# Technical: Splashtop, multi monitors, recurrent Thunderbolt shutdown on MBPro **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156 "2025-03-26T20:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/21 "2025-03-31T17:16:52Z")
Just an iPhone for people who don’t talk much. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/22 "2025-03-31T17:56:46Z")
Sarcasm detection not your strength 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/23 "2025-03-31T18:28:36Z")
Reverse sarcasm fail, lol. Hard online. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/24 "2025-04-02T08:48:19Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > There are other remote desktop apps I am partial to Synergy ( [Synergy - Share one mouse & keyboard across computers](https://symless.com/synergy) ) which is more like a KVM switch, in that you share a single mouse and keyboard (and some copy/paste abilities) but the main reason I like it is that it is cross platform, which is not needed in this case. Still, I strongly recommend it. It has support for multiple monitors. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/25 "2025-04-02T19:57:43Z")
I wish Timbuktu was still being supported. Nothing else has anywhere near the backwards compatibility reach. I can remotely control an LC II running System 7 or a PC with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 from a Windows 10 or Mojave box. But it’s 32 bit. No way to use it for bossing around a Sonoma box. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/26 "2025-06-13T03:09:40Z")
Turned out to be a bad BATTERY. Had swelled up to the point of splitting the case 1/2 inch gap. And I hadn’t noticed until I took it to Georgia to visit my ancestral family. Not GPU. Not Thunderbolt / USB bus. Just a freaking battery. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/27 "2025-06-13T04:55:57Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Not GPU. Not Thunderbolt / USB bus. Just a freaking battery. Whoa, thanks for the update. I would never have guessed. So like, it swelled up so much that it caused some wires or circuits to detach, or…? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/28 "2025-06-13T16:47:17Z")
No, just that somehow even when it’s running off AC, it pulls the electricity it actually uses from moment to moment from the battery. And with the battery not doing so well, it kept behaving as if it was being overloaded. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/29 "2025-06-15T03:47:21Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Turned out to be a bad BATTERY. Had swelled up to the point of splitting the case 1/2 inch gap. > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/spicypillows/)** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/30 "2025-06-15T06:11:31Z")
Heh! They’ve got what looks like my exact model photo’d on that Reddit thread: > **[https://preview.redd.it/a-friends-battery-pre-replacement-v0-x1darwow246f1.jpg?w...](https://preview.redd.it/a-friends-battery-pre-replacement-v0-x1darwow246f1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=90e697cddf28632f40c4eb1136315653ab1fb43f)** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156/31 "2025-06-26T03:04:03Z")
Ten days later, I can confidently state that 90% of the things that were bringing this laptop to its knees before are not fazing it now. I can be on Teams with four displays, with my video turned on, and running Parallels at the same time within which I’ve got a VPN connection running and Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection to my work machine. It’s zippy, endowed with new youthful life! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-splashtop-multi-monitors-recurrent-thunderbolt-shutdown-on-mbpro/1016156.md?page=1)