pro) and Mac Mini (M2). Even though I can switch all devices such as monitor, hifi system keyboard and mouse by just connecting 1 thunderbolt cable, but it is still a hassle. However, it took me a long time to look for a KVM switch that can support faster than 10gbps as most of the KVM switch in the market only support up to 10gbps. Until one day I came across this CableMatter 20gbps switch, it solved all the problems that I had by manually unplugging and plugging in the thunderbolt cable to different devices and it has been work flawlessly for after a year of usage.

RESUMEN: Funciona perfecto, ideal si quieres cambiar rápido entre dos portátiles. Funciona con vídeo y carga. Tengo un monitor que conectaba con un cable USB para cagar y tener video a la vez en mi portátil personal. Quería poder intercambiar fácil entre mi portátil y el del trabajo sin tener que cambiar el cable. Ahora tengo ambos portátiles conectados al aparato, y éste conectado al monitor, con un click en el botón físico (o los botones del mando) me cambio rápidamente de uno a otro. Tarda alrededor de unos 5 segundos cambiar de uno a otro, nada dramático ni para bien ni para mal. Creo que solamente carga el portátil activo, pero no he hecho pruebas para corroborarlo.

Der Switch wird genutzt, um das Studio Display vom Laptop (Arbeit) auf den Mac (privat) umzuschalten. Der Switch erfüllt zuverlässig seinen Dienst. Per Fernbedienung ist der Bildschirm einfach umzustellen. Die Installation ist ebenso unkompliziert.

Fonctionne bien mais sur mon Dell inspiron 7640 il indique souvent charge lentement alors qu'il est sur secteur. Mais sinon c'est exactement ce que je recherchais

I currently have it setup with a Wavlink triple display dock (DisplayLink) with 2 1080p monitors connected to a Mac Mini and a Mac book pro. I can confirm this setup works for dual monitors. One important thing, make sure to use the included usb4 cables. I have tried to use a longer 2M 40gbps/240W usb c cable because the included ones are a little too short for my setup. This doesn’t work as I believe the cables quite different. If you do want to have a longer cable you’ll really need to do a bit more research and find a suitable 20Gbps USB4 cable possibly from the CableMatters brand themselves. I believe USB4 also has a length limit for passive cable and signal lost can occur which for me causes my monitors to flicker on and off. The included shorter cables does not cause this issue.