Steam Games

jamo2oo9

Didn't know where to post this as I couldn't find the Steam forum which I assume has been deleted or moved to a top secret place.

But anyway, my PC is Window and the internet on it is insanely slow when I'm downloading (100-130kb) and it would take days to download the games I got from the Humble Bundle deal during the week. I was wondering, could I download them on my Mac and transfer the files to the PC? My Mac can download it very fast so it would be better really. Is this in anyway possible, even if the games aren't Mac compatible?

Lu Tze

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Didn't know where to post this as I couldn't find the Steam forum which I assume has been deleted or moved to a top secret place.

But anyway, my PC is Window and the internet on it is insanely slow when I'm downloading (100-130kb) and it would take days to download the games I got from the Humble Bundle deal during the week. I was wondering, could I download them on my Mac and transfer the files to the PC? My Mac can download it very fast so it would be better really. Is this in anyway possible, even if the games aren't Mac compatible?

Are you using the same Internet connection for both? How is the mac faster?

aperture_nuig

FYI, the Valve and Steam forum was renamed to the more general "PC Gaming" forum


Unfortunately, I don't think that'll work as the Mac steam client will only allow you to download Mac compatible games.

If you can get WINE on mac, install steam on it, download the files you need to the fake C:\ drive and copy them to a usb then.

jamo2oo9

Lu Tze wrote: »

Are you using the same Internet connection for both? How is the mac faster?

Same broadband network? Yeah. For the Mac, it's brand new, bought it last Christmas whereas the broadband stick I'm using for the PC is probably 5 years old and I rarely ever use the internet on the PC, just for gaming really. The stick is probably dying now at this stage now

Lu Tze

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Same broadband network? Yeah. For the Mac, it's brand new, bought it last Christmas whereas the broadband stick I'm using for the PC is probably 5 years old and I rarely ever use the internet on the PC, just for gaming really. The stick is probably dying now at this stage now

Do you mean wifi ? You could try plugging directly into the router with an ethernet cable from the computer.

jamo2oo9

aperture_nuig wrote: »

FYI, the Valve and Steam forum was renamed to the more general "PC Gaming" forum


Unfortunately, I don't think that'll work as the Mac steam client will only allow you to download Mac compatible games.

If you can get WINE on mac, install steam on it, download the files you need to the fake C:\ drive and copy them to a usb then.

Would I not need a copy of Windows? I don't have any at the moment

aperture_nuig

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Would I not need a copy of Windows? I don't have any at the moment

WINE allows you to use Windows programs on linux: http://www.winehq.org/

Looks like they do support mac os x as well, it gives you a fake C:\ drive to install and run windows programs on. I think you should be able to install the windows steam client using wine, run it and download the files you need. It might just be easier to wire up your existing PC into the router though

Yeti Beast

Another option might be to temporarily change your download region in Steam's settings. It used to work "back in the day" at any rate.

Kiith

Are you using two seperate wifi dongles for the mac and pc? If so, can you just swap them around when downloading from Steam?

jamo2oo9

Kiith wrote: »

Are you using two seperate wifi dongles for the mac and pc? If so, can you just swap them around when downloading from Steam?

No, the mac has a built in wifi adapter.