Installing Synergy Client on a Mac OS X Lion and configuring it for automatic startup

org.macports.synergy-client.plist

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd" >
<plist version='1.0'>
<dict>
<key>Label</key><string>org.macports.synergy</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key><true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/opt/local/bin/daemondo</string>
    <string>--label=synergy-client</string>
    <string>--start-cmd</string>
    <string>/opt/local/bin/synergyc</string>
    <string>-n</string>
    <string>nlsi-hw-</string>
    <string>--no-restart</string>
    <string>--no-daemon</string>
    <string>172.31.1.10:24800</string>
    <string>;</string>
    <string>--pid=exec</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

org.macports.synergy-server.plist

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd" >
<plist version='1.0'>
<dict>
<key>Label</key><string>org.macports.synergy</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key><true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
    <string>/opt/local/bin/daemondo</string>
    <string>--label=synergy-server</string>
    <string>--start-cmd</string>
    <string>/opt/local/bin/synergys</string>
    <string>-n</string>
    <string>nlsi-hw-server</string>
    <string>-a</string>
    <string>172.31.1.10:24800</string>
    <string>-c</string>
    <string>/Library/Synergy/synergy.conf</string>
    <string>--no-restart</string>
    <string>--no-daemon</string>
    <string>;</string>
    <string>--pid=exec</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

synergy.conf

section: screens
	nlsi-hw-server:
		halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
		halfDuplexNumLock      = false
		halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
		xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-1a:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-1b:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-1c:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-2a:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-2b:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-2c:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-3a:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-3b:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
	nlsi-hw-3c:
                halfDuplexCapsLock     = false
                halfDuplexNumLock      = false
                halfDuplexScrollLock   = false
                xtestIsXineramaUnaware = false
end

section: links
	nlsi-hw-server:
		left(0,50)   = nlsi-hw-3b
		left(50,100) = nlsi-hw-3c
	nlsi-hw-1a:
		right        = nlsi-hw-2a
		down         = nlsi-hw-1b
	nlsi-hw-1b:
		up           = nlsi-hw-1a
		right        = nlsi-hw-2b
		down         = nlsi-hw-1c
	nlsi-hw-1c:
		up           = nlsi-hw-1b
		right        = nlsi-hw-2c
	nlsi-hw-2a:
		left         = nlsi-hw-1a
		right        = nlsi-hw-3a
		down         = nlsi-hw-2b
	nlsi-hw-2b:
		up           = nlsi-hw-2a
		left         = nlsi-hw-1b
		right        = nlsi-hw-3b
		down         = nlsi-hw-2c
	nlsi-hw-2c:
		up           = nlsi-hw-2b
		left         = nlsi-hw-1c
		right        = nlsi-hw-3c
	nlsi-hw-3a:
		left         = nlsi-hw-2a
		down         = nlsi-hw-3b
	nlsi-hw-3b:
		up           = nlsi-hw-3a
		left         = nlsi-hw-2b
		right        = nlsi-hw-server(0,50)
		down         = nlsi-hw-3c
	nlsi-hw-3c:
		up           = nlsi-hw-3b
		left         = nlsi-hw-2c
		right        = nlsi-hw-server(50,100)
end

section: options
	screenSaverSync = true
end

synergyc-lion-startup.README

NOTE: After trying several actual versions of Synergy 
including 1.4.5, 1.3.8. I found out that 1.3.1 (the version 
from mac ports) is working best on my Mac Lion.

1. Install mac ports!
   Easiest way is to download/install the latest dmg file from http://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/

2. Install synergy from mac ports!
   sudo port install synergy

3. create a plist file named org.macports.synergy.plist similar to the below one
   (note that mac-air needs to be replaced by your hostname and 192.168.9.1 with 
   your synergy-servers ip adress)


4. load the .plist file with launchctl

   sudo launchctl load -w org.macports.synergy.plist

THATS IT! Your synergy client will start automatically