- #SHAREMOUSE FOR GAMING MAC OS X#
- #SHAREMOUSE FOR GAMING INSTALL#
- #SHAREMOUSE FOR GAMING UPDATE#
The second one about the User Account Control support is less essential. The first one is essential (unless you plan to configure your firewall to allow traffic from ShareMouse manually).
#SHAREMOUSE FOR GAMING INSTALL#
The only important configuration options for Windows 7 are these two here: Configure Windows firewall and Install Windows Service for UAC support. Once ShareMouse is installed, the computers will instantly “see” each other on the network and start sharing.
#SHAREMOUSE FOR GAMING MAC OS X#
Start by grabbing the appropriate version from the ShareMouse download page (Windows or Mac OS X 32-bit or Mac OS X 64-bit).Īll you need to do to get started with ShareMouse is to install the utility on each computer. The ShareMouse equivalent will be much shorter. My tutorial for setting up Synergy in Windows 7 was a bit lengthy. Want more details? Let’s take a closer look. ShareMouseįree (2 monitors, 2 computers only) $24.95 per license (requires one license per computer-so expect to pay about $50 minimum) But if you’d like to see it in action, check out their demo video:įeature-by-Feature: Synergy vs. Those are what I see as ShareMouse’s main strengths. No restricting one-way master&slave architecture.” You can control any computer from any other computer in any direction.
Update: Michael from ShareMouse pointed out a unique feature that I missed: “ShareMouse works in any direction. Password protection and network encryption. Glitch-free clipboard sharing (copy and paste image and text between computers). Handy hotkeys and graphical cues for keeping track of where your pointer is. Automatic configuration (no fiddling with machine names and IP addresses). When compared to Synergy and the rest of the lot, ShareMouse distinguishes itself from the well-established competition with a few key features: It’s free for personal use but $24.95 per license for “power or pro” users (more on this later). ShareMouse is yet another application that lets you share your mouse and keyboard with multiple Windows or Mac computers. Where pertinent, I’ve updated and amended some of the content to incorporate his input. Just run the portable version on the PCs you want to use it - or install it if you prefer that - and you will notice that it will automatically link the systems so that you can use the mouse and keyboard of each system to control the other.Update: After reading our review, Michael Schmidt from the ShareMouse Team got in touch with me with a few reactions to some of the points I made in this post. 
What is really nice about ShareMouse is that there is virtually no configuration involved to use the application.
Option to adjust the scroll speed for each computer individually. Better mouse cursor precision and performance. Option to use Ctrl-Alt-Del on remote Windows PCs. 
Avoid accidental switches to other monitors by configuring keys that you need to press to do so. Remote control of elevated and non-elevated programs on Windows. If you play a video or audio file on computer 2, you can now control it with media keys on computer 1. Support for media keys to control playback. 
That's excellent if you use it on a laptop and travel with it between work and home for example.
Monitor profiles that detect the computer systems and connected monitors automatically. File and folder dragging between computer systems, even between Windows and Mac. (I have tested this on Windows 8.1, so that is supported as well) Support for Windows 8 and Mac OS X 10.9. #SHAREMOUSE FOR GAMING UPDATE#
The update introduces several new and improved features to the application that improve its usability significantly.
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