Technology hui Pooh on Mac!

Rarely have I done me so hard with a review. I fluctuate between 0 and 5 stars.
2 of these SSD drives I run on Macs as a composite drive for large multimedia data sets and fear that this is in the longer term a gamble. But first things first:

Technically Here we have a Samsung SSD 850 Evo with its own USB-SAT controller, so currently with the best you can buy and therefore goes no further discussion of the price of the disc in order. The plate is in a small (size: 4 stacked debit cards) housed grip case with USB 3.0 Micro socket. The power consumption is not documented, but has had no problems on my Mac. Even after 8 hours pressure refueling until it stops the body was never more than lukewarm. Super!

Negative is the extremely short cables certainly for some users: 7cm stub cable + plug. Only notebook users are so happy with all other housing is dangling the cord. Luckily, the housing is so easy that the cable does not slip out. So you can directly add anticipate buying a longer cable may.

And now for the reason I quite loudly "Samsung Ugh!" call.

By connecting the plate for the first time, one sees only a "driver partition" of about 130MB of the controller auditions. Then there are drivers for Windows and Mac, without which you can not use the disk. After reading using a magnifying glass, the "instructions" (font size about 1mm), that was clear. Plugging in and get started .... haha

1 gripe: sometimes just connect the drive to another computer, forget it! Linux? Forget it! Unsupported version of Windows or OSX? Forget it! The plate is picky.

To install on a Mac driver, so you have the option of encryption (can be a Mac anyway) and, incidentally, is quietly herumgeferkelt the operating system! It is a daemon process and not beendbarer a kernel extension are in illegal places (Library / Application Support) installed an application, set up.
Thereafter, the plate is "unlocked" and you can use them at full capacity.

Install applications in hidden places: gripe 2
Gripe 3: An undocumented daemon
Gripe 4: A highly dangerous kernel extension: it is an open source SAT SMART driver is installed, the developer, according to "The interface to SMART data is same as with ATA Family Driver, so most existing applications should work." probably should not cause any problems with other drives. Thank-You!
Gripe 5: Samsung service. Currently, Samsung does not offer driver downloads. What happens when the next OS X update grilling the kernel extension? Yosemite has already shown us what can happen. How long must we wait then, until you can regain access to the drive?

Windows users may perhaps not complain about such an obscenity, but on a Mac that's an absolute no-go!

What I would like to clarify is whether the board once they are enabled via the Installer, continue to work on other computers without drivers. So whether the driver vegetables is necessary only for the hardware encryption. Then I throw namely the kernel extension, and the daemon with violence in the trash. An uninstaller does not exist. Crafted in the Shell is announced. Pooh Pooh Pooh

Update 10.2.15: This misplaced and unwanted extensions and daemon can be removed and it works for me, except for the possibility, then turn on the hardware encryption as before and without the worry that someday the record is no longer accessible. How it works - use at your own risk for those who know what they do -
0. drive (s) Eject and remove
1. One secures in the user account with which the stuff was installed ~ / Library / Application Support / Porta Blessd
Herein lies the application Samsung_Portable_SSD together the kernel extensions and Daemon. If you are launching this application again, the drivers are reinstalled. So secure well.
2. We will delete the two files SATSMARTDriver.kext and SATSMARTLib.plugin in / System / Library / kernel / Extensions. These administrative rights are needed.
3. It deletes the file com.srib.pssddaeon.plist in ~ / Library / LaunchAgents. This file starts the daemon
4. Reboot
5. infect plates again, fettich

Untested (because composite drive) I have, whether the unlocked panels on other computers are now also without activation approachable. Would be nice if someone (Windows, Mac) verified with only one disk that.