How to clear the /Library/StageExtensions folder

Submitted by lepton on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 14:33

This command will clear all the /Library/StageExtensions folder.

# sudo kextcache --clear-staging

 

only clear some file

# sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/somefile

# sudo kextcache -invalidate /

# ls /Library/StagedExtensions/

 

or

#sudo kextcache  -prune-staging //Prunes the kernel extension staging area by removing all kernel extensions no longer present in their original location.

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