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Why does MacOS not have device manger?
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Have a look at the following article to get the system report on hardware info:
Get system information about your Mac
On your Mac, see details about your Mac hardware, network connections, and software, and create a system report.
support.apple.com
As much as I love Windows the driver implementation has been a mess for years. You should not even need a device manager and if it weren't for crappy OEM drivers that get outdated you wouldn't.
Apple doesn't need a device manage simply because they handle device drivers in major updates. There are no separate OEM's to have a need for such software. There is also system monitor in MacOS which might be close to what you are looking for.
If you are having software issues related to MacOS and can't seem to get them resolved you can back up and then wipe and reistall MacOS.
Although in 99% of cases there is no need to wipe and reinstall on T2 or later machines.
@Bubble99, what are you trying to accomplish?
As stated no need to worry about device drivers as you have to using Windows. MacOS just handles it automatically 99.9% of the time.
Drivers are being moved to the user space, so it means that they will be bundled inside apps, and to remove them it will be enough to delete the linked app. Drivers shipped with the operating system can't be deleted easily, so there is nothing to do for them, and drivers shipping an old style kext (kernel extension) usually have their own uninstallers.