Share One Mouse/Keyboard Between Windows & Mac with Barrier 

Excellent tutorial. I had to switch the configuration to make my Macbook the Server and my PC the client, but it's working now! Thanks!

It worked OMG. Thanks a lot for straight and detailed explanation. Respect

Thank you. I was trying to connect two windows machines and it wasn't working. Some of the config steps you spelled out where not obvious to me, but your video helped clear things up for me.

Fantastic tutorial! I got my main rig hooked up with my 2ndary PC that controls my big TV next to my desk. They are both windows machines, but it worked exactly the same. I did have to manually configure the "server" IP on the 2ndary machine's agent. So now I don't have to keep getting up to put a movie on or something, nor do I have to even touch the keyboard/mouse for the laptop. I have used this product before, but it was years ago... I am so glad I found your guide. One thing I would add to this guide would be to remind people that if they want barrier to be persistent after reboot, that they should go back to the settings as before and tick the box next to "Start Barrier on startup". Otherwise, this was a flawless tutorial. Thank you so much! 🤘

Bro! This works PERFECT! Always struggled between switching between my WINDOWS PC and MACBOOK! Now it's just a sweep to the left and it works perfectly!

Best explanation and to the point, thanks a lot

Thanks! Finally got mine to work. You're awesome ☺

Incredible explanation, thank you very much

Really great tutorial, it's help me a lot. Thank you so much.

Nice package. It works seamlessly between the devices.

bro this is sick i was just wandering if i can hover between my pc and mac just googled ur video came i did as u said and it worked in first go wow and trust me now its so convinient working between the two thanks a lot and I realized whatever you think of is already invented somewhere also do i have to do this every time I startup

Simple and grate explanation! thanks.

Im running maOS Ventura Version as the client and server is windows 11 except the cursor failed to appear on the Mac the rest works. I installed v2.3.4 for the windows 11 pc and followed the exact steps on the video and installed the v2.4.0 for Mac and it worked seamlessly thank you so much

Thanks for share, basic and works!

Thanks. Worked perfectly for me.

Thank you. It worked perfectly

thanks you, best explication in yt, you save mi patience

One question that I can't figure out. Is there a way to have it start up so that when my Mac boots (client), the program starts before I'm required to put in my login password? Using Sharemouse in the past I had to have a physical KVM to temporarily enable the switch because it wouldn't start before the OS booted fully. Do you run into this as well?

You are the man. I almost spent hours trying to compile synergy from source and I was already getting errors from step 2 lol. Thanks

Thank you very much this helped alot. Do you know any ways to make it slightly less laggy. I followed all the steps but moving my mouse around on the mac is very slow and laggy. Any fixes or just better wifi connection?

Wow this is great! ❤

Hey thanks.. your guide (and troubleshooting) was helpful.. Moreso than the other guide i watched. You may want to put a sticky top comment to let people know where the troubleshooting tips are - or add to the description or beginning/end of video.. Subbed.. Thanks again!

Thanks, it helped me a lot.

Much appreciated, there is a slight delay sometimes but works well, thanks for the video!

Thanks for the video, pal.

Is there cli support for switching computers? I'd like to put a command in a script that will also change my monitor input.

thanks, my issue was server not starting, realized i changed my server name in settings but didnt change name in layout view. Need have same server name in both areas.

Hi I was trying Macbook with window I followed step by step at the end but not working mouse in both device can you tell me please what should i do

I tried 2 times: first, Windows (server) and 2. Mac (client), but it did not work for me. Then, I changed to 1. Mac (server - with 1 monitor) and 2. Windows (client - with 2 monitors) and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the great tutorial!

it worked only when i have made my mac as the server and windows as client , although its perfect thanks

wooooo thank you kevin!

on mac one uses command + c and on windows ctrl + c would it be possible to use the same key as shortcut instead of having to shitch back and forth between ctrl and command?

nice ! a very good free alternative to sharemouse !

great video, nontheless - alt+shift not working in virtual keyboard as well as print-screen and win+l - locks only the server

Is it possible to do this with a Windows laptop as the server, and Ipad as the client? My intuition says no, as OS for Mac and Ipad are likely different and I won't be able to run barrier on my iPad, is this correct, or is there a way? Thanks!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN.

I love you man. You're the best.

