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    Newbie Question on Applications

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by pusta, Aug 13, 2012.

  1. pusta

    pusta Notebook Consultant

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    Just switched over to OS X and picked up the rMBP. I have a 500GB USB 3 external hard drive that I'd like to install Steam on and run from the USB drive. Is it really as simple as copying the application to the drive? Can I tell Steam to also download the game files there?
     
    pusta, Aug 13, 2012
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  2. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    you could look in the steam forums, usually its a pain, but doable, to move the steam folder to another HDD. I would advise to play games using bootcamp as well.
     
    Karamazovmm, Aug 13, 2012
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  3. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    You need to look up how to make Symlinks (not an alias even if Finder shows it the same).

    You can move the Steam folder to the external, then put a symlink in place so Steam still thinks its going to your main drive, but the symlink re-directs it to the external drive.
     
    doh123, Aug 14, 2012
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