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I'm on Windows 10/11 here, and I tried Barrier, having used Synergy so long ago I was using CRT's and wasn't out of date. I could not get Barrier configured. It

I'm on Windows 10/11 here, and I tried Barrier, having used Synergy so long ago I was using CRT's and wasn't out of date. I could not get Barrier configured. It just didn't work. I ended up just purchasing Synergy for $30, and it worked immediately, and now I have my 15.6" laptop with a 11" Surface Go sitting next to it, and can copy/paste between them and use the Surface like a second monitor, but it's actually a second computer with its own processing power, which is pretty nice.

rejectfinite 4y ago
If you are on Windows Mouse Without Borders is free and works great over wired connection https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=354...
- geocrasher 4y ago
  Ah, so much software is available! But, I'm not on any wired connections. My primary use case for Synergy is mobile.
LocalPCGuy 4y ago
Definitely felt like a pretty low cost. I've worked with their support briefly also which helped me resolve an issue I was having (been so long ago now I honestly don't remember what it was). I'm literally typing on my Windows PC from my Mac laptop right now. I used to use it a lot for testing Windows browsers (less needed now that IE is dead and Edge is Chromium). The only issue I really have now is once in a while I can't use my keyboard on the client computer(s), and that is because my server is currently my work Mac, and the terminal will occasionally request secure lock (probably when I use sudo) and as part of that, the keyboard is not allowed to be accessed by programs like Synergy until the lock is released. But Mac gets kinda buggy once in a while and doesn't properly release the lock. Most of the time it just works though, and I've gotten way more than my $30 worth at this point.

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I'm on Windows 10/11 here, and I tried Barrier, having used Synergy so long ago I was using CRT's and wasn't out of date. I could not get Barrier configured. It

by geocrasher 4y ago

rejectfinite 4y ago
If you are on Windows Mouse Without Borders is free and works great over wired connection https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35460 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=354...
- geocrasher 4y ago
  Ah, so much software is available! But, I'm not on any wired connections. My primary use case for Synergy is mobile.
LocalPCGuy 4y ago
Definitely felt like a pretty low cost. I've worked with their support briefly also which helped me resolve an issue I was having (been so long ago now I honestly don't remember what it was). I'm literally typing on my Windows PC from my Mac laptop right now. I used to use it a lot for testing Windows browsers (less needed now that IE is dead and Edge is Chromium). The only issue I really have now is once in a while I can't use my keyboard on the client computer(s), and that is because my server is currently my work Mac, and the terminal will occasionally request secure lock (probably when I use sudo) and as part of that, the keyboard is not allowed to be accessed by programs like Synergy until the lock is released. But Mac gets kinda buggy once in a while and doesn't properly release the lock. Most of the time it just works though, and I've gotten way more than my $30 worth at this point.