Samsung T5 Catalina Update

Posted : admin | On 23-04-2021

In light of recent reporting for potential breach of self-encrypting SSDs in the case of expert's physical possession and specific technical settings, Samsung provides the following options of added protection for our valued consumers:

For non-portable SSDs:

We recommend installing encryption software (freeware available online) that is compatible with your system.

After update, need a 64 bits driver for my samsung M2070W scan and printer HP Recommended Solution: Samsung printers compatible with macOS Catalina 10.15. Samsung is currently preparing an update for its T5 to make there software compatible with Catalina. You will need to format the Portable SSD T5 with the NTFS file system for the feature to work.' This thread has a discussion about TRIM and externals on Macs. I also have a Samsung T5 attached to my 2017 iMac and it is formatted APFS and read/write speeds are in the 400/500 range, so there is no basic problem with the T5 formatted APFS. I have a Samsung CLX-6260ND and it has not working since I installed Catalina. Samsung and HP have had 2-3 years to fix drivers and software that works for Catalina. Because it's been so long since Apple said Catalina will not support 32-bit software, only 64-bit. For T3, T5 and X5 products, you must first reinstall Portable SSD Activation Software (Version 1.6.7), provided on the Samsung SSD Customer Support page (URL below), before updating the firmware. Please visit the following website for Samsung SSD Customer Support page.

For portable SSDs:

We recommend updating the firmware on your device. Firmware patch can be updated through Portable SSD Activation Software. For T3, T5 and X5 products, you must first reinstall Portable SSD Activation Software (Version 1.6.7), provided on the Samsung SSD Customer Support page (URL below), before updating the firmware. Please visit the following website for Samsung SSD Customer Support page:

For updating the firmware on T1 products, please contact the nearest Samsung Service Center.

Please visit the following website for contact information of Samsung Service Centers around the globe: