Teleport: Control Multiple Macs With One Keyboard and Mouse

Here’s a piece of software I wish I knew about a long time ago. It’s called teleport, and it gives you the ability to control multiple Macs with just one keyboard and one mouse.

Ever since I got my iMac, I have not been using my iBook that much. I’ve only used it when I’m on the go, or if I ever want to do some coding or surf the internet from the comfort of the sofa. Even then, those occurrences don’t happen that often during the summer. However, now that I’ve found out about teleport, I can use my iBook alongside my iMac to take on minor tasks so that I can alleviate some system resources on my iMac.

Installation is simple and I was able to control my iBook from my iMac’s mouse and keyboard within a couple of minutes. All that is required is to install teleport on both machines, open up the required ports if you’re running a firewall, then activate it. Below is a demonstration video of how useful this application really is.

Besides being able to control multiple Macs at once, teleport also allows you to drag & drop files between machines. There is also an encryption feature for obvious security reasons, but I don’t think I will personally be needing it, as consent must be given before you can link up two machines with teleport.

For those who would like to try this on other machines with different operating systems, I’ve learnt that Synergy has the same functionality and is also cross platform, but I chose to try out teleport instead as setup for Synergy doesn’t look as simple.

You can download a preview release of teleport at abyssoft’s website.