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How to clean uninstall eqmac2 #183

Closed prpatel78 closed 4 years ago

prpatel78 commented 4 years ago

I recently tried to uninstall eqmac2 so that I can use the new version, however, eqMac2 still remains as an audio device. I am unable to remove the device as the remove button is greyed out.

Can you help?

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watchthesunrise commented 4 years ago

Just to be clear, you uninstalled by clicking "uninstall" in the bottom right hand corner of the dropdown? Doing this + restarting your Mac should be all you need to do.

prpatel78 commented 4 years ago

That is correct, but emac2 still shows up as an available speaker/audio source.

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Joachim-42he commented 4 years ago

Same here. Uninstalled eqmac2 (to install eqmac beta) but the device is still listed.

Martin10110 commented 4 years ago

Same here. Clicked on uninstall in eqmac2 and restarted. The device is still listed in sound preferences.

Also, did a kexstat command and the below kernel extension is still showing so it has not been uninstalled cleanly.

com.bitgapp.eqMac2Driver (2.0) C8E2C7F3-989B-3EF0-AE56-80D339AC2703 <88 6 5 3>

Has anyone managed to resolve?

Thanks

Martin10110 commented 4 years ago

I have sorted this myself if anybody has the same problem.

Go to /Library/StagedExtensions/Library and delete eqMac2Driver.kext

Sound preferences does not now show eqMac2 as an option.

nodeful commented 4 years ago

Hey everyone 👋 I will be open sourcing the new version of eqMac, therefore, I am closing this issue and repository as I will be transfering nodeful/eqMac2 repo to bitgapp/eqMac Please bear with me for the next couple of days as I setup that new repo. The eqMac2 code will be living in the old-eqMac2 branch if anyone is interested in referencing it for whatever reason. Please try out the new version and report bugs to the new repo. Thanks for using eqMac.

siemiatj commented 4 years ago

I've also removed eqmac from /Library/Preferences/audio/com.apple.audio.DeviceSettings.plist and /Library/Preferences/audio/com.apple.audio.SystemSettings.plist

Joachim-42he commented 4 years ago

On MacOS Catalina, I was finally successful by removing two .kext folders from my system with SIP (System Integrity Protection) disabled (for which I needed to boot to recovery mode).

sudo reboot
(Press Cmd + R during boot)
(Select "Teminal" from the top menu "Utilities")
csrutil disable
reboot
(in Teminal:)
sudo rm -rf /System/Volumes/Data/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
reboot
(Press Cmd + R during boot)
(Select "Teminal" from the top menu "Utilities")
csrutil enable
reboot
ssent1 commented 4 years ago

On MacOS Catalina, I was finally successful by removing two .kext folders from my system with SIP (System Integrity Protection) disabled (for which I needed to boot to recovery mode).

sudo reboot
(Press Cmd + R during boot)
(Select "Teminal" from the top menu "Utilities")
csrutil disable
reboot
(in Teminal:)
sudo rm -rf /System/Volumes/Data/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
reboot
(Press Cmd + R during boot)
(Select "Teminal" from the top menu "Utilities")
csrutil enable
reboot

Finally!! This works like a charm!!

nodeful commented 4 years ago

Closing in favour of #247

siemiatj commented 4 years ago

On El Capitan

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
greyskymedia commented 4 years ago

I wanted to comment that while the below DID work, for me, I had to actually go back a number of levels til I reached the HD selection... I first had to ../../../ to get to root root, then follow the path from Macintosh HD through to the kext. I used find / eqMac2Driver.kext to find the full location, then this worked. Hope it helps someone as frustrated as I have been.

On MacOS Catalina, I was finally successful by removing two .kext folders from my system with SIP (System Integrity Protection) disabled (for which I needed to boot to recovery mode).

sudo reboot
(Press Cmd + R during boot)
(Select "Teminal" from the top menu "Utilities")
csrutil disable
reboot
(in Teminal:)
sudo rm -rf /System/Volumes/Data/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
sudo rm -rf /Library/StagedExtensions/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext
reboot
(Press Cmd + R during boot)
(Select "Teminal" from the top menu "Utilities")
csrutil enable
reboot
nicolassrod commented 3 years ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

Tonny33dk commented 3 years ago

Hi how to get Eqmac2 out form my Mac I have (macOS Big Sur) I have try all that's have tried the solutions that are here pls help my make a video ?

Jewboy54 commented 3 years ago

I have deleted the app, but cannot delete eqMac2Driver.kext Please advise. Thank you in advance

SamClayton commented 3 years ago

Perfect! This worked for me on Mojave.

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

geschriever commented 3 years ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

Great, thank you, this was the solution!

nodeful commented 3 years ago

Unfortunately there's nothing I can do to automate this process, but I have added a section about this in the FAQ: https://eqmac.app/#uninstall-eqmac2

dalegaspi commented 3 years ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

at least for Big Sur you need to reboot afterwards, but it worked.

appelding commented 3 years ago

Perfect! This worked for me on Mojave.

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

Worked on Big Sur on M1 Mac as well! Thanks!

erickcarlos commented 2 years ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

Worked on Monterey! thanks!

blackbiron commented 2 years ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

worked on Mojave. thanks!

realitymolder commented 2 years ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

Works like a charm on M1 Max Ventura.

ngnvuan commented 8 months ago

sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/eqMac.driver/ && sudo launchctl kickstart -k system/com.apple.audio.coreaudiod &>/dev/null

It works for me on Sonoma 14.3.1. Thank you!