[Mac] Frequently Asked Questions + Games List

I searched for similar threads, but found none, but if there are any sorry for duplicating. I just got Steam for the mac a few weeks ago, and bought the Orange Box promptly. I just finished Half Life 2 the other day, and am moving on the Episode One. But the issues I've been having with all the Half Life games is the sound. It seems like when it's trying to handle to many sounds at once it just cuts out, mainly during large scale battles and clip scenes. There were a few forums I read online about this, but they were all many years old and said that this problem was fixed. Is a Mac thing that Valve is fixing? Or is it just me?

[Ntt4]

Originally Posted by Echaru

I searched for similar threads, but found none, but if there are any sorry for duplicating. I just got Steam for the mac a few weeks ago, and bought the Orange Box promptly. I just finished Half Life 2 the other day, and am moving on the Episode One. But the issues I've been having with all the Half Life games is the sound. It seems like when it's trying to handle to many sounds at once it just cuts out, mainly during large scale battles and clip scenes. There were a few forums I read online about this, but they were all many years old and said that this problem was fixed. Is a Mac thing that Valve is fixing? Or is it just me?

Hmm.I still haven't got round to install HL2 on my Macbook Pro yet. I'll have to do that at some point... In the mean time...

Whats your OSX Version and What machine are you trying to play the game on ?

Originally Posted by Ntt4

Hmm.I still haven't got round to install HL2 on my Macbook Pro yet. I'll have to do that at some point... In the mean time...

Whats your OSX Version and What machine are you trying to play the game on ?

Oh, whoops, I meant to make a thread not a reply, lol. Well, it's an iMac, OS X version 10.5.8.

[ShadoHawk]

I can't believe I missed this yesterday.

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3923

Big things are happening RIGHT NOW at Valve. Things involving cultivated tree-fruit. BIG things. Things that rhyme with "grapple." Things that rhyme with "Speem Gortress zmavailable on the Babac."

Not today. But tomorrow. BIG THINGS. Stay tuned...

[Ntt4]

Originally Posted by Echaru

Oh, whoops, I meant to make a thread not a reply, lol. Well, it's an iMac, OS X version 10.5.8.

Lol, No problem. You can try making a new thread if you wish. You'll probably get more help that way.

The best solution at the moment seems to be upgrading to 10.6.3
It's worth the cost


Post 2 -

Originally Posted by ShadoHawk

I can't believe I missed this yesterday.

http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3923

OMG. I missed that too :0

But for some reason, I can't think of anything to rhyme with Grappl.... Ah wait, I get it now

[Ntt4]

This post will have the most up-to date version of Steam linked to it for people that are having trouble downloading and applying updates.

Latest version -
http://i72d.com/Steam.dmg
Updated 9th April 2012
(I changed to format to .dmg to help some people. Make sure that you place the Steam app into your applications folder!)

Middle age version - I forgot when this was uploaded.
http://cl.ly/1LJz

Oldest version - This is the fallback version!
http://i72d.com/Steam_2010.zip
Updated 17th June 2010

The cl.ly link below is a copy of the old version above, but you guys downloaded the file 13456 times over two years and I've been asked by cloudy to move the file. Thus, the link has been deprecated and updated as above!
http://cl.ly/1OwQ

Originally Posted by Ntt4

Hi All,

Just a quick update from me.

Over the next few Steam updates i'm going to be trialing a script that will automatically download Steam's components and bundle them into a pre-made build Hopefully it will work.

Also, The file will be hosted in 2 locations...

The main link
http://www.i72d.com/Steam.dmg

and here
http://www.i72d.com/motd/Steam.dmg


Why two locations?
I've got a 3453 line error log from people trying to access the old location over a period of 2 months, So i'm putting a symlink in place so you can get it from either link

My server is being updated at the moment with a critical bug fix, But the new links should be active soon Fixed

- Tavis

[zarthek]

Originally Posted by Ntt4

Try this version of steam here. http://cl.ly/1Cqx I think it may be one version out of date, but it should be able to update after using that version. Just incase you are wondering... All it is, is the original version of steam, with the 4th patch added.

I can't open that type of file, getting the message, 'Safari can't open the file "Steam1.app.7z because no available application can open it.'

[Ntt4]

Oops. I'll remember to use .zip files from the next update.

for .7z files use The Unarchiver.

Also, Use this Version of Steam. This is the newest. http://cl.ly/1LJz

[swiftelf]

Originally Posted by Ntt4

Oops. I'll remember to use .zip files from the next update.

for .7z files use The Unarchiver.

Also, Use this Version of Steam. This is the newest. http://cl.ly/1LJz

i can confirm that the unarchiver is a great utility i use it myself, never had issues with it.

[zarthek]

Originally Posted by Ntt4

Oops. I'll remember to use .zip files from the next update.

for .7z files use The Unarchiver.

Also, Use this Version of Steam. This is the newest. http://cl.ly/1LJz

Thanks, can get that file open now
Even better, steam is 100% functional on this computer

[Ntt4]

Originally Posted by zarthek

Thanks, can get that file open now
Even better, steam is 100% functional on this computer

Glad it worked.

I'll add the unarchiver to the FAQ and I believe that I have already linked to the pre-made Steam file somewhere.

Swiftelf - The Unarchiver is the best decompression software available for free by far

[swiftelf]

Originally Posted by Ntt4

Glad it worked.

I'll add the unarchiver to the FAQ and I believe that I have already linked to the pre-made Steam file somewhere.

Swiftelf - The Unarchiver is the best decompression software available for free by far

Yea it is, i've tried numerous others and none had as many uncompressions(like .7z or.rar etc) nor are they even close to as fast as this little jewel.

[SimonBS]

Team Fortress 2 is now ón the Steam Store! You think we'll get more this week? ;-)

[kleril]

Originally Posted by SimonBS

Team Fortress 2 is now ón the Steam Store! You think we'll get more this week? ;-)

Do we need anything else?

[SimonBS]

Originally Posted by kleril

Do we need anything else?

Haha. I'ld like to see some smaller games - some I've never tried out. As an example, I trues Madballs this way and now I love it. Or maybe Left 4 Dead 2. Would LOVE that for Mac.