how to remove CUDA driver from mac 10.14?

can you tell me how to remove the cuda driver ? or if there's a legit app to do it for me? ;-)


thanks

brad

Mac Pro

Posted on Mar 6, 2024 7:36 AM

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Mar 6, 2024 7:45 AM in response to brad p

Un-Install fundamental principles:


• anything installed with drag-and-drop to the /Applications folder can be un-installed by Drag-and-drop to the Trash. After a restart, the Trash can be emptied.


• anything installed with a complex installer program requires the manufacturer's un-installer program. sometimes this is included as an "option" in the Installer package, but the software-maker's web site should specify how to un-install (if they don't, they get swamped with users clamoring for Un-install Instructions)


• anything claiming to be an 'uninstaller helper' is just JUNK. (worse than web site click-bait)

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Mar 6, 2024 7:49 AM in response to brad p

the un-installer for CUDA toolkit etc is a complex un-installer included with the original software download. this manual describes where it places its files, if you want to hunt them down individually instead.


https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/10.1/Prod/docs/sidebar/CUDA_Installation_Guide_Mac.pdf


check section 3.3 for Un-Install


Note that unless CUDA actual gets CALLED, it will not be loaded, so you CAN just ignore it is too much trouble to remove.



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Mar 6, 2024 8:56 AM in response to brad p

Consider downloading and running this little "discovery" utility, Etrecheck. it changes NOTHING.


it contains little tests for speeds of devices, CPU utilization, memory usage, energy usage and a digest of recent problems, in one easy to use package. it does not even need to be Installed.


if you follow the directions faithfully, its report (pre-laundered of all personally-identifiable information) can be "Shared" to the system ClipBoard, then Pasted into an Additional text window in a reply on the forums.


How to use Etrecheck pro for free

http://etrecheck.com

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Mar 6, 2024 8:17 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

thank you !!!!!! very helpful...


im doing this bc ive been getting an ''intermittent beach ball'' that only lasts 5-10 seconds every once in a while. trying to track it down.... (since going to 10.14.6)... not terrible but a little painful on the beachball thing.... uninstalling things that are bloating the os...

brad

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