By David Ponce
The Wormhole Switch from company J5Create does something most of us simply assumed couldn’t be done: easily transferring files between PCs and Macs. No need for a network, no need for drivers or to screw around with settings. You simply plug one end of the Wormhole cable into a USB port on each machine, and you’re done. You can even control the pointer of one computer with the mouse of the other. They immediately behave a little like one giant screen, with the pointer seamlessly scrolling from one screen to the other; file transfer is then a simple matter of drag and drop. Now, I say Mac to PC, but the truth is that it doesn’t have to be limited to that: PC/PC, Mac/Mac. It’s a useful tool to carry around with your laptop; just think of how many times you’ve wanted to share a file with your friends and not done so for lack of an easy way to do it.
It’s $40 and available at Fry’s and MicroCenter.
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I did a 588MB test with the J5 Create. It’s way better than the wireless solutions like Synergy and Microsoft’s Mouse Without Borders.
What an inexpensive way to transfer files between Macs and PCs. Definitely on my list of things to get.