Magic Switch: Share Apple Magic keyboard/track-pad/mouse between two Macs
chanux
19 points
4 comments
October 02, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (1 comments)
Terretta
Fwiw, this has been helpful for a couple decades now: 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: https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow They explain this here: https://symless.com/synergy/blog/how-to-use-synergy-for-free