github darrylmorley/whatcable v1.0.0
v1.0.0: WhatCable 1.0

19 hours ago

WhatCable 1.0

WhatCable has been answering "what can this cable actually do?" since the
start of May. Ninety-seven releases later, this is the one we're happy to
call 1.0. Thanks to everyone who reported cables, sent diagnostics, and
filed the bugs that got it here.

New in this release

  • Pro: terminal dashboard. whatcable --dashboard is a live
    full-screen view of your ports for the SSH and tmux crowd. Three screens
    (Overview, Negotiation, Power), Tab to switch, live draw charts per port,
    devices and Thunderbolt state at a glance.
  • Pro: cable health verdicts. The Power Monitor now watches how a cable
    behaves over a session (repeated link drops, sustained high resistance,
    overcurrent events) and says plainly when one isn't performing. It never
    judges on a single blip, and wording stays observational: damage, debris,
    or a marginal cable, not accusations.
  • Widgets stopped going blank. Desktop widgets now read current port
    data whenever macOS refreshes them and show an "as of" time instead of
    blanking after five minutes. Plug/unplug still updates them within
    seconds while the app is running.
  • Fixed: a cable swap no longer inherits the previous cable's
    resistance history.

Install notes

Homebrew 6 changed how third-party taps work. The install is now one
command: brew install --cask darrylmorley/whatcable/whatcable. Existing
installs upgrade as normal; if brew complains about an untrusted tap, run
brew trust darrylmorley/whatcable.

Translations

  • Latvian completed and refined by @shpokas.

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