Comments on: Install KEXT Files Easily with Kext Drop

By: Jan Beckman

Jan Beckman — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:53:31 +0000

I have to start my MacBook Pro in safe mode because of logic board failure. I would like to start up one of the USB serial ports is this possible with Kext Drop?
Thanks…

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How to Manually Install Kernel Extensions in Mac OS X — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:14:57 +0000

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By: Marucins

Marucins — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:08:27 +0000

I found even more interesting tool

Kext Wizard – Easy to use Kext Installer and more

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=253395

Features:
1. Maintenance: Repair permissions, and rebuild cache for Extra and System/Library/Extensions.
Both directories: Extra/Extensions and Extra/KextStore are supported.
2. Installation: Install kexts to Extra or S/L/E and create mkext.
3. Unpacker: Check mkext’s content kexts and unpack it.
4. Kext Information: Check kext’s architectures and dependencies.
5. Loaded: Shows list of currently loaded kexts in system.

By: Parakeet

Parakeet — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:19:27 +0000

Or you could just download the app and drag and drop…

By: Nick88

Nick88 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:02:29 +0000

Manual install isn’t too bad:

sudo chmod -R 755 kext.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel kext.txt

Remove:

/System/Library/Extensions.kextcache

/System/Library/Extensions.mkext

Restart the Mac