where are kexts located?

[sirtailios]

i know that a kext is a kernal extension and all but i have never read a post on how to find them or remove/replace them, now im not looking for replies like "if you don't know don't bother"because thats a waste of time and stupid too. so if anyone is out there that can help please do and i thank you in advance!

 

[Albertsw]

Kexts are located in system/library/extensions.

 

[Mark-Arjay]

can i just paste a kext file directly to system/library/extensions like wifidrivers.kext? will it work that way? thanks

 

[Going Bald]

can i just paste a kext file directly to system/library/extensions like wifidrivers.kext? will it work that way? thanks

No. Easiest way is to get either KextBeast ( http://www.tonymacx86.com/resources/kextbeast-2-0-1.310/ ) or Kext Wizard ( http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/253395-kext-wizard-easy-to-use-kext-installer-and-more/ ) and use it to install your kext files. The advantage to KextBeast is the ability to choose to put your kext in Library/Extensions where you can easily get to it rather than in S/L/E, which is a hidden folder in El Capitan.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

Gonna revive this thread to get a clear understanding. I've been adding my kext to my EFI under Other but I see otherwise to use S/L/E. Can anyone guide me on whats the correct way when and why?

 

[Obvious Answer Man]

All third party kexts go in /Library/Extensions as of Sierra. The only kext to put in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/others is FakeSMC to allow booting during software upgrades. FakeSMC can be in /Library/Extensions and /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/others with no issues as long as they are the same version.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

All third party kexts go in /Library/Extensions as of Sierra. The only kext to put in /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/others is FakeSMC to allow booting during software upgrades. FakeSMC can be in /Library/Extensions and /EFI/CLOVER/kexts/others with no issues as long as they are the same version.

Ha whoops! Do you mind if I take some screen shots to confirm what should and shouldn't be there? Is there any harm and putting an alias folder by the Other folder for SLE?

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

Please forgive my slowness here. I was able to get my running with very little tinkering so I never caught this misstep. Here's to hoping I get an even smoother system. I have two questions then.

I'm on Mojave, do Kext go in S/L/E or L/E?

Here's my other folder. Should most of these be moved to one of the above?

 

[Obvious Answer Man]

Apple does not allow any third party kexts in /S/L/E as of Sierra.

 

[NorthAmTransAm]

Apple does not allow any third party kexts in /S/L/E as of Sierra.

This where Im confused. Is it S/L/E or L/E and Im not sure which ones are 3rd party or not. Again forgive my ignorance.