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@subhashhhhhh subhashhhhhh released this 12 Oct 11:54
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v1.5
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What's New in Tether 1.5

⬇️ Pick your download

  • Apple Silicon (M1 and later): Tether-1.5-AppleSilicon.dmg
  • Intel: Tether-1.5-Intel.dmg

Not sure which you have? Apple menu → About This Mac → look for Chip (Apple Silicon) or Processor (Intel). Both need macOS 15 Sequoia or newer.

📤 Tether in the Share menu

  • Choose Share › Tether in Finder, Photos, Safari and other apps to send files, photos, links and text to your phone.
  • With more than one phone connected, Tether asks which one to send to.

🗂️ Sending several files now works

  • Fixed: files larger than 128 KB sent from the Mac could arrive cut off, and the phone then threw away the whole batch. This is why sending 4 images delivered only one, or none. Every file now arrives complete, checked with a 12 MB transfer.
  • Several files are now sent as one batch, the way KDE Connect expects, so the phone tracks them as a single transfer.

🌍 Tailscale works when Tether is opened from Finder

  • Fixed: opened from Finder or at login, Tether couldn't read your tailnet, so it never found your phone over Tailscale. It only worked when started from Terminal.

ℹ️ About

  • New About tab in Settings, and Tether › About Tether now shows who made it and where the source code lives.

📦 Installation & Gatekeeper Note

Tether is an open-source indie app and isn't notarized with a paid Apple Developer account, so macOS may say the app "cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified".

  1. Drag Tether.app to /Applications and open it.
  2. If macOS blocks it, open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security and click Open Anyway.
  3. Or, in Terminal: 
    xattr -cr /Applications/Tether.app

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS-1.5.txt.

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