The Easiest Method, Hands Down Wine is definitely one of the best ways to run Windows software on a Mac. It has a large following and plenty of support and ways to find what you need and it is constantly being updated. I was actually planning on writing a tutorial on how to install the Windows version of Steam on Mac OS X with a standard Wine installation. Then I discovered that this method was actually easier and it keeps everything self contained within an.app file. So, without any further ado, let’s get started and install Steam on your Mac!!! Install Wineskin Winery This little gem is quickly becoming my favorite way to use Wine on Mac OS X.

Tipsters are telling us that the Steam for Mac service is now live. While the client makes the rounds, and the beta whitelist has been lifted, it appears Valve isn't quite ready to break out the cigars.

Wineskin is simple, fast and it’s easy. Everything is put together for you in a nice tidy little package and it’s all self contained in an.app file. It also has advanced features, so if you want to use a custom compilation of Wine you can. If you are new to Wine I think you will find it very user friendly and if you are already familiar with Wine, I think you will find that it has enough advanced features to your satisfaction. You can download it from. It works with the following versions of OS X. • OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) • OS X 10.7 (Lion) • OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) • OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) It’s a quick download with nothing to unpack or install.

Simply run the Wineskin.app file when it finishes downloading. Installing Wine and the Wrapper One of the great features I love about this app is that you can download and use any version of Wine that you want. This is so awesome because I have found that some Windows applications only work with certain versions of Wine. Not only that, but you can download several different versions at the same time and the app manages them for you and once downloaded, you can choose whichever version you want to use. • When you first open Wineskin you will see the home screen. • Click the “+” button to install Wine.

You’ll see a drop down list of all the available versions. Go ahead and choose the latest version. • Next, update the Wrapper. • Last, click the “Build new blank wrapper”, name it “Steam” and then give it a few minutes to build.

• You will be prompted to install Gecko and Mono. Decline these prompts. These are not necessary. • When it’s finished view your newly created wrapper and copy it over to the desktop. Hey Susan, Hmmm. It should be Steam.exe.

I have had that issue where it hangs while trying to update. Not sure what causes it, but in my case I had to uninstall Wineskin and reinstall it and start from scratch.

With the weird filename you are seeing along with the update hang, I would try uninstall/reinstalling Wineskin. Also, try: Rebuilding a wrapper using Wine 1.7.8 and see if that works. (Maybe something broke between.8 and.9??) Make sure you are updating winetricks before attempting to run the Steam winetrick. Let me know how it goes! Duplicate video cleaner for mac. Hey Jay, Maybe I misunderstood the purpose of this trick, but what I’m trying to do is use this steam client to download the game files from Steam to my hard drive. I loaded up steam, clicked download, waited for it to finish, etc.

Now I am trying to get the actual files, and they aren’t anywhere on my mac. I can see them by right clicking the game in my Steam Library, hitting preferences, local files, and browse local files.

However, they only display within the Wine Explorer, and there’s no way to find them in Mac Spotlight, or to copy them over to my main desktop. Is this actually possible to do? I’m trying to do it this way because I want to mod Skyrim on a mac, for which I need the actual files to put into a wrapper. I don’t have a PC or large hard drive, or I’d just download it there and paste the files onto the mac. Steam itself won’t allow Skyrim to be downloaded to a non-compatible OS. The only thing I can think of is that the Wine Explorer has saved the files somewhere hidden. I mean, My computer spent all that time downloading the files, they have to be somewhere, right?