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I checked for updates in the NVIDIA Driver Manager (while on *f01), downloaded the update and started the installation, which proceeded normally but after the verification step it failed. I tried clicking on the X button, then on the button to show the error log but nothing happened.
I then rebooted, still had NVIDIA icon on the MenuBar and on System Preferences working properly and showing the new driver version (*f02). I noticed Night Shift still required a workaround to work after a reboot, which should've been fixed from what I've read (I just switch resolutions and it works).
I uninstalled via Driver Manager, rebooted and reinstalled the driver via .pkg (downloaded from the link provided in the Downloads section on this website) but to no avail: the driver seems to be working properly (-Night Shift still broken, wtf), but the PreferencePane won't work (it appears in System Preferences, though when clicked a notice comes up "Unable to open the NVIDIA Driver Manager" and suggests to reinstall the driver) and there's no MenuBar icon anymore.
I have no idea what's going on here, I tried changing SMBIOS from 17,1 to 14,2 (which was the definition I had when I first installed the driver, then I changed it because I was suggested to do so on Skylake), reinstalled, same issue.
Went back to 17,1, tried uninstalling and rolling back to previous version (*f01), was surprised to see the exact same issues as with the new version (everything went fine when I first installed the *f01 driver last week).
Any ideas? Another thing: I've recently cloned my system from a HDD to a SSD, I don't have a recovery partition anymore but I don't think that's the culprit.
Also, would be nice to read the error log from the installation, but as I said nothing appears when i click on the button to show it and I don't know where and if it's stored somewhere.
The *.prefPane folders are located under /Library/PreferencePanes (for CUDA and NVIDIA Driver Manager), I can use the "Nvidia Web Driver Uninstaller.app" to uninstall, but the other *.app related to the Driver Manager won't work.
I've read other people are having this issue with the installation in other threads, I hope we can find a solution.
I then rebooted, still had NVIDIA icon on the MenuBar and on System Preferences working properly and showing the new driver version (*f02). I noticed Night Shift still required a workaround to work after a reboot, which should've been fixed from what I've read (I just switch resolutions and it works).
I uninstalled via Driver Manager, rebooted and reinstalled the driver via .pkg (downloaded from the link provided in the Downloads section on this website) but to no avail: the driver seems to be working properly (-Night Shift still broken, wtf), but the PreferencePane won't work (it appears in System Preferences, though when clicked a notice comes up "Unable to open the NVIDIA Driver Manager" and suggests to reinstall the driver) and there's no MenuBar icon anymore.
I have no idea what's going on here, I tried changing SMBIOS from 17,1 to 14,2 (which was the definition I had when I first installed the driver, then I changed it because I was suggested to do so on Skylake), reinstalled, same issue.
Went back to 17,1, tried uninstalling and rolling back to previous version (*f01), was surprised to see the exact same issues as with the new version (everything went fine when I first installed the *f01 driver last week).
Any ideas? Another thing: I've recently cloned my system from a HDD to a SSD, I don't have a recovery partition anymore but I don't think that's the culprit.
Also, would be nice to read the error log from the installation, but as I said nothing appears when i click on the button to show it and I don't know where and if it's stored somewhere.
The *.prefPane folders are located under /Library/PreferencePanes (for CUDA and NVIDIA Driver Manager), I can use the "Nvidia Web Driver Uninstaller.app" to uninstall, but the other *.app related to the Driver Manager won't work.
I've read other people are having this issue with the installation in other threads, I hope we can find a solution.
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