Audirvana Direct Mode?

[Speed Racer]

Some of you are being a bit too melodramatic. The process of installing an old kext (kernel extension) file to allow enabling "Direct Mode" in Sierra is not all that difficult and, even if done incorrectly, can be fixed by doing it correctly. You guys don't seem to understand kernel extensions and how Unix systems work and fail. Nor is it a big deal disabling and enabling "System Integrity Protection".

 

Kexts run in supervisor mode so they do any more damage to the kernel that an application can. So you won't corrupt the operations system trying to change kexts even if you do it wrong. Doing it right will fix it!

 

If you don't fell comfortable changing the kext, don't do it. But let's not scare people with outcomes that won't happen.

[Speed Racer]

42 minutes ago, robcee said:

 

Uh, no. Whether or not YOU feel comfortable with tweaking the contents of your operating system, doesn't mean you should recommend it to others. People should not feel comfortable following instructions from random sites they see on the internet and installing system level libraries from some rando-user's dropbox accounts.

 

That is terrible security policy and you're advocating users do terrible things. Have a little sense.

 

Give me a break. Terrible things? Stop being a drama queen. I used to work at Apple Corporate doing Tier 3 and Tier 4 support for the operating system. As an Apple engineer I would have to tell you not to do this. But, I know that using a older audio kext file in this way would have minimal potential negative impact.

 

If you are comfortable using the Unix command line interface and can follow instructions, it's not a big deal. If you aren't comfortable, leave it alone.

[Speed Racer]

10 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Guys: How are you getting A+ to work in Direct Mode? I get an error message.

 

Wow.....