Samsung Magician disk utility takes 18 steps and two reboots to uninstall

Post by rabf » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC

bobbob1921 wrote: post #85

rmunn wrote: post #37

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It's a .sh script, so he could have read it before running it. And when he saw "chown: Operation not permitted", he could have realized that the word Admin in the script was a clue that it needed, well, admin-level privileges, and he should try running it with sudo (after reading it first, naturally). I'm with you, I feel like this is someone who caused himself a lot of self-inflicted pain. I mean, if he had read the…

And what about for users that either can’t find this uninstall script or wouldn’t know how to read it or what the contents mean? While I think you do have a point, we also can’t assume that the uninstall script really would’ve removed all traces.

Post by alkz » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

didgetmaster wrote: post #33

I worked on a disk utility in the 90s called PartitionMagic that was one of the first ones to let you dynamically resize disk partitions. Maybe Samsung used that when naming their product. I am old, but I miss the days when the install process was copy . to / and the uninstall process was delete /

Post by smallstepforman » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC

vbezhenar wrote: post #78

GeekyBear wrote: post #46

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When a user mode application on the Mac doesn't just allow you to drag the app into the applications folder to install, it's a red huge red flag. Personally, I'd look for another alternative from a company that better understands the Mac. Chrome, for instance, previously used an installer that had to run with administrative permissions and famously ended up rendering systems unbootable. System utilities and drivers a…

Mac apps often do various things on your computer. Just because you dragged it to Bin, doesn't mean there are no leftovers on your computer. I'd prefer proper uninstaller any day.

Post by whackyMax » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

Post by wpm » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC

dawnerd wrote: post #77

kvuj wrote: post #23

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> I feel like the complaints here are…not really Samsung's fault? I don't know man, the last time I uninstalled an app on macOS, all I had to do was drag it to the trash. If you find this procedure sane, then I don't know what to tell you. Samsung is responsible of how users interact with their app, including its install and removal.

And you probably have a lot of files still from removed apps. There’s a reason there’s a few app uninstaller / cleaner utils