Intel on Wednesday harbinger a new Thunderbolt feature calledThunderbolt ploughshare , which allows users to connect one personal computer direct to another to share data file or to do screen sharing to contain one computer from another . Intel state the new tech is an representative of how it “ lead(s ) the diligence in connectivity solution with Thunderbolt technology . ” But Mac users might have something to say about that .
Thunderbolt Share is plan to work with Thunderbolt 4 or 5 connections , and user can connect two PCs right away or through a Thunderbolt dock or exhibit . Users can drag and drop data file between computers , and since it ’s a direct connection , Thunderbolt Share is safe and private . According toPCWorld , Thunderbolt Share will be deployed as a computer software app licensed to microcomputer manufacturers . The software needs to run on both reckoner for the feature to oeuvre .
If the features of Thunderbolt Share sound familiar , it ’s because macOS already abide them . With File Sharing and Screen Sharing turn on in macOS Sonoma ’s System configurations ( General > share-out ) you canconnect two M - series Macs via Thunderbolt , adjust the connection system fix toThunderbolt Bridge , and use one Mac to check the other . I could do this well between an M3 Pro MacBook Pro and an M3 MacBook Air . Apple also has target phonograph record modality for older Intel Macs where the secondary Mac appears as a storage gimmick on the elementary Mac .
This desktop on a M3 Pro MacBook Pro has a screen sharing window of a M3 MacBook Air. The two MacBooks are connected using Thunderbolt.(Click to enlarge.)
This screen background on a M3 Pro MacBook Pro has a cover sharing window of a M3 MacBook Air . The two MacBooks are connected using Thunderbolt .
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Intel ’s Jason Ziller toldThe Vergethat , “ We ’re explore other OS opportunities but at this stop in time it would not influence connected to a Mac . ” There ’s no incentive for Intel to make a Mac app and Apple does n’t have a reason to licence it . It already works .
This desktop on a M3 Pro MacBook Pro has a screen sharing window of a M3 MacBook Air. The two MacBooks are connected using Thunderbolt.(Click to enlarge.)
