In the end, it wasn’t even Synergy’s fault, but mine. …Which made the several hours I spent configuring it somewhat ironic! Going between them seamlessly gives me the best of both worlds, and made sense from a productivity perspective. With Synergy, I can keep my Firefox browser open in Windows, edit art, write documents, etc., and there’s few disturbances in my workflow. Unfortunately, switching between monitors is also a pain, hiding one screen when I go to the other (it is, however, great for test machines you rarely need to check on, or if you can’t spare that extra monitor…) They let multiple computers share a single monitor, mouse, and keyboard by using a switch to toggle between them (I use a 4 port IOGear, which is a very nice yet inexpensive KVM switch). KVM? If you’ve ever used a Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch, they are a delight to work with.
#Sharemouse vs. synergy for mac 2017 code#
Not good: Forget muscle memory for browsing, typing code fast on a shifted keyboard is a royal pain (move your keyboard just two inches over and see how well that goes…) One option was placing two monitors side by side, using two keyboards and mice.
#Sharemouse vs. synergy for mac 2017 software#
Time is money, and learning a new Operating System for a programming task seemed like a real hurdle – not to mention giving up on all the familiar software (like my CorelDraw art software, and Windows tools like my Regex Coach) that I go to dozens of times a day when immersed in a programming project.
My needs were simple: Programming iPhone apps required some detailed Mac tinkering, but all my habits and “muscle memory” were Windows based try scrolling a Safari browser window on the Mac, or do a copy and paste, and you’ll see what I mean (fortunately, there’s settings you can change for some of those things). And because of my requirements (free, and Windows to/from Mac), it was the winner. It’s not the only screen sharing program of course ( Share Mouse offers a free/paid version, and Input Director and Mouse Without Borders only work with Windows) but it is one of the most well-known. It works by way of a free program called Synergy. I move the cursor to the other screen, and I am instantly ‘in’ the other system. As I write this, I am happily going back and forth from monitor to monitor with my mouse – not unusual, as I’ve been using two monitors for a while now – the difference is that one is Windows 7, and the other is Mac OS.
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