Teleport

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Version: 1.0.1 || Release Date: 2008-04-13 || License: Freeware Developer: Adyssoft

teleport is a simple prefpane utility to let you use one single mouse and keyboard to control several of your Macs. Simply reach the edge of your screen, and your mouse teleports to your other Mac! The pasteboard can even be synchronized between the computers.
teleport is currently a Public Preview. Please feel free to contact me for comments, suggestions, bug reports, etc.

teleport uses Bonjour to find available hosts. For controlling them, it catches the events of the master computer, sends me on the network using TCP, and uses some native CoreGraphics calls on the slave computer.

Warning: teleport pr3.7 does NOT encrypt data transfers. Therefore, be sure to have a safe network before sending sensitive keystrokes, such as passwords, on a slave computer.

Tags: mouse , productivity , keyboard , screensharing , sharing , utility

9 Opinions:

by amadsen, 2008-01-27

Wow! I've been using Synergy for a couple years, but it's a little screwed up in Leopard. I just found Teleport. It's not cross-platform like Synergy, but as a Mac-only user that doesn't matter to me. Teleport is way easier to setup and use, and drag and drop of files across Macs is amazing!

by alttrash, 2007-03-23

I've had freezing bugs since I installed it. But when it works (most often) it is simply VERY USEFUL.

by segdeha, 2006-10-24 (score: 1)

Hi. My name is Andrew, and I'm a former synergy user. It worked great once it was set up, but could be a pain to set up. Teleport -- in the best tradition of the Mac -- just works. The GUI is the way this kind of app should work. Also, I love, love, love the drag and drop of files across machines.

by thiffany, 2006-09-22

Absolutely brilliant.
This SHOULD be part of OS X.

by willhoag, 2006-09-20

This application is amazing!

by jydesign, 2006-09-18

This is very nice!

by logicmethod, 2006-07-19 (score: 1)

I have been using Synergy (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) that allows keyboard and mouse sharing functionality between OSX, Windows, and Linux machines. At one point I had 2 Macs, a PC, and a Debian box using a single keyboard and mouse. The only downside is the lack of a solid GUI; it is a command-based utility for the Mac / Linux platform.

by jetfuel, 2006-07-13

Holy SMOKES! That's unstoppable!!

by marcus, 2006-07-13

Wow, I have been looking for something like this for a long time. kick ass.