[Ham-Mac] Help Removing Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge Driver

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

The simpliest way to dio this is to use terminal to access those files - OSX is just a Unix system, with a finder (dare I say like XP File Browser), which makes working with files easier, but more limited in what it can do by default, so it hides a lot of filesystems from you.


Open a terminal (found in Utilities)
type 'cd /dev'
type 'ls -ltr' (this will list all the files with the latest at the bottom)
find the files you want to remove and type 'mv <filename> /tmp' where you put the name in place of <filename>. This may give an error like 'Permission Denied' if the files are protected or got installed without you being the owner, in which case use
'sudo mv <filename> /tmp'  and type you password when prompted (assuming you are an admin on the machine).

Restart.

The abouve does not remove the files, but puts them in a temporary place where the system should not use them and this allows you to use the machine and ensure it's working before removing them completely.

WHEN you are happy things are ok, use 'rm /tmp/<filename>' to delete the file - this can not be undone.

*A WORD OF WARNING*
Be careful about getting the right files.

73 de M0XDF
-- 
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
-Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)

On 19 Feb 2011, at 15:17, Dick wrote:

> I screwed up by installing a Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge Driver
> 
> http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx
> 
> for OS X to let me talk to the Kenwood TS-590S software.  It did not work and 
> the Silicon Labs installer does not have an uninstaller.  
> 
> I could use some help on how to uninstall or delete the SL USB driver.   When 
> the installer did its thing it said it put two items under /dev.
> 
> I do not have /dev folder and would like to know how to find and remove
> the installed items.