Continuo is built around sleep and wake. Close the lid, come back tomorrow, and it should reconnect without re-pairing. You keep the same trust relationship; only the live session pauses while a Mac is asleep or unreachable.
Sleep and wake
When a Mac sleeps, the session pauses. When it wakes, Continuo reconnects using pinned trust. No new three-word code.
If Wake paired Macs from sleep is enabled on this Mac, it may send wake signals to sleeping peers when you return. See Wake a sleeping Mac for manual wake, automatic wake, and limits.
Locked, or back at the login window
A Mac that wakes to its lock screen, or that was logged out or restarted, can be unlocked or logged in to from the Mac you are at (Pro). See Lock screen and login window, including what works with FileVault on and why a shut-down Mac is out of reach.
Link drops
If the network blips, Continuo releases control immediately. It does not hold onto a half-dead session. Once both Macs are back on the network, move the cursor, or press the Connect button on the paired Mac’s row in the menu bar panel.
Input Monitoring after sleep
Rarely, macOS revokes or suspends Input Monitoring until Continuo relaunches. If keys stop forwarding after wake, look at the Input Monitoring row under Settings → Privacy & Security. If it offers Quit & Reopen, use it; see Permissions.
Mesh Sleep Sync
Settings → Wake & Sleep → Keep paired Macs awake together (Pro, optional) keeps paired Macs awake together: while any one of them is in use, the others stay awake too, and once all of them have been idle past the Idle threshold each may sleep on its own. Idle sleep never puts another Mac to sleep; only Sleep Sync does, and only on a Mac that allows it. You can also dim this Mac’s display while it is kept awake for the others. See Free vs Pro.
Sleep Sync
With Pro, putting this Mac to sleep yourself can put your other Macs to sleep too. Turn on Put my other Macs to sleep when this one sleeps under Settings → Wake & Sleep → Sleep Sync. It is off by default.
When you put this Mac to sleep with Sleep in the Apple menu, or by closing the lid while you are using it, every connected paired Mac that allows it goes to sleep. A Mac allows it when Let my other Macs put this one to sleep is on there, right under the first switch. That one is off by default, and it is never copied between Macs: each Mac decides for itself.
- Only a sleep you choose counts. A Mac that falls asleep on its own after sitting idle never puts the others to sleep.
- The Mac you are sitting at never sleeps because of the one you are driving. If you are at one Mac, controlling another, and you put the one you are controlling to sleep, the Mac in front of you stays awake.
- A Mac that Mesh Sleep Sync keeps awake for the others still goes to sleep when it allows Sleep Sync.
- Waking is never synced. A sleeping Mac wakes the usual way: its own keyboard, or a wake signal.
Both Macs need a current version of Continuo.
Lock Sync
Settings → Wake & Sleep → Lock the other Macs when this one locks (Pro, off by default) locks your other Macs when you lock this one yourself, on each Mac that has Let my other Macs lock this one turned on. Putting this Mac to sleep yourself, with Sleep in the Apple menu or by closing the lid, counts as locking it. An idle lock, a screen saver or idle sleep does not pass on, the Mac you are sitting at is never locked by the one you are driving, and nothing is ever unlocked remotely. See Lock every Mac when you lock one.
Cannot wake a shut-down Mac
Wake-on-LAN only reaches sleeping Macs. A machine that is fully powered off must be started locally. See Wake a sleeping Mac for the full list of limits.