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Magic Switch: Share Apple Magic keyboard/track-pad/mouse between two Macs

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Terretta · 1790976540 · focus · HN ↗
Fwiw, this has been helpful for a couple decades now:
<a href="https://symless.com/synergy/features" rel="nofollow">https://symless.com/synergy/features
Given that even a corp Mac can now (policy permitting) allow a personal AppleID along with the corporate login, it's easy enough to do the same with just native OS controls even with 2 logins. Something magical about opening an iPad next to a MacBook and pushing the cursor across ... or, alternatively, wirelessly (or USB-C) making the iPad an extended screen.
But Synergy remains great.
If free is your bag instead of supporting the nominal cost:
<a href="https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow
They explain this here:
<a href="https://symless.com/synergy/blog/how-to-use-synergy-for-free" rel="nofollow">https://symless.com/synergy/blog/how-to-use-synergy-for-free
1. LoganDark · 1791134171 · focus · HN ↗
  Love Deskflow. It has bugs with high-DPI displays on Windows. If the server is a Mac, you may need to launch it with an environment variable DESKFLOW_MOUSE_ADJUSTMENT based on the scale factor of the client.
  High-DPI bugs are some of my least favorite software bugs because people usually don't seem to care about them!! but they are so incredibly annoying and infuriating.

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