How to tethering on Macos 15.x

There is a better, cleaner way.

ptpcamerad is invoked by applications such as:

  • Photos
  • Preview
  • NX Studio (and possibly other Nikon apps which access the camera, included the wireless transfer utility)

If you quit all of them, ptpcamerad should quit automatically. However, you might need to restart the Mac. I have experienced the same issue. Discussion here: