Hello,
I have a Mid-2014 MBP running macOS Catalina.
As we know, Legacy kernels are being unsupported in Big Sur and beyond. So I get this message:
But I have no clue what app have is from this company, and when I searched about it, it looks like it's some driver for i/o or something. I'm not able to find the .kext to get rid of it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Jack
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
Yup, I have it too. However for me it is signed, identified, and Loadable, but not Loaded. Awkward.
What I did instead of deleting it is I just removed the '.kext' extension. But thanks a lot for your help John!
Is this it?
Its pathname is highlighted. If you are not using it then navigate to that location and drag it to the Trash. If you are using it "Loaded" would probably indicate "Yes" and the Finder will complain.
As you can see that version is very old and not signed, but signing or not becomes moot with Big Sur anyway.
I suggest you do nothing. As you wrote the .kext file will not even load in Big Sur. If and when you upgrade the message will cease to appear.
Are you using any USB to serial converters? The Prolific driver is used for a number of them from a variety of manufacturers, and perhaps other products.
If you still want to track down and remove the .kext please write back for suggestions, but my primary suggestion is to do nothing.
I'm not using any converters whatsoever. It's fine if I don't have to do anything about it, I just don't want it popping up when I upgrade to Big Sur each time I turn on the computer.
If there is a way to remove it would be good but if it's not recommended I'm fine.
jacksunders wrote:
... I just don't want it popping up when I upgrade to Big Sur each time I turn on the computer.
It won't. That the reason I wrote:
If and when you upgrade the message will cease to appear.
That's the one. Yours is a newer version, but it won't work in Big Sur either.
Removing it was the right thing to do.
Legacy System Extension - Prolific Technology Inc
