Thanks again for the quick reply! You are a very dedicated developer!! I'll try to figure out which app bundled an unofficial installer for macFUSE.
On Jan 30, 4:02 pm, Amit Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > A previous _official_ version should still be fine. I was talking > about the possibility that you may have have a repackaged/unofficial > MacFUSE installed. Those are unsupported from MacFUSE's standpoint. > The typical reason the official uninstall mechanism fails is when it > encounters some files or directories that it's unaware of. As a > precaution, it doesn't remove things it doesn't know about. MacFUSE > will not provide a script that deletes things based on loose matching > or heuristics. > > If you want to hunt for MacFUSE-related files manually, see Q 1.2 on > the FAQ page:http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/wiki/FAQ > > An aside, which may not apply to you: > > Just so that you know, MacFUSE is not an "app" or a "daemon" or > something that launches automatically at boot time or any other time. > It's a bunch of libraries and headers and kernel extensions. It comes > into play when some *other* application written using MacFUSE runs. > Even the MacFUSE updater only runs when explicitly asked. Of course, > you should be able to remove all traces of MacFUSE from your system if > you want, but you needn't worry about MacFUSE somehow affecting your > system in mysterious ways. In the past, people have come here for > support because MacFUSE "somehow", according to their firm belief, did > the following: > > * Messed up with the computer's firmware > * Affected up the display driver > * Affected wireless networking > * Affected other file systems > * Slowed down the computer's overall speed > * Caused car trouble or migraines, and sometimes both simultaneously > * Etc. > > The "obvious" evidence people usually have for such things is that "It > happened *right after*" they installed MacFUSE. > > Amit > > On Jan 30, 12:09 pm, pattern86 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
