kalkman-code/beamer v1.3.1

Beamer 1.3.1

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

Downloads

• macOS: Beamer-1.3.1.dmg, signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows 10 and 11: Beamer-Setup-1.3.1.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

• While the PC is driving the Mac, the Mac's own trackpad can now push through the edge back to the PC, as the PC's mouse already could the other way.
• On the PC, adding Right Ctrl or Right Alt to Stays on this PC added the left key instead, and AltGr was added as Left Ctrl. Each is now added as the key you pressed, and the shortcut key is refused as it should be.
• When the Mac's display went to sleep, pushing through the edge from either side could stop working on the Mac until a setting was saved or Beamer restarted. A sleeping display no longer stops it, and a passing fault switches the edge off for 30 seconds at most.
• On the Mac, a mouse's sixth button and beyond stay on the Mac while its input is on the PC, instead of reaching neither machine.
• Caps Lock added to Stays on this Mac takes effect at once, rather than after input next comes home.
• Adding a key to Stays on this Mac while a modifier was already held no longer adds that modifier when you let go of it.
• On the PC, a Stays on this PC list that cannot be saved is no longer shown as saved.
• The Mac app no longer carries file paths from the machine it was built on.
• The web address at the foot of the Mac's sidebar fits on one line.

SHA-256

146e82a987300185e5c6681157e04cc8ea6cd125cfb950fca8f0e91938150f71  Beamer-1.3.1.dmg
78d200e72d6d4117dc6417f815fd4d008d0867f8eccfc2a58f740e41ce8ea60f  Beamer-Setup-1.3.1.exe