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Mirror Macbook Air screen to iMac G5?

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Hi all,

Could anyone suggest me a screen mirroring app that works both on a 2014 Macbook Air and a 2004 iMac G5, please?

Thanks, Alex
 
alex.marton said:
Thanks! :) These sound great! :)
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TeamViewer7 is another choice in exchange for VNC.
It would be great to use vnc/TeamViewer&teleport together:
MBA(1st desktop):for local work at the MBA
MBA(2nd desktop: for screensharing to the iMacG4
With teleport you might use KB/Touchpad of the MBA on both screens.
Don't know, if this is really possible...
 
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If your looking to control multiple desktops with a single keyboard & mouse try Synergy (https://github.com/synergy/synergy & http://synergykm.com/) - it works with multiple operating systems! I'm using it to control a PPC G5 w/Leopard, Win XP & Win-7 from Yosemite.

Your first search hit will likely be the commercial version, keep looking - it is available both compiled and as source code for free (ie: not pirated / cracked).

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EDIT: See new information in this post.
 
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MagicBoy said:
Just use the screen sharing built into OS X. ;)
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The best solution is dependent on what alex.marton needs. VLC and Synergy provide a different solution - each well suited to a particular (but different) need / situation.

Built in screen sharing (aka: VLC - post #4 by mikiotty) displays the remote machines video in a local window while sharing the mouse and keyboard. Synergy (and teleport) simply share your mouse and keyboard, the video is not brought local.

It's good to have choices :apple:
 
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Apparently Teleport seems not to work in combination of El Capitan and Leopar/PPC.
I'm using ScreenSharing/Teleport with a combination of two intel-iMacs which works seamless (i3/ElCapitan and c2d"white"/Lion).
When I tried to figure out how Teleport would run with a combination MacBook2008(Yosemite) and iBookG4(Leopard) I failed on getting Teleport connecting both devices.
Same with Synergy.
I'm gonna check Teleport and Synergy later only trying to connect two PPC devices ...
@Hack5190: which version and magic do you use to make Synergy work on your G5 work properly?
 
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. :) I have tried Screen Recycler and VNC, and those turned out to be the best ones. They work slow, though. That's the only problem. I will try TeamViewer 7 later today, to see if it works. :D

MagicBoy said:
Just use the screen sharing built into OS X. ;)
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I thought that was only available on Intel Macs? :):confused:
 
bobesch said:
Apparently Teleport seems not to work in combination of El Capitan and Leopar/PPC.
I'm using ScreenSharing/Teleport with a combination of two intel-iMacs which works seamless (i3/ElCapitan and c2d"white"/Lion).
When I tried to figure out how Teleport would run with a combination MacBook2008(Yosemite) and iBookG4(Leopard) I failed on getting Teleport connecting both devices.
Same with Synergy.
I'm gonna check Teleport and Synergy later only trying to connect two PPC devices ...
@Hack5190: which version and magic do you use to make Synergy work on your G5 work properly?
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I use Synergy with Leopard (PPC) and Yosemite almost every day. It's a bit quirky to configure, what kind of issues are you having?
 
alex.marton said:
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. :) I have tried Screen Recycler and VNC, and those turned out to be the best ones. They work slow, though. That's the only problem. I will try TeamViewer 7 later today, to see if it works. :D



I thought that was only available on Intel Macs? :):confused:
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There is a old PPC version of TeamViewer floating around. I used it for a little while and although it seems to work fine, it keeps filling up the logs with constant errors.
 
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alex.marton said:
I thought that was only available on Intel Macs? :):confused:
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Screen sharing has been an option inside the Sharing pane inside System Preferences on OS X systems since at least OS X 10.2.

My preference is VNC however since it works cross platform and across the internet (if you open ports). Standard screen sharing will work over the internet as well, but getting it to work cross platform is a hassle.

You also have to have a user account logged in. With OSX VNC you can load the VNC server as a service on boot. This is ideal if you run a Mac headless (without a video card).
 
