WARNING: The Cruzer Utility does NOT support Mac OS 10.6 or higher. An option would be to use a PC to uninstall U3 or Mac OS version 10.5 and below.
STEP 1 - Back up all the data on your Cruzer flash drive
STEP 2 - Download the U3 Cruzer Utility for Mac
1. Download the Cruzer Utility.
2. Save the utility on your desktop.
STEP 3 - Install the Cruzer Utility
1. Double-click the cruzer-utilities-mac.dmg file on your desktop.
2. On the new window that opens, double-click Cruzer Utilities installer.pkg.
3. Follow the installation wizard to complete the installation
4. When prompted to restart, click the Restart button to restart the computer
STEP 4 - Run the utility and remove U3 Launchpad
1. Double-click on your Hard drive thendouble-click the Applications folder
2. In the Applications folder, double click the Utilities folder.
3. Double-click the SanDisk Cruzer folder.
4. Double-click Launchpad Removal Utility for Mac.
5. Click Next when prompted.
6. You will be asked if you want to restore your data. If you backed up your data prior to installation, click No.
7. Click Format.
8. Click Done to close the program once the U3 Launchpad is successfully removed.
STEP 5 - Copy your data back to the Cruzer flash drive
Sandisk U3 System
Apr 02, 2012 Sandisk flashdrives are 'protected' with something called 'U3', which is both software -and- a 'protected partition' on the drive that CANNOT BE ERASED using Disk Utility on the Mac. There have been quite a few comments in other Sandisk reviews on the evils of the U3 software that comes with the drive. Yes, when I inserted the drive the first time a dialog popped up and said I would have to reboot, but I told it 'later.' I then went to Sandisk's Website and read up on the perceived benefits of U3. Jul 16, 2020 #2 - Repair damaged sandisk with Mac disk utilities. This is a Mac os built in tool that can be used for repairing corrupted sandisk disk/usb/sd card. Repair usb mac with first aid without formatting disk. Video guide - how to use Disk Utilities for free sandisk repairing. Aug 16, 2010 How To Remove U3. SanDisk has both a Mac and PC version of their U3 removal software along with accompanying directions that show you step by step how to remove the U3 software from your thumb drive. I will offer you a word of caution however; You will be prompted to have all of your files backed up (or not) as part of the U3 removal procedure. STEP 2 - Download the U3 Cruzer Utility for Mac 1. Download the Cruzer Utility. Save the utility on your desktop. STEP 3 - Install the Cruzer Utility 1. Double-click the cruzer-utilities-mac.dmg file on your desktop. On the new window that opens, double-click Cruzer Utilities installer.pkg.
U3 Cruzer Driver
The two models feature a sleek new design and include software that turns them into ‘U3 smart drives’ so users can access their “personal workspace”-software programs, personal preferences, personal files and data as well as the means for managing them within a highly secure environment-on any personal computer running Microsoft Windows XP or Sandisk u3 cruzer micro usb device PC Pitstop has. Download the U3 Cruzer Utilities for Mac by clicking the following link and save it to your Desktop: Cruzer Utilities cruzer-utilities-mac.dmg' on your Desktop and double click it. 2) Double click the Cruzer Utilities installer.pkg file.