Topic: Removing the Fireface USB & FireWire driver on Mac OS X

Remove the RME Fireface driver and apps on Mac OS X

Just send all the files listed below to the Trash.

FireWire
/Applications/Fireface Mixer
/Applications/Fireface Settings
/Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers/Fireface MIDI.plugin
/System/Library/Extensions/FirefaceAudioDriver.kext
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Fireface folder
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.rme.FirefaceMixer.plist
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.rme.FirefaceSettings.plist

When using the new Snow Leopard driver also delete:
/Library/LaunchAgents/de.rme-audio.firefaceAgent.plist


Update: Newer drivers have these entries:

USB
/Applications/Fireface USB Mixer
/Applications/Fireface USB Settings
/System/Library/Extensions/FirefaceUSB.kext
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Fireface USB Folder
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/de.rme-audio.FirefaceUSBMixer.plist
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/de.rme-audio.TotalmixFX.plist
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/de.rme-audio.Fireface_USB_Settings.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/de.rme-audio.firefaceUSBAgent.plist
   
   
FireWire
/Applications/Fireface Mixer
/Applications/Fireface Settings
/System/Library/Extensions/FirefaceAudioDriver.kext
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Fireface Folder
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.rme.FirefaceMixer.plist
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/de.rme-audio.TotalmixFX.plist
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/de.rme-audio.FirefaceSettings.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/de.rme-audio.firefaceAgent.plist


Under the latest Mac OS the User/Libraries folders are hidden and not visible in the Finder. To unhide them start terminal and enter:

"chflags nohidden ~/Library/"

Update 2013: Under the latest Mac OS the User/Library folder is not visible in the Finder. To unhide it start Finder, click on the menu item Go. Hold down the option (alt) key, then click on Library.

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Re: Removing the Fireface USB & FireWire driver on Mac OS X

The latest drivers are extended installers with two drivers. One is used for OS below 10.9, with the above paths. The other one is signed and used with 10.9 and up. It uses the installation path

/Library/Extensions/ instead of
/System/Library/Extensions/

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME