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Link: Best described as a soft keyboard/mouse switch. This software utilizes Rendezvous to 'share' one mouse and keyboard across multiple macs.
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Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: Best described as a soft keyboard/mouse switch. This software utilizes Rendezvous to 'share' one mouse and keyboard across multiple macs.
Posted on MacBytes.com
Approved by Mudbug
ummmmm I think I understand...
anyone tried this and willing to use a video camera to capture it to share? could be interesting... or competely confusing...
wow this sounds brilliant! though i only have one mac presently, and it looks like its probably pretty buggy at this point, id say this has huge potential... especially with shared clipboard, and maybe eventually being able to drag files over.
Wow!
This has to be one of the coolest SW programs I've tried in a long time! All you do is turn it on on both computers, then, just like using multiple monitors, you drag the computer you want to control to the left or right of your screen, each indicated by a box. Then, it requests permission from the to-be-controlled computer. If permission is granted, then whenever you move the mouse to whatever side of the screen you placed the other computer's box, a little rounded box shows up on your screen, just like the volume and eject boxes, to indicate that you are controlling the other computer. The other computer's pointer moves like normal! This is really fun and has huge potential, for example if you are administering multiple Macs. For a beta, this is great!
This has to be one of the coolest SW programs I've tried in a long time! All you do is turn it on on both computers, then, just like using multiple monitors, you drag the computer you want to control to the left or right of your screen, each indicated by a box. Then, it requests permission from the to-be-controlled computer. If permission is granted, then whenever you move the mouse to whatever side of the screen you placed the other computer's box, a little rounded box shows up on your screen, just like the volume and eject boxes, to indicate that you are controlling the other computer. The other computer's pointer moves like normal! This is really fun and has huge potential, for example if you are administering multiple Macs. For a beta, this is great!
its really damn cool, if a bit buggy. for a public preview its acceptable. there are two main features i would love. one is if it would tunnel over ssh, to ensure security. the other is somewhat related. how freakin cool would it be to drag something from one computer to another using teleport to make it copy? that would rule.
This is absolutely spectacular! Exactly what I've been wanting. I have an ibook and an iMac, but I frequently attach my standard keyboard and mouse to my ibook. I've never gotten around to buying an additional keyboard & mouse, and it's annoying to switch everything back to my iMac when I just want to use it for a few seconds.
Before I installed this, I frequently found myself moving my mouse over to the side of my ibook screen expecting it to start working on my iMac as if it were just a 2nd display. Of course, that never quite worked Now it does! I can't believe how often I've wanted this functionality, and yet I didn't think of writing this program myself.
I think I'll go paypal some money to this guy to encourage future development.
Before I installed this, I frequently found myself moving my mouse over to the side of my ibook screen expecting it to start working on my iMac as if it were just a 2nd display. Of course, that never quite worked
Now it does! I can't believe how often I've wanted this functionality, and yet I didn't think of writing this program myself.I think I'll go paypal some money to this guy to encourage future development.