Ftdi Driver Mac Os Mojave
Version 1.5.1 is available for Mac OS X on 64 bit, 32 bit and PPC machines. Prolific PL-2303 cables - official drivers for the genuine Prolific cables ¶ FYI: your cable, if using Prolific chipset, is more likely to be using a counterfeit chip than an original. 1 Welcome to the Mac OS X Installation Guide This document describes the procedure for installing the Mac OS X FTDIUSBSerial driver for FTDI's FT2232C, FT232BM, FT245BM, FT8U232AM and FT8U245AM devices. The driver is available for free download from the Drivers section of the FTDI€web€site.
How to Fix FTDI Driver Issue on Mac and macOS
Ongoing macOS FTDI driver issues plague many users connecting the Arduino IDE to boards that use an FTDI chip. Since our boards use an FTDI chip for USB-to-serial communication, we have witnessed some of these issues when working with our boards using Mac and macOS.
The symptoms we have observed generally include the spontaneous loss of the USB serial port connection to the board or loss of the port after disconnecting and then reconnecting the board from the USB programming cable.
Rebooting the system can temporarily restore the port, but the problem eventually comes back. Since we’ve seen this issue pop up internally and with many customers, we decided to share what solution has been working for us so far.
The exact cause of this problem is not certain, but it seems to be related to Apple’s support, or lack thereof, for FTDI drivers in the operating system. Earlier versions of Mac OS X did not support FTDI drivers, so users would have to install third-party FTDI drivers. Somewhere around the release of macOS 10.12 Sierra (and maybe earlier), native support for FTDI drivers was included.
Ftdi Serial Drivers
So, if you have followed an upgrade path from an older version of the OS without native FTDI support to a new version that has it, there can be contention between the native and third-party drivers. This potentially leads to the mysterious port disappearance issue.
We have found uninstalling the third-party drivers to be a solution. The instructions below have seemed to work for anyone here at Alorium Technology that was observing the FTDI issues.
Instructions
- To uninstall FTDI drivers you must be logged on to your computer as a root user. Follow Apple’s directions if this needs to be enabled on your computer.
- Be careful! By enabling root, you have privileges to change and delete files that are required by your computer.
- Follow steps 4.1 and 4.2 in FTDI Chip’s “FTDI Driver Installation Guide” to uninstall all third-party drivers on your computer.
- Disable root on your computer. Follow Apple’s directions below.
- Reboot your system
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Download Summary
FTDI USB Driver for Mac OS X. There are different drivers depending on the version of OS X you are using; make sure to select the correct one. These drivers are required for any Board of Education USB , Propeller development board, or other USB-based Parallax hardware. For Parallax-signed FTDI USB Drivers for Windows, click here.
| File Name | Size | Upload Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mac-10.9+FTDI-USB-Serial-Driver_v2_4_2.dmg | 80.75 KB | Thu, 2019-08-22 16:16 |
| Mac-10.9+FTDI-USB-Serial-Driver_v2_3.dmg | 83.33 KB | Fri, 2015-07-10 08:30 |
| Mac-10.3-10.8-FTDI-USB-Serial-Driver_v2_2_18.dmg | 419.94 KB | Fri, 2015-07-10 08:30 |
Download Version & Details
Version Information
Version 2.4.2
Supports Mac OS X 10.9 and above. This is signed by Apple and distributed by Parallax 8/2019.
Version 2.3
Previous version - supports Mac OS X 10.9 and above. This driver is signed by Apple.
Version 2.2.18
Ftdi Driver Mac Os Mojave Download
Supports Mac OS X 10.3 through 10.8.
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For other FTDI USB drivers see http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm