Having become accustomed to such a responsive setup I’d find ScreenRecycler’s lag distracting. If any one knows how to configure s you can use a PC as a second monitor using ScreenRecycler please tell. However there is not much support on the ScreenRycler webpage and I cant get my PC VPN guest to detect the ScreenRecycle. It's still got some "issues" so please be sure to read the caveats posted there before you download it. I’m an advocate of the multi-monitor setupI use two 23-inch monitors with my Mac Pro. 1 Ive downloaded ScreenRecyler because I want to use my old PC as a second monitor. ScreenRecycler is currently in pre-release Alpha but can be downloaded for free. It's not exactly pretty and it's not exactly speedy, but it is really pretty cool, if you ask me. What's cool about this and really sets it apart from your basic VNC setup, is that ScreenRecycler makes your Mac actually recognize the connected machine as another display, so it can be configured through System Prefs just like any other external monitor. the Mac tend to be very slow and JollysFastVNC came out of the developers frustration with using ScreenRecycler. To accomplish this bit of wizardry, ScreenRecycler uses VNC (a cross-platform app for remotely controlling another computer - I personally like Chicken of the VNC, but there are other clients you can try) to connect to the old machine. This may have limited usefulness for many of you, but I like it as another example of things we do just because we can. I came across this post on MacCast about ScreenRecycler, which enables you to use your old Mac (or PC) with a built-in monitor - like an old Powerbook or iMac, for example - purely as a secondary display, provided you can get it on your network.
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