Uninstall

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Uninstalling the Official Release

  1. If you have the folder Docs & Scripts from when you installed, go there, otherwise open the Open_ZFS_on_OS_X_x.y.z.dmg file you downloaded when you originally installed. If you no longer have the .dmg file, you can re-download it, on the Downloads page.
  1. Open the folder Docs & Scripts.
  1. Find the file named uninstall-openzfsonosx.sh.
  1. Open Terminal.app. You can open it from Spotlight, or from the folder in Finder /Applications/Utilities.
  1. Close all open files from your pools.
  1. Export every pool.
sudo zpool list

Then for each pool listed

sudo zpool export $poolname
  1. Verify all the pools have been exported.
sudo zpool status
  1. Now drag and drop the file uninstall-openzfsonosx.sh onto your Terminal window. Or just type
/Volumes/OpenZFS*/Docs\ \&\ Scripts/uninstall-openzfsonosx.sh
  1. Press return.
  1. You will be prompted for your password. Enter that and press return.

The script will run and uninstall o3x.