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

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Samsung Magician, a disk utility for hardware encryption, lacks a standard uninstaller on Mac, forcing users to locate and run a buried cleanup script.
The cleanup script fails spectacularly with hundreds of 'chown: Operation not permitted' errors, leaving all files untouched instead of removing them.
Manually deleting numerous Samsung directories (Application Support, Preferences, Caches, LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, kernel extensions) with commands like 'rm -rf' still leaves behind multiple residual files.
A 'find' command reveals 27 lingering files, including kernel extensions in protected system areas, package receipts, and cached processes.
After further deletions, eight kernel extension files remain undeletable due to System Integrity Protection (SIP), requiring a complex workaround.
To remove these final files, the process involves two reboots into Recovery Mode: first to disable SIP, then delete the files, and again to re-enable SIP.
The utility is criticized for extreme bloat, including hundreds of individually numbered PNG files for animations, an embedded Electron framework, multiple programming frameworks, custom fonts, and localization files for many languages.
The app also contains banner advertisement JPGs, adding to the bloat and user frustration.
The overall experience is described as an 'infestation,' highlighting unnecessary complexity and corporate inefficiency for a simple disk utility.

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