PL-2303 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide
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PL-2303 Mac OS X Driver Installation Guide
Prolific Technology Inc. - 1 of 12 - August 4, 2011
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PL-2303 USB-to-Serial Bridge Controller
Mac OS X Universal Binary Driver Installation Guide
Introduction
This installation guide document shows the procedure for installing the MacOS X driver for Prolific
PL-2303 (H/HX/X) devices. The driver can be downloaded from the Support webpage of the Prolific
website:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31
System Requirement
The following requirements are needed:
• Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.7 operating systems (includes 64-bit support)
Also supports Mac OS X Lion 10.7 (see page 12)
• Apple Mac OS X compatible computers (Intel or PowerPC based machines)
• USB 1.1 or higher port
• PL-2303 USB-to-Serial Cable Adapter
• PL-2303 Mac OS X Universal Binary Driver
Mac OS X Driver Installation
The following steps will show how to install the PL-2303 device under Mac OS X operating system:
1. Download the Mac OS X Universal Binary driver from Prolific website.