github darrylmorley/whatcable v1.3.0-beta.1
v1.3.0-beta.1: Beta build: cable provenance, cleaner power reporting, and front-port fixes

pre-release4 hours ago

Beta build: cable provenance, cleaner power reporting, and front-port fixes

This is a beta for the tester group. It bundles everything since v1.2.1. Nothing changes about licensing: use your normal Pro key.

What's new

  • Offline cable provenance. Cables that carry a USB-IF certificate (XID) now show a "USB-IF certified" line with the manufacturer, read straight from the cable with no network lookup.
  • Front-port devices attributed correctly. On desktop Macs, a device on a built-in USB-only front port is now named against that port instead of being left unattached.
  • Cleaner power and charging reporting. A run of fixes to stop misleading charging lines: stale power-contract wattage is no longer reported as live, and a charger that's plugged in but not being drawn from is now explained rather than shown as an error (thanks to the M1 Pro/Max reporters).
  • MagSafe counted on its own line in the "nothing plugged in" message, instead of being lumped in with the USB-C ports.
  • Live port health counters that update as things change and land on the right port.
  • Menu-bar popover height is clamped to the screen so it can't run off the bottom.
  • Licensing help. A "lost your key" form on the support page, and the success page now shows your licence key right after purchase.
  • DisplayPort: monitors running at 1.62 Gbps (RBR), the lowest DisplayPort rate, are now labelled correctly.
  • Translations: refreshed Italian (thanks @bovirus) and Traditional Chinese (thanks @jimmyorz).

What to look at

  • If you have a certified cable (many Thunderbolt/USB4 cables are), check the new "USB-IF certified" line reads right.
  • If you're on a desktop Mac, plug something into a front port and confirm it shows up attributed to that port.
  • Charging: confirm the power lines match reality, especially the charger-attached and "not drawing" cases.
  • Anything that looks off gets its own issue labelled beta, linked from the announcement thread.

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