How to uninstall Samsung Magician

Right-click the 'Samsung Magician' alias in the applications folder and choose 'Show Original', Run 'CleanupAll.scpt'.

-OR if you deleted the alias in the Applications folder:

In the finder, Click the 'Go' menu, hold down the 'Option' key and click 'Library'.

Open the 'Application Support' folder, then the 'Samsung' folder, then the 'Samsung Magician' folder.

Run 'CleanupAll.scpt'.

Open up terminal and then drop into root shell with:

sudo -s

Run the following line (got this from the sept file):

sh ~/Library/'Application Support'/Samsung/'Samsung Magician'/SamsungMagician.app/Contents/Resources/CleanupMagician_Admin_Mac.sh

"'Samsung Magician' in the Applications folder is just an alias."

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If you right click an app, in this case Word, and Get Info:

Note kind is listed as Application.

An alias looks like this:

Note the kind is "Alias"

Hi Jacob, how do I run the script exactly? I've never run one before so I'm a total newb. But I would like to get Samsung Magician off of my machine. Thanks!

Open the script and just press on play button on the top of the window.

I'm not at my Mac at the moment but I think I just right clicked on one of the files and ran the script from the options displayed from the right click. Hope that helps

I have a T7 External device which did not update correctly with either software provided by Samsung for Mac on these devices. Shame!

Here's the result of the uninstall - the app didn't work correctly at all, anyway, but trashing the app did not remove it.

So, I guess this has worked (italics added for monotype formatting:

% sh ~/Library/'Application Support'/Samsung/'Samsung Magician'/SamsungMagician.app/Contents/Resources/CleanupMagician_Admin_Mac.sh

/Users/poe2/Library/Application Support/Samsung/Samsung Magician/SamsungMagician.app/Contents/Service/UninstallFIT: valid on disk

/Users/poe2/Library/Application Support/Samsung/Samsung Magician/SamsungMagician.app/Contents/Service/UninstallFIT: satisfies its Designated Requirement

Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil unload -p /Library/Extensions/SamsungMagicianPSSDDriver.kext

Error Domain=KMErrorDomain Code=71 "Kernel request failed: (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload) (-603946984)" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Kernel request failed: (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload) (-603946984)}

Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil unload -p /Library/Extensions/SamsungMagicianPSSDDriverX.kext

No receipt for 'com.samsung.magicianpssd.driverpkg' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.samsung.magicianpssd.driverXpkg' found at '/'.

Executing: /usr/bin/kmutil install --volume-root /

kmutil rebuild done

Forgot package 'com.samsung.magician.softwarepkg' on '/'.

Forgot package 'com.samsung.magician.svc' on '/'.

I had similar experience with a different Samsung device noted above... Thanks for the help!! OP follows.

SaorAlba wrote:

In trying to get my Samsung T5 to work on my MacBook Air M2 I went down a route that ended up with me installing Samsung Magician. Does anyone know how to uninstall this? Also, has anyone found the key to having a T5 recognised by a modern Mac? Thanks.

In Terminal, in your home directory, do you see a file reported for the second of the following two commands:

cd
ls "Library/Application Support/Samsung/Samsung Magician/SamsungMagician.app/Contents/Resources/CleanupMagician_Admin_Mac.sh"

You can copy those two commands, and paste and execute each into Terminal.

Format the T5 with an Apple format using Disk Utility

I just drug it from the Applications folder into the trash and emptied the trash.

Did you restart?

'Samsung Magician' in the Applications folder is just an alias.

The actual Application and removal script is located in '~\Library\Application Support\Samsung\Samsung Magician\'