Great explanation.. But the setup still does not seem to work.. My server is Mac and client Windows

Thx much. Works great! I am just wondering if I make MBP my server, will I be able to use mac gestures on windows :)will see

I have followed every step but for some reason I still can't control my mac with my main keyboard and mouse and I have followed everything that you have showed in the video

My Windows laptop and Macbook cant find each other. They are on the same network (WiFi) and when I fill in the IP adresses it wont work either + the other way around

Champion, you got a like and a sub!

Thanks a lot bro!!

Thanks a lot man. It works well. God bles u!! :)

Thank you, it worked

Thank you so much!

it's magic! thank you so much

Can I configure the server in the middle and client + 2nd monitor on left and right?

it work with my pc and mac but when they shut down the barrier no longer work .. can you please how can i fix it or how to remove the settings that i did to reinstall it ( because i tried to reinstall it many times but it does not work ) thanks in advance

Haven't been able to get this to work for two years Mac is the server and windows is the client, on the Mac it logs this: FATAL: failed to start server: cannot bind address: Can't assign requested address I need help

thank u kevin :D great video it's very nice i 'm subcribe bro :)

Hi, I hope anyone can help...so after moving barrier into apps folder on mac, and I try to launch it, I get a pop up that says: 'Barrier quit unexpectedly'....I have tried everything to fix it, but can't. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you sir!

it worked but it's slow and not consistent between my MacBook pro and surface go 2

I followed your instructions and was able to use the mouse on both machines but the keyboard is not. can you help me? windows is server and my imac is client

Hi Kevin, thanks for sharing. I have a server Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 and a client MacBook Air M2, they somehow connect but I can not see the mouse on the mac screen, however, the control is somehow there. I did not get the Bonjour installation request like in your video for the Windows machine. Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks Kevin I'm running a Windows 10 server with a Mac client (Monterey), a Logi keyboard that has CTRL, Opt/Start, Cmd/Alt keys. Strangely, when I use barrier I have to Opt + C to copy on the Mac...and can't figure out why it's not taking the cmd + c...have you had experience with this?

OMg! it's working now ! thanks

I did all of this, but it still isn't working. Any suggestions as to what I could do next to try and troubleshoot?

Hi can you help pls, my mac refuses to connect to my windows. Mac refuses to act as a client

tried everything but still not helping ... i am using on Macbook and Windows laptop ... tried switching it server and client but still no luck ! what to do more here ?

Muchas Gracias!! :)

Thank you So much ❤❤

This is actually crazy good lol

Awesome vid dude. Just wondering will this work on one wide monitor that supports PBP?

worked great!

For me on my macbook Barrier just gets stuck on Barrier is starting and the app freezes

Do the pc's need to be connected via some sorts cable or router or something?

I connected 2 windows pc’s. I dont see the mouse but i can click and it seems to work. Any ideas how do i do it so i see the mouse?

Is there any chance of this extending to Android, specifically Samsung Dex?

what should i own to do this?wireless keyb and mouse or not?

Thanks

Does this interfere at all when you are playing games? Or is this just something you turn off before you start playing anything to be safe? I saw your games up there and I was curious if you ran into any issues while using this.

Amazing!

thank you bro

thank you

Thanks you bro

Does this work on M2?

Mouse without Borders works better for me. But I will be trying Barrier's successor, Leap-Input I believe it's called, once it comes out. If it ever does.

Thanks bro

I tried warless keyboard and mouse but not supported anyway thanks for your help. I think yours is wire.

will this work with my PC and iPad Pro?

can i share 2 windows laptops with a macbook?

Thank you

thank you ...

THANK FRIEND

Hypothetically lets say this is my setup - Linux PC with 3x monitors, Mac with 3x monitors and Windows with 3x monitors Would barrier be able to work it so you could have it go from one "side" of the 9 monitors all the way to the other side?

i tried exactly as you did, but on both server and client it keeps saying barrier is starting and isnt working.. any ideas..?

thanks

Does it works with ipad

THANK UUUUU

This is basically synergy but free, I love it

it worked once and now only my mac is able to host the server and the other way round doesn"t work. it gets stuck at barrier is starting, in the log it says that it failed to connect to server and timed out

Thanks

Barrier stopped working after mac automatic updates. Anyone experience this?

Hey brother is there any lag?

what about linux + windows??

is it safe?

It works. Kinda. My mouse pointer disappears. 😕 W10x64 server, W10x64 client, Barrier 2.4.0.

You're amazing thank you so much! (Tips in my comments, if anyone is having trouble)