Thank you. I'm sorry for the misuse of terms. If it is true that there
is an older version somehow installed, how can I remove it as well? Is
there an uninstall script that will remove all macFUSE files from any
previous version?

On Jan 30, 2:37 pm, Amit Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some terminology first: you installed "MacFUSE". Not "FUSE", or "FUSE/
> macFUSE".
>
> With MacFUSE 2.0 and above, you shouldn't be running the uninstall
> script manually. The preferred way to uninstall is:
>
> 1. Go to System Preferences, then to the MacFUSE pane, and click on
> "Remove MacFUSE". *IF* this is an official installation (that is, some
> repackager hasn't changed something), this should uninstall all
> components except the prefpane itself.
>
> 2. Remove the prefpane how any other non-Apple prefpane is removed.
> When in System Preferences, control-click (right-click) on the MacFUSE
> icon and the context menu will let you remove it.
>
> If step 1 leaves behind "fusefs.kext", then either you knowingly or
> unknowingly have an unofficial MacFUSE 2 distribution, or there's a
> bug in the uninstallation mechanism.
>
> Amit
>
> On Jan 30, 9:45 am, pattern86 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Admins,
>
> > I am trying to completely uninstall MacFUSE (2.0.3) from my computer
> > (running 10.5.6). I have used both the uninstaller (/Library/
> > Filesystems/fuse.fs/Support/uninstall-macfuse-core.sh) and the
> > "remove" button from the preference pane. Uninstalling by both of
> > these methods still leave fuse-related files on my computer. Two that
> > I know are:
>
> > /Library/Filesystems/fuse.fs/Support/fusefs.kext
> > /Library/PreferencePanes/MacFUSE.prefPane
>
> > I don't know if there are more as I do not have a very good
> > understanding of how FUSE operates. Could someone please help me
> > COMPLETELY remove any FUSE/macFUSE related files from my computer
> > (including hidden files if there are any)? Thank you very much.
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