How-to: Dual Mac-PC Setup with Synergy

I found this program on your site by accident when I first got my Powerbook. I have dual monitors for my PC and I use the Powerbook right in the middle of the two. It is the best setup ever. Thank you so much for posting about the GUI friendly version for the mac.

Ooh boy! Just set this up between my PC and my new iMac. This is FANTASTIC.. goodbye Apple keyboard and mouse!

Synergy works great between a notebook and a PC. I use it the opposite way as you intend, with my powerbook sitting infront of the second pc's/mac's monitor, and I use the powerbook's keyboard and mouse. But, I do know it will work the other way just fine. Good Luck!

I used to have a dual setup for my pc, but I went and bought an apple cinema display for it. Could I install synergy on my powerbook and my pc, and have the keyboard and mouse go over to my powerbooks screen? I mean, it makes sense, just don't know if there's something different on a laptop?

I too have a dual setup.. but mine is a little different. I have a pc and mac going into a 2 port Dual monitor DVI KVM switch (if you can understand that.) Basically, I have a dual monitor setup that I can switch between the mac and pc with one keyboard and mouse.. It took a little while to figure out how to get it all to work, but the KVM switch was one of the cheapest I could find at $100. The only difference is that i have both monitors working for the pc and the mac, you just switch between the input selections on the monitor itself. At least it works for me, because I do most of my work on the mac..

I'm the maintainer of the Fink package for synergy (do "fink install synergy"). I have reports of failures of v1.2.2 under 10.4, but I use it every day under 10.3.9 and it's rock solid. If you use the Fink version, please report issues directly to me (my contact info is available via "fink describe synergy" or via my web page)