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@subhashhhhhh subhashhhhhh released this 15 Oct 07:31
· 14 commits to main since this release
v1.8
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👤 Names and photos from your contacts

  • Messages show who you're texting, with their photo, instead of bare numbers.
  • Calls show the caller's name and photo, with a Mute Ringer button.
  • Tether keeps a copy of your phone's contacts on the Mac, readable only by you, and only fetches what changed.

💬 Messages

  • Conversations now show their whole history, not just the latest message. Load Earlier Messages goes further back.
  • Start a new conversation with New Message (⌘N): pick a contact or type a number.

🎵 Control your Mac from your phone

  • KDE Connect's Multimedia control on the phone now lists This Mac: see what's playing (Music, Spotify, even a YouTube video in Safari) with artwork, play, pause and skip.
  • The Volume tab next to it sets the Mac's volume, and follows changes you make on the Mac.
  • Album art from your phone now shows on the Mac too.
  • While your phone rings or you're on a call, what's playing on the Mac pauses, and resumes afterwards. Turn it off in Settings › General.

⚡ More from your phone

  • Run your Shortcuts: turn on Commands › Show my Shortcuts on the phone to run any shortcut from KDE Connect's Run Command.
  • Lock the Mac when your phone leaves: an option in Settings › General. It waits half a minute, so a phone switching networks doesn't lock you out.

✨ Liquid Glass everywhere

  • The Notifications, Files, Commands and Messages tabs now use the same glass panels as the Overview. Notifications are grouped by app.

🔧 Fixes

  • A phone connected over Wi-Fi no longer disconnects and reconnects every 90 seconds when it's also on Tailscale.
  • The phone drive stays mounted through a short disconnect, and unmounting no longer freezes Tether for a few seconds.
  • Sending several files survives the phone reconnecting partway.
  • A smaller download: 2.6 MB, down from 3.2 MB, now that release builds leave out debugging symbols.

⬇️ Install

Homebrew (recommended; no Gatekeeper prompt):

brew install --cask subhashhhhhh/tether/tether

Or download the disk image for your Mac:

  • Apple Silicon (M1 and later): Tether-1.8-AppleSilicon.dmg
  • Intel: Tether-1.8-Intel.dmg

Not sure which you have? Apple menu → About This Mac → Chip (Apple Silicon) or Processor (Intel). Tether needs macOS 15 Sequoia or later.

Tether is open source and isn't notarized by Apple, so the first time you open a downloaded copy macOS blocks it. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security and click Open Anyway, or run:

xattr -cr /Applications/Tether.app

Already on Tether 1.5.1 or later? It updates itself from Tether › Check for Updates…

Checksums are in SHA256SUMS-1.8.txt.

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