Any way I can share mouse & keyboard?

[jwjsr]

I have a G5ppc 10.5.8 with an Apple Cinema Display with the ADC connection.
I have a 2012 mac-mini w ATD.
Its very hard to operate them both with 2 keyboard and 2 mice.
Anyway I can use one mouse one keyboard to control em both?

 

[jpcoelho]

I have a G5ppc 10.5.8 with an Apple Cinema Display with the ADC connection.
I have a 2012 mac-mini w ATD.
Its very hard to operate them both with 2 keyboard and 2 mice.
Anyway I can use one mouse one keyboard to control em both?

Hi!

there are several kvm switches available in the market which will allow you to share USB keyboard and mouse...

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Teleport might be able to help, though it is sometimes a bit finicky.

 

[eyoungren]

There's also Screen Recycler.

 

[jbarley]

Teleport might be able to help, though it is sometimes a bit finicky.

Teleport works well for me, across three computers.
Saved me a whole lot of desk space too!

 

[balamw]

What about Synergy? It claims to run on 10.5.

B

 

[jwjsr]

Best way to uninstall unwanted apps?

Thanks for tips, since it looks like Synergy is the only one to support Tiger on the ppc I think i'll give it a try.
When you download new apps and they don't work out does dragging it to the trash uninstall everything it brought or is here a more thorough uninstall process?

 

[jwjsr]

Synergykm

Synergy will not work on "this architecture" , I suppose that meant PPC. I'll try SynergyKM.

 

[jwjsr]

There's also Screen Recycler.

have you used it? On a PPC?

 

[balamw]

Synergy will not work on "this architecture" , I suppose that meant PPC. I'll try SynergyKM.

The binaries are probably intel only. You may need to build it from source.

B

 

[Ariii]

Have you considered getting a KVM switch?

 

[jpcoelho]

Have you considered getting a KVM switch?

just as I said... don't think a software solution will perform better than a physical switch.

 

[eyoungren]

have you used it? On a PPC?

No. But there is a link on that downloads page to older versions. That one I downloaded and opened up just to see if there was the prohibitory sign on it or not. There wasn't, so I assume it can be run on PowerPC.

I hate suggesting apps only for the community to inform me it's Intel only.

 

[MisterKeeks]

have you used it? On a PPC?

No. But there is a link on that downloads page to older versions. That one I downloaded and opened up just to see if there was the prohibitory sign on it or not. There wasn't, so I assume it can be run on PowerPC.

I hate suggesting apps only for the community to inform me it's Intel only.

It will work on PowerPC if you get the right version (like Erik).

 

[jwjsr]

No. But there is a link on that downloads page to older versions. That one I downloaded and opened up just to see if there was the prohibitory sign on it or not. There wasn't, so I assume it can be run on PowerPC.

I hate suggesting apps only for the community to inform me it's Intel only.

Thanks guys, I got synergy to work and it is working perfectly. I haven't tried everything but here is what I did:

 

[jwjsr]

Thanks guys, I got synergy to work and it is working perfectly. I haven't tried everything but here is what I did:

Here is what I did:

1. Installed SynergyKM v.1.3.1 on my G5 PPC (ADC apple cinema display)running OSX 10.5.8. SynergyKM because Synergy for 10.5 would not install to the PPC.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergykm/

2. Installed Synergy v. 1.4.10 on 2012 mac-mini(Apple TB display) OSX 10.8.2.
http://synergy-foss.org/

If you get the screen names right it is a 10 minute deal.

I ran into problems getting the screen names for each computer right as am kinda stupid. Make sure on the synergykm machine you click apply after you enter the host/server screen name. The apply button will not be available until you go back to the general tab.

Also in the preferences of Synergy(not SynergyKM) the "hide when server/client starts" box is checked on by default. I thought at first it was crashing but actually it was the opposite, when started correctly it made its window "hide".

By the way I just did a copy/paste from the other screen in this message, I am one happy camper right now!!!!

 

[balamw]

Thanks guys, I got synergy to work and it is working perfectly. I haven't tried everything but here is what I did:

Awesome. Thanks for following up with more detail!

B

 

[jwjsr]

Amazing copy/paste synergy

I wanna say thanks one more time, it just amazes me that copy paste works between theses 2 machines, i can kinda understand the machines recognizing the mouse but can't wrap my head around how each processor/machine knows what the mouse is bringing over with it.