#Used apple keyboard and mouse how to
#Used apple keyboard and mouse install
#Used apple keyboard and mouse software

For Windows PC’s clients, everything is the same minus the auto-Bonjour connection, so instead specify the Server Mac IP address and connect manuallyĮverything should be working now, and you can drag your mouse and keyboard across the Macs (or PCs) with ease simply by moving the cursor to where ever you oriented the other computers to be during setup.

Repeat this process on all other Macs you wish to connect to the Server Mac to share the keyboard and mouse with.

Confirm on the Client Mac that you want to connect to the Mac / trust the sha fingerprint to connect to the Server Mac.

The Server Mac should then be setup and ready to go, with the screen looking something like this:.

On the Server Mac, wait a moment and Barrier should automatically detect the Mac wishing to connect via Bonjour, then simply click the orientation for where you want the client Mac(s) to be.

On the Mac or PC connecting to the Server Mac to use its mouse/keyboard (the ‘Client Mac’), choose “Client” and then Done.

On the Mac with the keyboard and mouse you wish to share (the “Server Mac”), choose “Server” in the Setup Barrier screen and then Done.

On all Macs, choose “Open System Preferences” and authenticate to allow Barrier to control the Macs *.

#Used apple keyboard and mouse install

Copy Barrier from the DMG (or install with the exe to Windows) to your /Applications folder on every Mac you intend to use this on, then right-click on Barrier.app and choose “Open” to get around Gatekeeper on each Mac.

Get the latest version of Barrier here (DMG for Mac, exe for Windows) – download this to every computer you want to be able to use the keyboard and mouse with.

You’ll want to make sure the computers you want to share a mouse and keyboard with are all on the same network, and you’ll be switching back and forth between the different Macs during initial setup.

#Used apple keyboard and mouse how to

How to Share Keyboard & Mouse Across Macs / PCs with Barrier

#Used apple keyboard and mouse software

Barrier is open source software and it is not verified by Apple with Gatekeeper, so if you’re uncomfortable with that, you’d probably want to skip running Barrier completely. Unlike Universal Control, it is not available for iPad, but if you’re a Mac and PC user, you should really appreciate the cross-platform abilities offered there.īarrier is a little technical but it’s pretty easy to setup and get working if you follow along, particularly on the Mac thanks to Bonjour. Barrier offers this ability right now, and not only does it work to share a keyboard and mouse between multiple Macs, it also supports Windows and Linux computers, yes even with a shared clipboard.

While Universal Control, the tentpole feature of macOS Monterey that allows for sharing a keyboard and mouse across multiple Macs and iPads, is now delayed until macOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.3, you don’t have to wait until then to start sharing a single keyboard and mouse between Macs, and PC’s too. Barrier works great, so if you’ve been waiting for Universal Control on macOS Monterey and disappointed by its delay, this is essentially the same ability offered through an open source project.