Eqmac: How to clean uninstall eqmac2

[prpatel78]

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?

[watchthesunrise]

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]

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

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On 6 Feb 2020, 22:25 -0600, watchthesunrise [e-mail], wrote:

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.
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[Joachim-42he]

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

[Martin10110]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Closing in favour of #247

[siemiatj]

On El Capitan

sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/eqMac2Driver.kext 

[greyskymedia]

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]

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

[Tonny33dk]

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 ?