CrArC Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 OS X has a screen sharing feature which, as I understand it, is basically cut-down VNC functionality which allows you access to the screen on the other machine. I guess this has its uses but what I was after was screen sharing in a more literal sense. Is it possible to actually use the display of another machine running OS X as an extension of the machine you are currently using? For example, I wanted to fire up "screen sharing" on my laptop, plonk it next to my desktop, and have it run like a second monitor for my desktop, allowing me to, say, drag across a photoshop project and keep it there, or put a few word documents on one screen and safari on the other. As if I'd plugged the laptop monitor into my desktop. Screen sharing as it exists at the moment doesn't allow this functionality, does it? (someone please tell me I'm wrong) I'd know for sure if I'd managed to get screen sharing working at all these machines are having a bit of trouble spotting each other on the network as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 So basically you want to use a networked Mac as a second display, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrArC Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yeah, using software like MaxiVista if necessary (apparently a beta for OS X is floating around but currently it does not support this OS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Not sure of the full features of this (haven't used), but might be worth looking into: http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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