Hack5190 said:
There is a old PPC version of TeamViewer floating around. I used it for a little while and although it seems to work fine, it keeps filling up the logs with constant errors.
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You can download TeamViewer7 directly from their homepage. Look for older versions - Ver.7 is the latest to run on Leopard/PPC.
 
Hack5190 said:
I use Synergy with Leopard (PPC) and Yosemite almost every day. It's a bit quirky to configure, what kind of issues are you having?
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I've installed the feasible version of SynergyKM on both systems. The MB2008/ElCapitan gave me an error message before installation was complete, but the entry in the preference pane seemed to work as is was meant to do.
When I try to connect both devices (MB=server/KB; iBook/PPC=client) I constantly get the error message that the server/host rejects the client.
What do you mean with "quirky to configure"?
 
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bobesch: Attached are screen shots of the Synergy control panel from my G5. Looking in the directory where I save all installs the PPC DMG is named 'SynergyKM-1.0b7-Installer.dmg'. Also in that directory were links to the following websites:

http://synergykm.com/ (the source for the above mentioned dmg)
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071206002748959 ("Make Synergy keyboard sharing work in 10.5")
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Many thanks for your help!
The above settings and version-numbers are identical to those ones I can see on my iBookG4.
The iBook even can find the server and starts to connect with the MB2008/ElCapitan but is rejected somewhere in the procedure of handshaking (at the MB's SynergyKM window there's also a message about rejecting the iBook).
I think it's a matter of ElCapitan not supporting SynergyKM yet :(
Never mind ... for the iBookG4 lokal hotspot plus screen/file-sharing are the critical functions (to connect two iBookG4 at meetings with one iBook sitting next to the beamer).
At home Synergy(KM) is really wellcome as a now alternative for teleport for two iMacs sitting side by side.
Many thanks again!
 
bobesch: below is a copy of the config file from my MacBook (keyboard & mouse host) - maybe it will help.

Code: 
# Generated automatically by SynergyKM (http://www.synergykm.com)
section: screens
    MacBook-Pro.local:
    Power-Mac-G5:
        halfDuplexCapsLock = false
        super = super
        alt = alt
        ctrl = ctrl
        halfDuplexNumLock = false
        shift = shift
        halfDuplexScrollLock = false
end

section: aliases
    MacBook-Pro.local:
    Power-Mac-G5:
end

section: links
    MacBook-Pro.local:
        left = Power-Mac-G5
    Power-Mac-G5:
        right = MacBook-Pro.local
end

section: options
    relativeMouseMoves = true
    screenSaverSync = false
end
 
Hack5190 said:
bobesch: below is a copy of the config file from my MacBook (keyboard & mouse host) - maybe it will help.

Code: 
# Generated automatically by SynergyKM (http://www.synergykm.com)
section: screens
    MacBook-Pro.local:
    Power-Mac-G5:
        halfDuplexCapsLock = false
        super = super
        alt = alt
        ctrl = ctrl
        halfDuplexNumLock = false
        shift = shift
        halfDuplexScrollLock = false
end

section: aliases
    MacBook-Pro.local:
    Power-Mac-G5:
end

section: links
    MacBook-Pro.local:
        left = Power-Mac-G5
    Power-Mac-G5:
        right = MacBook-Pro.local
end

section: options
    relativeMouseMoves = true
    screenSaverSync = false
end
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Many thanks for the config-file. I'll give it a try as soon as possible ...:rolleyes:
 
FYI: I've switched from SynergyKM on my server (MacBook running Yosemite) to Synergy.

The interface for Synergy is not as fancy (as SynergyKM) but it supports a synergy.conf file. In addition SynergyKM was filling my log with "unknown quartz event type: 0x1e" error messages. Although the same error is produced in Synergy (visible in the Synergy console) they are not being sent to the system logs.

No change's were made to the PowerPC, it is still the client running SynergyKM.

More info on Synergy is available here (http://synergy-project.org/) and the current version is available for a fee. Or you can download a older version for free from http://www.afterdawn.com/software/system_tools/misc_system_tools/synergy_mac.cfm
 
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