Install over USB, LAN, & Split Files not working

[migilion]

When i click on install over USB it will say "USB connection successful! waiting for list of files to be sent..." for maybe 5 seconds and then it goes back to the main screen without any message. If i click on it again it will either open it for a few seconds again or a pop up message saying "No USB connection detected". When i upload NSP to NS using NS-USBloader v7 it will give me the option to install it and it will show me "Installing" on the switch but it will quickly fail (after about the same 5 seconds) and show me a message about how to delete partially installed games... It's as if the cable was getting disconnected in the process but i know that's not the case.

When I try manually transfer a split NSP and install using tinleaf, the file shows up as a folder (because it is a folder with .nsp at the end) and empty on the inside (it wont read the 00, 01, 02, etc. files). it wont let me select the folder and install it as its just a folder, it can only open as a regular folder.

When I try to install over LAN.. neither NS-USBloader nor the switch will find each other they just keep searching (not sure how that process should go or should look as i've never successfully installed over LAN before)

Im using a Mac OS, Apple M2 Max chip, one of the newer ones. It was a mission to get NS-USBloader to work but it splits files fine and it can also inject the payload into the NS without any issues.

I'm using Tinleaf v1.4.5

Any help would be greatly appreciate it.