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About Tetherbug
How it works
• Your Mac and phone stay paired over Bluetooth. When the Mac's Wi-Fi disconnects and no known network is around, it asks the phone for its hotspot.
• Tetherbug turns the hotspot on through Shizuku, and your Mac joins it.
• The hotspot shows up in your Mac's Wi-Fi menu as a Personal Hotspot, with the link icon, just like an iPhone's.
• Once nothing has used the hotspot for a while, Android turns it off again. You choose how long.
What you need
• Android 13 or later
• Shizuku, which lets Tetherbug switch the hotspot without root
• A Mac with macOS 14 or later, running the free Tetherbug app for Mac: github.com/xav-ie/Tetherbug
Private by design
• Tetherbug has no internet access and collects no data.
• Only a Mac you've paired with your phone can see its status or turn its hotspot on, and the Bluetooth link between them is encrypted.
Open source under the MIT license: github.com/xav-ie/Tetherbug
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