Synergy Setup for Mac & PC

This guide will describe how to share a mouse and keyboard between a Mac and PC. In this solution our PC will be the server, ie. The computer where the mouse and keyboard are connected, and our Mac will be the client. The guide will be broken up into 2 sections:

1. PC Instructions (server configuration)
2. Mac Instructions (client configuration)

1. PC Instructions
   1. Navigate to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergy2/files/
   2. Click the “Download Now!”
   3. 
   4. Install and run Synergy
   5. Select “Share this computer’s keyboard and mouse (server)
   6. Click “Configure”
   7. You now need to configure each of the computers that will be sharing the mouse and keyboard. To do this, under the “Screens” list box, click the “+” button.
   8. In “Screen Name” enter the network computer name of a computer that you want to share a mouse and keyboard between. In “Aliases” enter in any additional names that your computer might be known as, then click OK.
      Note: This step might seem a little vague, as an example my configuration at home is:
      1. Macbook with WINS name “MCSNEEZE”, and a local hostname of mcsneeze.local
      2. Windows Laptop with a WINS name of “ALLANW-L7″
      My Mac config looks like:

   

   My Windows config:

   

   9. Perform the last 2 steps for every computer that will share the mouse and keyboard, this includes your server.
   10. Next you need to tell Synergy how your screens are positioned. To do this, in the drop down boxes highlighted in red, select the positions of you screens relative to your server. Then click the “+” button. eg

       

   11. Next, select the positions of your screens relative to each of your clients. Then click the “=” button. eg.

       

   12. The final result should look something like:

       

   13. Click “OK” to head back to the main options window
   14. Click “Start” to start your server, alternatively if you want to see log information click “Test”
2. Mac Instructions:
   1. Navigate to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergykm/

      

   2. Install and run SynergyKM
   3. Click “Connect to a shared keyboard and mouse”
   4. Click the tab labelled “Client Configuration”
   5. Enter your servers IP address or hostname into the text box, and click “Apply Now”
   6. Click the “General” tab
   7. Next it’s time to start Synergy and get this show on the road! Click “Turn Synergy On”

Now you’re done. If configured correctly you should be able to share mouse and keyboard across both your Mac and Windows machines.

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