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These commands are optional and could be omitted from the updated $HOME/Desktop/Soundflower/Scripts/postinstall file.
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You still may have to click on the Allow button shown in the image below from the System Preferences application and restart the Mac after the Installer application has completed.įYI, the code below attempts to make the General tab of the Security pane of System Preferences frontmost.
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You can now open this package with the Installer application to install the Soundflower kernel extension. pkgutil -flatten $HOME/Desktop/Soundflower $HOME/Desktop/Soundflower.pkg This will create the corrected Soundflower.pkg package on your Desktop. Open x-apple.systempreferences:\?GeneralĮnter the following command. Sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext The app has been designed to be very easy to use it operates as an audio device, thereby allowing any audio app to send and. (Actually, you are just adding to the existing file.) #!/bin/bashĮcho "installer is loading the new Soundflower" Soundflower is a MacOSX system extension designed for inter-app audio routing (it allows apps to pass audio to other apps). Replace the contents of the $HOME/Desktop/Soundflower/Scripts/postinstall file with the following.

Hdiutil detach /Volumes/Soundflower-2.0b2 Pkgutil -expand /Volumes/Soundflower-2.0b2/Soundflower.pkg $HOME/Desktop/Soundflower Start by entering the following commands hdiutil attach $HOME/Downloads/ The rest of this answer outlines one possible way to correct the offending script. Also, an indication of failure, by the Installer, leaves the user no way of knowing if the Soundflower kernel extension actually installed correctly. Therefore, the Installer cannot indicate success until at least the Mac is restarted. † This is part of the exact text output from executing sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/Soundflower.kext command which returned the corresponding status.Ī status of 27 or 28 does not indicate a failure, but rather actions that need to be performed outside of the Installer. Loading extension(s): requires a reboot† Please approve using System Preferences.† Did Soundflower kernel extension actually install correctly?Įxtension with identifiers not approved to load.Why does the installer fail on all attempts?.Yet after restarting my Mac, the Soundflower kernel extension appears to have installed. When I follow the above instructions, all executions of the installer fail. I have Intel Macs with either Big Sur or Monterey installed. Now you can follow the instructions above to get the "Allow" button to appear in the Security Preferences. Then click the "Open" button in that window to launch the installer. If so, click the "Open Anyway" button which will display another window. (**) If you see an "Open Anyway" button in the Security Preferences, this is something different!!! Most likely because you tried (and failed) opening the installer by double clicking without holding down the control key. If the "Allow" button is disabled, you may need to click the lock icon in the bottom lower left corner first. It should inform you installation was successful. Once there, there should be an "Allow" button (**) that you will need to click on to give permission to use Soundflower (developer: MATT INGALLS). The first time you run the installer (Soundflower.pkg), it will ask for your admin password, and will FAIL! A security alert will appear, with a button to take you to System Preferences "Security & Privacy - General" pane. Note that the even though this Soundflower extension is signed, but the installer is not! You will have to hold the control key down to open the Soundflower.pkg installer for the first time.Īpple makes you jump through a few hoops. The website has the following instructions. This file contains the Soundflower.pkg package which the Installer application can use to install the Soundflower kernel extension. Thank you so much.There is a website titled "Signed Version for macOS Big Sur (11.1) and earlier" with a link which causes the file to be downloaded. I'm really new to all this so a really clear and simply explained answer would be great.
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I'm trying to figure out how to delete a file that can't be deleted through Force Quit or through the rf command.

It ejects from My Devices, but whenever I try to click on it from my finder to delete it, it automatically opens the file. The sunflower.pkg file still won't go away. I got the code "override rw-r-r-r /staff for ?

I went into Terminal, did the command rf, and dragged in the file. When I tried, to move sunflower.pkg to the trash, I got the error that it "can't be moved to the Trash because it can't be deleted." I managed to find the app under the "Activity Monitor." I forced it to quit. When I pressed F3, a program I don't recognize-"Creative Cloud"-shows up on the bottom left corner, but unlike the rest of the applications, it has no window. I moved the app to the trash, but a window came up saying that I could not complete the app as it was still open, although it did not show up under "Force Quit." When I tried to launched the application, nothing would show up, so I decided to uninstall it. I downloaded the Soundflowerbed app from this website:
