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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. threecheese · 1791037153 · focus · HN ↗
  As a paid Synergy user, there are tradeoffs (as you probably know). I'm willing to accept these for a side-by-side Mac workflow (or Mac + something else), where each host has a dedicated display.
  For a workflow where you are also display switching (kvm etc), Synergy doesn't work well. You can technically use it when hosts are coming on/off display, but it's not designed for it. If you use a kvm-like workflow and have a Magic Touchpad, there's no easy solution without re-pairing, and I hope OPs tool works for this.
  1. j45 · 1791139887 · focus · HN ↗
    Something like Synergy with an HDMI Matrix to allow the number of screens allocated to different computers to be changeable could be pretty interesting.

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