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Tether 2.0.0
Superseded by 2.0.1, a security fix. Please install 2.0.1 instead, including its helper.
First public release.
- Clamshell mode follows power: on while connected, off on battery, and a Mac already closed is put
to sleep the moment it's unplugged. Its switch turns it off until power is connected again. - No lock: the screen under the lid is dimmed instead of sleeping the display. Optionally lock
when the lid closes instead. - Battery hold with safety limits enforced by the helper (battery temperature by lid state,
thermal pressure, battery floor, time), adjustable only toward stricter values. - Heat guard: Low Power Mode for a closed Mac running hot on power, and sleep if it keeps
overheating with no display attached (a bag on a power bank counts as power). - Low Power Mode only where you allow it (during battery holds; when hot on power, from "serious",
from "fair" or never), and your own change to it is never undone. - A watchdog LaunchDaemon that turns sleep back on if the helper ever stops while sleep is off on
battery. - A Mac put to sleep on power stays asleep through Power Nap's dark wakes; a charger that can't
keep up can no longer run the battery flat with the lid closed; a battery hold can't start at or
below the floor; the app relaunches after a crash. - Data-based settings: time-weighted battery temperatures, battery use during holds, and
recommended limits from them; "Adjust to this Mac" applies them by itself as measurements come
in, never looser than the defaults. - Sleep log: duration, charge per hour, sleep and wake causes, dark wakes; alerts on high drain.
- Screen off without locking after a few idle minutes.
tethercommand withstatus --json,hold,sleep,run -- <command>anddiagnose.tether://URLs for the Shortcuts app.- Apps keeping the Mac awake, live in Settings and
tether status. - Troubleshooting: detailed logging and a Markdown report with masked names, from Settings or
tether diagnose --record. - Control Center style panel (full and compact) with a clamshell switch and a countdown to the
second; a status item with a ring that empties during a battery hold. - Icon Composer app icon (Liquid Glass, dark, clear and tinted), sidebar settings, English and
Korean with a choice in Settings. tether doctorand a checks list in Settings › System and at the top of the report; "+30m"
for a running battery hold (tether hold +30m), still capped at 4 hours from its start.- In-place help: an ⓘ next to each setting that needs explaining (what it does, the words it
uses), Help › Tether Help opening the README, and a glossary in the README. - First-run welcome, update check against GitHub releases, full uninstall.
- A quiet panel: controls that can't act right now are hidden rather than greyed out, and there
are no lid-open or toggle notifications (the last lid session is in the panel and History). - Desktop Macs are left alone.