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The reason I wrote these notes is that I have some issues with the default readme provided with Synergy. First off, it instructs you to copy Synergy right into the /usr/bin directory. That's for the OS to manage, not for user based installs. Second, it instructs the user to enable root which brings up security concerns. Last the instructions use chmod 777 which leaves things even wider open.
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Using the beta of Synergy it is a bit buggy and the keyboard is not mapping correctly. Instead, looking at commercial solutions, http://www.keyboard-and-mouse-sharing.com/download.htm - looks promising |
Setup of Command Client
Setup of /usr/local/bin
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cd ~/Downloads/synergy-1.4.4-MacOSX106-Universal # Sample location sudo chown root:wheel * sudo chmod g+xr synergyc synergys sudo chmod o+xr synergyc synergys sudo chmod g+rw synergy.conf.example sudo chmod o+rw synergy.conf.example sudo cp -R synergy* /usr/local/bin/ |
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Setup of GUI to Run Services
Unless you want to setup Synergy on the mac with a text editor (which is error prone and can be quite confusing), download QSynergy.
Install QSynergy as you would any other Apple application.
Read Dušan Vučković article on setting up QSynergy with the minor addition of pointing to your installation of Synegy.
References
Purpose of /usr/bin/local - http://superuser.com/questions/192281/purpose-of-usr-local-bin-on-linux-system
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