Comments on: How to Use Teleport to Share a Keyboard, Mouse, & Clipboard Between Different Macs

By: mike

mike — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:53:50 +0000

in osx 10.8.2 teleport does not share keyboard strokes to the guest if you are typing with a wireless keyboard on the host.

sharemouse seems to have the same issue

By: Jennie

Jennie — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:06:10 +0000

Teleport is a disaster in Mountain Lion. It crashes, doesn’t start at boot. No fix since August. It’s unusable.

By: bferguson

bferguson — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:32:50 +0000

A wired keyboard will work just fine.

Albin: You mentioned Synergy. I tried that a few years ago, but the install/setup process was really complicated, but if you where trying multi-platform, then it would be worth looking into as it has plenty of time to mature and hopefully is a lot easier to setup.

I’m excited to try Teleport. I really like the idea of being able to drag and drop files. Thanks for the article OSXD!

By: Professor106

Professor106 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:16:22 +0000

Do this require a wireless keyboard or can a wired one be used?

By: g3p0

g3p0 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:12:26 +0000

I have been using Teleport for years. The only thing that bugs me are some of the function keys go not work on the guest, like play, volume, and brightness. Other than it works fine and is easy to set up. I like the fact that I can drag and drop files around too.

By: Soundguyrob

Soundguyrob — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:23:51 +0000

Yes. This is going to change my life. I have a 21″ iMac w 27″ secondary screen. I bring in my 13″ MBPro and dock it with a 21″ monitor. now I am using iMac trackpad and wired keyboard. love it.

By: Cyantiffic

Cyantiffic — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:09:26 +0000

I have this on my 2010 MBP running Mountain Lion and a G5 PowerMac running Leopard, and it all works beautifully!

Initially I was concerned about PPC and Intel compatibility but it doesn’t seem to be an issue here. Great Find!

By: elbicho

elbicho — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:10:33 +0000

I’ve been able to link a Mac and a Windows box at the same time to a Linux box (ubuntu) with Synergy.
it worked seamlessly.

By: Albin

Albin — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:44:28 +0000

Synergy do the same, but it support also Linux and Windows. It’s a cross-platform developer heaven.

http://synergy-foss.org/

By: mrlinus

mrlinus — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:27:47 +0000

Looks like a Moleskine to me.

http://www.amazon.com/Moleskine-Plain-Notebook-Large/dp/8883701143/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348032401&sr=8-1&keywords=moleskine

(The green stripe is “packaging”)

By: RogerRoger

RogerRoger — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:11:08 +0000

All I want to know is, where do I buy that leather bound book?

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:43:28 +0000

Awesome. Just installed it and it works nicely on a Mountain Lion and Lion installation.

The only caveat is that using a Wacom tablet is a little wonky. When moving to the new screen, the tablet has trouble re-fitting to the second screen. But it’s great for a quick click or two.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:58:37 +0000

I’m using Teleport on my 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion), my 2007 24″ iMac (Mountain Lion) and an older 2005 White iMac (running Snow Leopard).

I got rid of 2 keyboards and mice, using a Logitech Solar Powered Wireless, USB Mouse and Bluetooth trackpad to control all 3 – Cleaned up desk clutter, and has made transitioning between the 3 for video editing a breeze.

By: max

max — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:17:07 +0000

Teleport has been around since OS9 and is elegant and simple to use. It is a winner. It will work between different OS versons seamlessly. I have 3 with Tiger, Snow Leopard and Lion using Teleport to share.

By: Wolfgang loss-wells

Wolfgang loss-wells — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:07:37 +0000

Sharemouse is a nice cross-platform alternative that is more user-friendly than synergy.