How to Shoot Tethered

What is tethered Shooting?
Tethered shooting is a digital photography term, simply meaning taking photographs with the camera connected to the computer by a cable, allowing the photographs to be loaded into the computer.
Why Tether?
A lot fo the reason for tethering is to be able to see the photos large as you work being able to spot any problems as you go along.
Pros:

Monitoring of photos as shoot progresses
backing up of photos on harddrive in case of memory card failure
apply post production effects instantly

Cons:

Cables can be restrictive and get …