Is there a software out there that will allow two mouse pointers (cursors) on my Mac? Note that I don't just want to connect two mice, I want two pointers, each controlled by a mouse. This is the Mac version of this question.
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3If there's only one pointing device connected, how are you planning on controlling the second pointer? – music2myear Sep 06 '11 at 17:58
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6How are you going to control the second pointer without another mouse? This is NOT the equivalent of that question at all. – Shinrai Sep 06 '11 at 17:59
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Whoops, lemme fix that. Check back in a sec... – daviesgeek Sep 06 '11 at 17:59
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btw, mouse pointer and cursor are different things. Cursor is normally used to refer to the caret (text insertion point) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret – StevenV Sep 06 '11 at 20:04
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@Steven I know, I was trying to make it less confusing. Should I take that out? – daviesgeek Sep 06 '11 at 20:18
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I think this is the closest you'll get. It hasn't been updated since 2006... http://multicursor-wm.sourceforge.net/ – daviewales Dec 07 '12 at 03:12
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For me the most interesting part of this question is "Why do you want two mouse pointers in the first place? what's the point?" – heiglandreas Mar 19 '13 at 13:12
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@heiglandreas So that I can use two monitors, and have two people using one computer at the same time. :) – daviesgeek Mar 19 '13 at 20:52
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Can you explain why you want to have two people using the same computer at the same time, but you *don't* want to have two mice? – G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica' May 14 '17 at 03:44
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Vine Server, for one, lets you set up a VNC server on a single user basis; you can then fast-switch to another user locally, and allow the original user to connect via VNC to their active desktop.
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Very good answer. However, it still requires having two computers. The whole point is to have two people on one, single computer :) – daviesgeek Mar 21 '13 at 07:25