I was just talking about how I couldn’t get QuickSynergy to work in Leopard. Thankfully, I did a little digging and quickly found a solution. Using SynergyKM I have Synergy running between Leopard and XP Pro with no problems. SynergyKM looks a lot more mature than QuickSynergy, and is probably the software package I should have been using all along.
At any rate, I’m happy now!
[Update: My problems have been solved with SynergyKM]
I’ve switched both of my machines (12″ Powerbook and Intel iMac) to Leopard now, and I’ve run into my first major application loss. QuickSynergy no longer works for me.
My workstation setup is a 20″ iMac on the right, with a Windows machine hooked up to a 20″ LCD directly to the left. I use the Windows machine for 3D modeling and rendering. Having both machines on the desk lets me use both systems without having to reboot my iMac or run a virtualization program. I use Synergy to control both computers with one keyboard and mouse. If you haven’t heard of Synergy, and you use more than one computer at a desk, check it out immediately. It’s nearly life changing.
QuickSynergy is a great GUI for using Synergy on the Mac or Linux. Before QuickSynergy came along, everything was command line. Well, QuickSynergy doesn’t seem to play nicely with Leopard. My Windows machine won’t connect to my iMac as a Synergy server, and when I try to quit QuickSynergy I get an error mentioning something about Applescript.
I’m going to try using the command line Synergy setup, but if that doesn’t work it looks like I’ll be rockin’ out old-school with two keyboards and two mouses (mice? mii?) on my desk.
If anyone has run into this and knows a solution, please enlighten us in the comments!
CS3, where have you been all my life? I’ve got the CS3 beta running on both my Intel iMac and my G4 Powerbook. It is snappier than CS2 was on my Powerbook, but it completely screams on my iMac! We have needed this for so long, great to see that it is being delivered.
The speed boost is great, but I’m even more excited about the features being added. Particularly, the greatly improved Bridge application. It also looks like Camera RAW has borrowed a lot of the controls that Rawshooter brought to the table when Adobe bought the technology from Pixmantec. I couldn’t be happier, because I used Rawshooter for a long time when my main photo editing machine was a Windows box. I’m also very excited about applying filters as adjustment layers through the “smart filters” function. That is going to completely change the way we use filters in Photoshop.
I can’t wait for CS3’s full release to come out. Great things are ahead for sure.
The video above shows the concepts that Microsoft was pushing for its next-generation Windows. Looks pretty slick doesn’t it? Shouldn’t a 3 year old video be disappointing compared to the product that will ship in a couple months? Instead, I feel the complete opposite, what’s shipping seems to completely lack the vision of the original concepts.
I understand that things happen in development, and technical limitations and kill a few ideas… but I think this is a case of initially overselling a product that doesn’t exist, leaving reality to be a disappointment three years later.
Tags: windows
This is exactly the setup I want to be using.
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