It’s good to share

Synergy – how to use one keyboard and mouse with multiple computers.

Don’t you just love it when you find something that has a huge positive impact on the way you do things?

I use Synergy which lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers.
It’s done through a LAN connection, no need for special hardware.

Big deal? Yes, when you find out that it works between Windows, Mac and Linux. And that you can copy and paste text between each!

Installation is fairly straight-forward and there’s a user interface to set things up properly.
Download Synergy.

One keyboard and mouse for 2+ computers

Here’s a shot of my workspace – monitor on left powered by a MacBook, 2 monitors on right powered by a PC, 1 keyboard & mouse for all 3.

Downside? Moving from far left to far right takes a couple of swipes!

But what do you think?