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How to Use Synergy to Share a Single Keyboard & Mouse Between Multiple Macs & Computers

Apr 13, 2012 - 40 Comments
Share Keyboard and Mouse in Synergy

Want to share a single keyboard and mouse between multiple Macs? How about using a keyboard and mouse attached to your Mac to control an additional PC running Windows or Linux, and even being able to share copy and paste data between the different operating systems? You can do that with the help of a … Read More

Synergy Troubleshooting Fix: WARNING: failed to connect to server: Timed Out

Aug 1, 2010 - 9 Comments

I use Synergy to share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple Mac’s and PC’s. Recently I added a new machine to the setup and was frustrated to discover that the Synergy client on the new machine just refused to connect to the server, without any attempts I would immediately get the following error message: … Read More

Troubleshooting Synergy ‘cannot read configuration’ error

Jun 14, 2010 - 3 Comments

If you’re having Synergy ‘cannot read configuration’ error problems, try the following: * Get the latest version of Synergy KM from SourceForge * Be sure the clients have the latest version of Synergy installed too (it’s pretty old for Windows clients, but works) * Create a new ‘Location’ and re-add your server, screens, clients, in … Read More

Share your Mouse and Keyboard between Mac OS X and Ubuntu

Nov 25, 2009 - Leave a Comment

Got a Mac and a PC running Ubuntu and want to control both from one computer? Make your life easier and share a mouse and keyboard between the two machines using Synergy! There’s a nice walkthrough on how to do this at Donncha O Caoimh’s blog, don’t pass it up if you’re an Ubuntu user. … Read More

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