latest Samsung magician difficult to use

[tpennello]

The latest version of Magician installed today 2025-12-01 "features" tiny white text on a black background.

I find it very difficult to read.  The Display option allows maximum text size of 75%.  That's too small.

And white on black is awful -- it's harsh on the eyes.

I hope you can address both of these issues with an update soon.

[nullandvoid]

My Samsung Magician always had white text on a black background.  It's not tiny, though.

[tpennello]

A previous version on my work laptop has a "theme option" which allows light or dark.  It's set to light.  The updated magician no longer has this option and is set to dark.

The old version had a display option with values auto, 75%, 100%, ... 175%.  The new version has only auto, 50%, 75%.

This seems like a real software screwup.

[Members_2S27SPL]

I can't even select anything other than Auto, its greyed out.

[nullandvoid]

I may have a different version, since my drive is much older. 

[tpennello]

My problematic version is 9.0.0, servicing a samsung ssd 990 pro.

The version on my work computer is 8.5.2 and also claims it's the latest version of magician!  It services a 980 pro.

[nullandvoid]

It may be the latest version for the particular drive.  Like I said, my drive is older by at least 8 years.  The drive on your work computer is older than your home computer.  Different versions for different drives.  

Truthfully, the only time I ever open magician was when I first set up the drive, and when someone has a question.  I open it to look.  I wouldn't test my drive unless performance was suffering, so I have no reason to ever open the app.

[easydoesit36]

Whoever approved the 9.0 release needs to be disciplined

[MarcoAuday]

I totally agree with you, Constellation. The entire UI stinks. Why would Samsung change the UI so drastically - now I have to re-learn how to navigate the whole thing. Not only that, in my 4K monitor everything is enormous and I cannot navigate from one device to the next as used to do in the previous version. Left on the hands of idiots the UI can become this abomination that is version 9.0. Thanks a lot, Samsung.