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WhatCable is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that tells you what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do. Built by Darryl Morley. For press enquiries: [email protected]

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About the app

WhatCable reads USB-C cable data from the IOKit registry using Apple's public APIs, no root access, no SIP changes, no private entitlements. It shows charging speed, data rate, Thunderbolt support, e-marker data, and identifies where the bottleneck is. Free and open source (MIT licence). Optional Pro tier at £9.99 one-time. Requires Apple Silicon, macOS 14 or later.

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