kalkman-code/beamer v1.3.0

Beamer 1.3.0

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The Mac download of 1.3.0 has been withdrawn: it carried file paths from the machine it was built on. Install 1.3.1 instead.

One keyboard and mouse or trackpad for a Mac and a Windows PC over the local network, in either direction. Push the pointer off the shared edge and it carries on onto the other machine, or double-tap the trigger key (Right Option on the Mac, Right Ctrl on the PC). The clipboard follows. Traffic stays on your network, encrypted and authenticated; pairing is a six-digit code.

Install 1.3.0 over any earlier version; your pairing and settings stay as they are.

Downloads

• macOS: Beamer-1.3.0.dmg, signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows 10 and 11: Beamer-Setup-1.3.0.exe, or winget install KalkmanCode.Beamer once the winget listing is approved.

The Windows installer is not code-signed, so Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" the first time. Choose More info, then Run anyway. Everything in it is built from this repository.

In this release

• Keys and buttons that stay put. Each machine's Keyboard page now has a list of keys and mouse buttons that keep working on the machine they were pressed on while its input is on the other one: a mouse's back button for this machine's browser, say, or a volume key for its speakers. Add one by pressing it. A key already held down on the other machine is always released there.
• A mouse's back and forward side buttons now cross in both directions, so the back button works in a browser on whichever machine you are driving.
• The Windows settings are now as full as the Mac's. A new Design page shows the edge's Glow and Beam playing live in whichever colour scheme you choose, and a new Keyboard page holds the shortcut key and the list above.
• While the Mac is driving the PC, the PC's own mouse can now push through the edge back to the Mac. Before, only the Mac's trackpad could take the pointer back.
• Both settings windows show the version and a link to kalkmancode.co.uk/beamer at the foot of the sidebar, and both menus have About Beamer.

SHA-256

67a50c2463598b50c51a96f77eb567028e4c78faacdaf5ab62f1ee0a8ba0dfdc  Beamer-1.3.0.dmg
102a2a4546a80eede0335a6a7e198d99a4353ef38da5cc7436874114b9866cd8  Beamer-Setup-1.3.0.exe