Continuo shares one keyboard, mouse and clipboard across Macs on the same network. It is not screen sharing: every Mac keeps showing its own screen.
Setup runs to three steps and takes under a minute.
1. Install it on each Mac
Download the app and drag it into Applications on each Mac you want to use. Continuo has to be running on both ends: there is no host and no client, and nothing to nominate as the main machine.
On first launch it asks for three permissions and then does not ask again. Granting them is what lets it deliver keystrokes and pointer movement as native macOS events rather than forwarding a stream.
Free covers two Macs completely. Pro is for a third and beyond.
2. Pair with three words
Both Macs find each other over Bonjour on your local network. There is nothing to type in: no IP addresses, no port numbers, no accounts.
When they meet, each screen shows the same three words. Check that the words match on both, then choose They match, Pair. The words change every time you pair, and matching them is what proves you are pairing with the Mac in front of you rather than something else on the network.
Once paired, they stay paired. Waking a Mac or rejoining the network does not start this over.
3. Arrange the screens
Open Settings → Macs or Arrange displays from the menu bar panel. Drag each Mac cluster until it sits where the real machine sits on your desk. The edges follow: push the cursor off the right of the Mac on your left, and it lands on the Mac to its right.
That is the whole of it. From here the keyboard, the mouse and the clipboard follow the cursor.
Requirements
- macOS 14 or newer on every Mac.
- All the Macs on the same Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.
- No shared Apple ID, and no account of any kind.
If they cannot find each other
See Macs cannot find each other for VPN, guest Wi-Fi, and Local Network permission fixes.
Next steps
- Permissions, if onboarding did not finish cleanly
- Screen arrangement, tune edges after the first cross
- Keyboard and mouse, return hotkey and pointer feel
- Free vs Pro, when you add a third Mac