In the past a lot of people trying to program the the Baofeng for get to put the radio in VFO mode and turn the volume along way up
I use a Mac and did not install a driver and the Mac found the USB port I have plugged in
USB-Serial Controller:
Product ID: 0x2303
Vendor ID: 0x067b (Prolific Technology, Inc.)
Version: 3.00
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
Location ID: 0x14700000 / 9
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 100
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
I did get the use not showing on my Mac once so I rebooted the system and it came up