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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008CF Card Reader question
Dear All, Earlier to today I got a no brand ExpressCard 34 CF card reader for my MBP. When I first fitted it and plugged in a CF card, it immediately popped up on the desktop with no problem. However - it didn't launch Nikon Transfer (as my other USB Cf reader, or plugging my camera in directly does). So...... I stuck the included CD into the MBP, launched the Mac installer .pkg (which was called JMicronATADriver.pkg), went through the install and now...... Nothing much happens when I plug a CF card in! I get a little icon in the menu that shows it is recognised, but that's all - if I click on that I only get an option to "Power Off Card" - if I click that, the icon disappears, so i presume it's doing just what it says. So - anybody know how I can uninstall the JMicronATADriver ? There is of course no OSX uninstaller and a spotlight search on JMicron shows nothing.... > So - anybody know how I can uninstall the JMicronATADriver ? There is > of course no OSX uninstaller and a spotlight search on JMicron shows > nothing.... Might they have installed an uninstall script, or uninstall instructions? If not, you'll need to find out which files were installed by querying the packaging system, and move them aside yourself. (But be careful, as the reason why there's no OS X uninstaller is because the packaging system doesn't know if files are installed in multiple packages, so can't safely remove things.) To query Leopard's packaging system use the terminal and type: pkgutil --pkgs | grep -i jmicron Hopefully that'll print something like "com.jmicron.something". Then get a list of installed files using: pkgutil --files com.jmicron.something On Tiger it is worse - use the terminal and type: cd /Library/Receipts ls | grep -i jmicron That ought to print out something like JMicronSomething. Then navigate into the receipt and list out the bill of materials (installed files): cd JMicronSomething lsbom *.bom */*.bom I can't remember the full details of Tiger, but the above's reasonably close. Ugh, eh? Cheers, Chris >> So - anybody know how I can uninstall the JMicronATADriver ? There is of >> course no OSX uninstaller and a spotlight search on JMicron shows >> nothing.... > > Might they have installed an uninstall script, or uninstall instructions? Sadly not. Nothing quite so helpful...... A bit more research determines it's actually an Expansys DR25 card.......and of course I'm not the only Mac user that's had exactly the same problem. It also turns out that of course the driver isn't needed, and there's now way to uninstall it short of a complete OS Archive and Reinstall. Brilliant. > If not, you'll need to find out which files were installed by querying the > packaging system, and move them aside yourself. (But be careful, as the [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Ugh, eh? Thanks for the help. I shall try now.....sadly though it appears that the driver install modifies things that it shouldn't really modify. I have the Leopard Install DVD to hand...... > Cheers, > > Chris > Thanks for the help. I shall try now.....sadly though it appears that the > driver install modifies things that it shouldn't really modify. Ew, such as? > I have the Leopard Install DVD to hand...... That's a bit desperate. Are you running Time Machine? Cheers, Chris >> Thanks for the help. I shall try now.....sadly though it appears that the >> driver install modifies things that it shouldn't really modify. > > Ew, such as? Not sure really....just that the comment from the Expansys tech support bloke was that they had tried full manual uninstalls and changing out modified files with no joy. Could be BS of course... >> I have the Leopard Install DVD to hand...... > > That's a bit desperate. Are you running Time Machine? Yes. BUT...... Haven't TM'ed in the last 10 days or so. And don't know exactly what files to replace anyway. Bit the bullet - did the Archive & Reinstall - which was fine. So I now have nice clean whizzy system - it might even bethe perfect time to reformat my TM drive and freshen that up as well, since I'm now sure I have nothing critical changed in the recent past.... By the way - at least the fuggin CF reader card works now! And it's bloody fast with UDMA CF cards. Transfers a gig or so of Nikon NEF files in less than a minute. Now I need to go and buy an 8G UDMA card. Shame they're still bloody expensive. $11 well spent - just a shame that the installation instructions are dangerously misleading and cost me several hour of time to get back to the start point! > Cheers, > > Chris > Dear All, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Nikon Transfer (as my other USB Cf reader, or plugging my camera in > directly does). Not much help but I've read the tales of woe on Expansys forums and it surprises me not that that bunch of charlatans ask you to please be reinstalling your os, we are being sorry for the inconvenience without actually offering (A) any hint that the stuff supplied would break your OS or (B) any other solution. I learned not to buy anything associated with these expensive cowboys a long time ago. Could you not have bought a generic USB card reader?  Signatureremove stars for email g*a*r*y*c*o*w*e*l*l*a*t*m*a*c*d*o*t*c*o*m >> Dear All, >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Could you not have bought a generic USB card reader? It actually was a generic no-name one....for the princely sum of $11.00 on eBay! Turns out it was the Expansys one with a very slightly different sticker on it. i.e. exactly the same minus the Expansys name. Aaaaaaaaanyway......long story short.....did the Archive and Reinstall painlessly and unattended while I went to the pub for a couple of hours. Worked flawlessly and the system is back just as it was - minus the crap Expansys driver. Oh - also took an hour or so for Software Update to do it's thing, but all in all I've ended up with a slightly smaller, leaner system install (I think - presumably I have lost a bunch of interim updates and ended up with combined version if you see what I mean) which is a good thing I guess. Haven't had to reset anything - the whole MBP is just as it used to be. Now......I also have a 15G "Previous Systems" folder on my HDD......if I check out all my key SW works properly, it's presumably fine to delete this at some point in the near future ? (I'll probably archive it on an external drive just to be safe) |
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