![]() ![]() Open Terminal ( Applications » Utilities) or iTerm and copy/paste the following line: mkdir /Volumes/Steam/Library & ln -s /Volumes/Steam/Library ~/Library/Application\ Support/Steam Note: If you have called your image anything other than Steam, you should replace that part of the above command (in both places). Note: If you happen to have manually copied this folder over, you probably want to preserve it instead, and move it to inside the disk image we're creating in this guide. On a fresh install there should be nothing important in here, as Steam refuses to boot on your case-sensitive file system. Next, open the Application Support folder, find the folder called Steam and delete it. ![]() Open a Finder window, open the Go menu and while holding down Option on your keyboard select the Library option that pops up. In this case we first need to delete this folder. If you have already attempted to launch Steam before on this computer, Steam will have already created a folder where we want to create a symbolic link. Step "pre-3": If you have already tried launching Steam Don't launch it just yet, we need to do one more thing. ![]() Step 2: Install Steam.Īssuming you have already downloaded the Steam installer dmg, open it and, instead of dragging Steam.app into your Applications folder, copy it onto the image you just created. Open it if this wasn't done automatically already, and let's get to the second part. With those settings in place, hit Save and after a moment your newly created image will be ready to go. You should pick a size that works for the kinds of games you're planning to install. I have chosen 40 GB for my image, as I don't really play many games at all these days and mostly want Steam for the occasional indie fix. Don't worry, the image won't take up that amount of space right away, it will expand as your content grows. Now, in Size enter the maximum size you'd like this disk to be. Select Sparse disk image in the Image Format selection, and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) under Format. Before you hit save, we need to change some of the image settings. In my case I chose to store it right in my Applications folder. Save it as something memorably, such as "Steam," and select the folder you'd like to save it in. Launch Disk Utility (if you're not familiar, you can find this in the Utilities folder within your Applications folder), and select File » New Image » Blank Image. You can find it down below in the re-worked guide, called step "pre-3." Update: I have updated this guide and added a step, which is useful for people who previously already tried launching Steam before finding this guide. In this quick guide I'll show you how I did it. Unfortunately companies like Steam and Adobe have still opted not to properly update their apps to be compatible with case-sensitive file systems, so if you have opted to choose this when setting up your Mac or Hack, when you get to wanting to install Steam you'll run into issues.įortunately in the case of Steam there is a workaround that will let you play your favorite Steam games, even if you don't have any case-insensitive partitions available. ![]()
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