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How do I uninstall and remove a .kext on Mac OS X?
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I bought a X-in-1 media card reader and had to install a driver in order to be able to read SD-HC cards. Now sometimes when I unplug the reader from the USB port I get a kernel panic. So now I'd like to remove this kernel extension but the driver installer doesn't give me this option. How can I uni…
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Fix for: How do I uninstall and remove a .kext on Mac OS X?
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If you don't know the name of the .kext file you can figure it out by using a QuickLook plugin like Suspicious Package if the installer is a standard package (.pkg or .mpkg) that opens in Installer.app. If it's not a package you can find out the nam…
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