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how to desinstall properly nvidia ? after change to AMD

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CUDa was pesent, i delete kext and rebuild cache

but i continue to have this ?

kext with invalid signatured (-67030) allowed: { URL = "file:///System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartupWeb.kext/", ID = "com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb" }

how to process to desinstall it ?
 
@maclinuxg4,

How To Uninstall CUDA And Nvidia Web Drivers From MacOS

Remove CUDA

Type each command in the Terminal:
  • sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/CUDA.kext
  • sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/CUDA.framework
  • sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchAgents/com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist
  • sudo rm -rf /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
  • sudo rm -rf /usr/local/cuda
Remove the CUDA Preference Pane
  1. Open System Preferences.
  2. Right-click on CUDA.
  3. Click Remove CUDA Preference pane.
Uninstall NVIDIA Web Drivers
  1. Click the NVIDIA icon on the top bar and click on Open NVIDIA Driver Manager Preferences.
  2. Under the Graphics Drivers tab, click on the Lock and type your password.
  3. Click the Open Uninstaller button.
  4. Click Uninstall and then Continue Uninstallation.
  5. Restart your computer.

Cheers
Jay
 
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yes but it didnt remove NVDAStartupWeb.kext, i suppose, that is in present apple pkg. anyone could confirm taht i could remote it or not ? Check on your config thanks
 
yes but it didnt remove NVDAStartupWeb.kext, i suppose, that is in present apple pkg. anyone could confirm taht i could remote it or not ? Check on your config thanks

@maclinuxg4,

"/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAStartupWeb.kext" is not part of MacOS (I just checked two of my Mojave systems)
Should be safe to delete it and rebuild kext cache.

You may also need to remove the CUDA framework in addition to the the CUDA kext (see my updated last post)

Cheers
Jay
 
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