Homebrew Question unable to start software hbg and tinfoil

[Ibcap]

Hmm, i see. I just did some light digging and learned that HBG Shop is in fact shutting down on 10/1, a pity. I never really did understand what the difference betweeen the HBG Shop and Tinfoil was, although I understand they are closely related to each other. Anyhow, I found a post on reddit detailing the JITS AIO, so I guess if I have any questions about it I'll ask those there. I still am not sure what the problem is with me not being able to open Tinfoil on my system, can't help but wonder if it's related to the HBG shutdown?

Think of tinfoil like a web browser, and hbgshop or jits are websites that you can access through that browser. The GUI and application is entirely tinfoil, but the content you load is from hbg or jits.

 

[KingKazmaOfficial]

Think of tinfoil like a web browser, and hbgshop or jits are websites that you can access through that browser. The GUI and application is entirely tinfoil, but the content you load is from hbg or jits.

Gotcha! 100% makes sense, thanks.

 

[DocKlokMan]

Ah, now we're getting somewhere. Thanks! Even though the current sigpatches are for OFW 10.2.0 will it be ok for me to use them, or will I have to update to OFW 10.2.0 for everything to work. I don't have any real reason to not update the OFW, just being lazy I guess lol. That and I don't have access to a PC atm, only a Macbook, and I'd rather not try to use macOS to send files to my switch. I've known it to cause some issues in the past.

The sigpatches you find on this forum are all the sigpatches for that version and below. So just grab the latest ZIP, extract it and the Switch will use the right versions from the folder. So no, you don't need to update the OFW but if you do then the new patches will already be on your SD card.

As for transferring files with Mac, I just use Filezilla with FTP to transfer them over to avoid the Mac issues with FAT32

 

[KingKazmaOfficial]

The sigpatches you find on this forum are all the sigpatches for that version and below. So just grab the latest ZIP, extract it and the Switch will use the right versions from the folder. So no, you don't need to update the OFW but if you do then the new patches will already be on your SD card.

As for transferring files with Mac, I just use Filezilla with FTP to transfer them over to avoid the Mac issues with FAT32

Ah ok, sounds like a good solution! Thanks again.