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Tether 2.0.0

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@jukqaz jukqaz released this 26 Sep 14:57
· 5 commits to main since this release

Superseded by 2.0.1, a security fix.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.
  • tether command with status --json, hold, sleep, run -- <command> and diagnose.
  • 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 doctor and 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.