Hello,
I have been desperately trying to remove an unknown audio device from my Mac/System Preference. And I need your help. Please! if you know how I can get rid of this Unknown audio device, help me. Thank you in advance.
I have a 27" iMac 2010 | OS Version 10.8.4. I attach a photo of my System preference to show what exactly happened here:
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Do you have any USB devices attached to your system? If so then try removing them to see if that spurs something. Additionally, try opening the Audio MIDI Setup utility in the Utilities folder. Is the device listed in the sidebar of this application?
Thanks for your respond,
Yes I tried, I removed all the USB devices and it's still there.
I read an article saying that it could be fixed by making an aggregate device in Audio MIDI. I did that as well, but it did not help. I took two screenshots to show you what I see in my Audio MIDI.
1. When I open the Audio MIDI panel, it is not there.
2. When I go to make an aggregate device,it shows up.
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Dear Linc,
Thank you for your respond. I did it exactly as you said. No luck.
When I loged in to safe mode, the Sound System preference panel was empty. And when I loged in again in normal mode, the unknown USB was still there. Byw, I had only my mouse and keyboard connected. Thanks.
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kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}' | open -ef
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{ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'; echo; sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook; echo; sudo crontab -l; } 2> /dev/null | open -ef
{ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'; echo; crontab -l 2> /dev/null; } | open -ef
ls -A /e*/{cr,la,mach}* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts .la* 2> /dev/null | open -ef
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' | open -ef
You can then quit Terminal.
I hope I did it right. The following is the resault:
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SSDFanControl
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/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
Adobe AIR.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Flash Player.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
/Library/PreferencePanes:
Flash Player.prefPane
HDD Fan Control.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
/Library/QuickLook:
/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
MayaIFF.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
FanControlDaemon
HDDFanControlDaemon
SSDFanControl
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
Library/Fonts:
Prime Light.otf
Prime Regular.otf
Sofia-Regular.otf
Library/Frameworks:
EWSMac-GC.framework
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
Library/PreferencePanes:
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iTunesHelper, HDD Fan Control Monitor, Dropbox, Google Chrome
Back up all data, then uninstall the "Nahimic" driver according to the developer's instructions. Reboot and test.
It may sounds funny for you; I don't know how to uninstall it, and don't know what it is. Any chance you can give me a tip on that? Thanks.
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
Here are some general guidelines. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickYourMac.” First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickyourmac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, contact the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickYourMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickYourMac.” If not, open “BrickYourMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
You may have to log out or reboot in order to complete an uninstallation.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase your boot volume and perform a clean reinstallation of OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" that purport to remove software.
Can some utilities such as AppCleaner or AppZapper be the solution here?
In my understanding, if the third-party software does not have an executable under the Application folder and/or does not follow the common naming convention to generate / access the preferences files, then no utility could completely remove the software except the uninstaller script provided by the software vendor.
Am I correct?
Linc Davis wrote:
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
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How can I remove an unknown audio device from my Mac/System Preference?
