kalkman-code/beamer v1.3.2

Beamer 1.3.2

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

Downloads

• macOS: Beamer-1.3.2.dmg, signed and notarised by Apple.
• Windows 10 and 11: Beamer-Setup-1.3.2.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

The PC now has the same controls as the Mac.

• The PC's trigger key is recorded by pressing it, as on the Mac: any key that types nothing, such as a modifier, a function key or Scroll Lock. The key you chose before stays chosen.
• The PC's Keyboard page has the modifier style: Semantic, where Ctrl+C on the PC is Cmd+C on the Mac, or Positional, where each key arrives as the Mac key in its place.
• The PC's Overview and tray menu have Send input to your Mac and Pause crossing. Paused, the edge and corner do nothing and the shortcut still works; a restart forgets it.
• A full-screen app or game on the PC holds the edges, so the pointer stays put while it has focus; the shortcut still works.
• A drag on the PC that reaches the edge stays a drag instead of crossing to the Mac. Never while dragging on the Crossing page turns it off.
• Switching from the PC while the Mac is asleep sends the Mac a wake-up, as the Mac already does for the PC. A Mac that answers wake-on-LAN wakes; a MacBook on Wi-Fi usually does not.
• The PC says so, with a notification, when a switch cannot happen and when a dropped link sends its input home.
• The PC's Overview shows the round trip while its input is on the Mac, and its tray has Reload configuration.
• The PC's double-tap and resistance ranges match the Mac's: 50 to 1000 ms, and up to 500 px.
• The Mac's Overview has the switch for each direction that its menu bar already had.

Also fixed:

• On the PC, letting go of Shift before a letter while typing on the Mac could leave that letter held on the Mac.
• Neither machine tries to wake the other when the other is awake and refused the connection, for example over a mismatched token; the switch says why instead.
• Space, Enter, Tab, Backspace and Esc are no longer offered as the trigger key on either machine, because a double-tap or a hold would take them from every app. A trigger you already chose still works.

SHA-256

7ddd40c9c354d4ced0a5c8d18eafca9a6fc71c57b1227765a1cd3b7d8affd271  Beamer-1.3.2.dmg
df1e757d9983bc243332d74eb8fbde114790e403bc2a6628e2e4473c1c452e97  Beamer-Setup-1.3.2.exe