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Life & fun · November 14, 2012

HoRNDIS - an Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X

STOP STOP STOP¶ HoRNDIS is unmaintained software. For years now, I have wanted to write an essay on why this is the case. I never got around to doing that, but here

HoRNDIS - an Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X launched on November 14, 2012 with 72 votes, #28 of 543 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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HoRNDIS is an Android USB tethering driver for Mac OS X that allows users to share internet connections from Android devices to their computers. The software was designed for Mac users who need to tether their Android phones or tablets. However, HoRNDIS is no longer maintained and has not been supported since OS X 10.11, making it incompatible with modern macOS versions.

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HoRNDIS is unmaintained software. For years now, I have wanted to write an essay on why this is the case. I never got around to doing that, but here's what I usually send in response to people who e-mail me asking for help installing the version of HoRNDIS that was packaged along with their DJI drone: Unfortunately, HoRNDIS is unsupported and has been since OS X 10.11. Actually, DJI is a big part of this: for a few years, DJI’s customers were sending me daily email about HoRNDIS, though DJI had never so much as sent me a thank you, let alone having paid me even a dime for my work that seemed to be critical to their products! Nowadays this email has tapered off enough that I can respond to…from joshuawise.com

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