Launching Synergy from the command line

  1. Decibel

    I've discovered that I can't run Synergy and Warcraft III at the same time, presumably due to Synergy polling iTunes. Not really a big deal since I can't use Synergy while I'm playing the game anyway.

    What I'd like to do is have a shell script that will shut down Synergy (killall should suffice here I hope), launch Warcraft, and then when WC is done, restart Synergy. The only problem is I don't know of any way to start Synergy from the command line.

  2. Greg Hurrell

    If you're running iTunes 4.7 and a recent version of Synergy it doesn't do any polling at all.

    To launch Synergy from the command line:

    /usr/bin/open ~/Library/PreferencePanes/Synergy.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Synergy.app

    Or:

    /usr/bin/open /Library/PreferencePanes/Synergy.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Synergy.app

    Depending on where you installed it.

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