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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. 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 here.
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.
Double-click the icon and you will the following screen. Click “Advanced”
Select the Tools tab, and then click on Winetricks
You’ll want to update Winetricks first. Click on the update button in the lower left hand corner.
When that’s finished, expand the Apps tree, scroll down and checkmark Steam. Then click the Run button.
After installing required packages, the Steam installer should open. Simply follow the instructions.
When it’s finished, Steam will update itself. This can take a few minutes depending on your Internet connection.
If it’s successful you should see the Steam window open after you click “Finish”. Go ahead and close it for now.
When Winetricks is finished, close the window and go to the Configuration tab.
Browse to the location of the Steam.exe file within the wrapper.
And last but not least, close the window and then double click the Steam.app icon.
Use Winetricks to Install Steam
If you get an error “10810, Steam cannot be opened” you can do one of two things to fix this. Either reboot your computer and upon logging in it will open normally, or you can right-click the wrapper and select “Show Contents” and then double-click the Wineskin app inside.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Steam on your Mac. Everything is contained within the wrapper, simply click on the icon to run Steam.
If you experience the issue where there is no text showing, this is a known bug with dwrite. It was fixed and as long as you update winetricks before starting the install, you shouldn’t run into this error. If you are still experiencing the issue, start over and make sure to follow Step #9.
If you are getting to Step #12 and it fails to update followed by the error “No Steam Config Servers online”, this is another bug. These are the steps I have found to fix it.
Assuming you have updated winetricks and are not experiencing the dwrite bug, go to the Steam website and download the Windows install package to your computer
Right-click your wrapper and select Show Contents and double click the Wineskin app inside.
Click “Install Software”
Point it to the “SteamSetup.exe” that you just downloaded
Run through the install (it will re-install Steam in the same directory) and this time it should continue through the Update process and open the Steam Client window.
Update 3-20-2014:
It looks like the “NoConfigServer” error has been resolved. Running a test install, I was able to successfully go through original tutorial steps without any errors. I ran the test on Mavericks 10.9.2 using Wine Engine 1.7.14NoFlicker (the latest version) and Wrapper version 2.5.12
You can also view this tutorial in action on our YouTube channel.
Update 11-6-14:
If you are experiencing the “sha1sum mismatch” error I have a new video tutorial up on YouTube that gives you an alternate method for installation. You can view it here.
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Very informative and helpful!
I followed everything in this tutorial and get as far as the last picture shows, but after I log in to steam the wrapper just closes out with no error message or anything. Been trying to figure this out looking at different places for a while now can anyone help me out?
Hey Chris,
What version of OS X are you using? Let me know, I’ll try and help you troubleshoot it.
Quick comment, though I may be able to figure this one out…
I’m not seeing the Steam installer opening after your step 10… should I run the webpage and download from Steam’s download site or am I doing this wrong?
I run Mavericks as well… and am a new Mac user 🙂
Hi Lauren,
A lot of users were having trouble due to what I suspect is an issue with winetricks. If you see an error that mentions a sha1sum mismatch then I would try one of two things:
1. Run through the tutorial and DON’T update winetricks in Step #9. That may or may not work.
2. Use the alternate method of installing. There is a link to the video tutorial in this article. Under “Update 11-6-2014”
Let me know if that helps
Hey Jay everything went smoothly until i tried to play the actual game, when i press play it says first time setup and installing: steps 1 and 2 and then it disappears without having the game run or anything
Hey I am running El Capitan and I got the Steam for my mac and I got everything setup to the point where it showed my library but when I try going to any other tabs like the Store, it comes up black and keeps on loading without anything showing up. What should I do? I have already tried closing it and reopening it as well as restarting my computer.
i have the same problem … I’m running mavericks by the way
Hey Finely,
I had not tried it on Mavericks yet, but I loaded it up and was able to replicate the issue you are having.
I discovered the solution. After installing Steam in Winetricks, also install the following from the settings tree:
sound=coreaudio
macdriver=mac
win7
After doing this, I was able to login as usual. Let me know if this doesn’t work for you.
Chris! I might have it if no one else had already, When you set the destination for the files, leave it at drive_c/Program Files… do not change it as you dont need to, i changed it and the same thing happened, but i dont know if thats what you did, i hope this helps someone anyway.
Hi Jay, I have the same problem. The whole installation went fine but after trying to authenticate the new Steam it just simply closes. I’m running Mavericks by the way… thanks!
Same problem… i was using wineskin for can play Dota 2… after the lat update, the error came… if u know how to fix it i will love you all my life
Hey Pato,
So you had it working before an update? What update was that?
If you upgraded to Mavericks then you will need to alter your wineskin.
Check out my replies to Luis and Finley.
Hey Luis,
I had not tried it on Mavericks yet, but I loaded it up and was able to replicate the issue you are having.
I discovered the solution. After installing Steam in Winetricks, also install the following from the settings tree:
sound=coreaudio
macdriver=mac
win7
After doing this, I was able to login as usual. Let me know if this doesn’t work for you.
Hello, guys. I also have the same problem: the window closes after input the authentication code.
I will appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
(Sorry. I forgot to say I also use Mavericks).
I had not tried it on Mavericks yet, but I loaded it up and was able to replicate the issue you are having.
I discovered the solution. After installing Steam in Winetricks, also install the following from the settings tree:
sound=coreaudio
macdriver=mac
win7
After doing this, I was able to login as usual. Let me know if this doesn’t work for you.
Get up to step 6. I click show in finder then drag to the desktop. Then on the desktop I open it, and it says:
The application “Steam” can’t be opened.
-10810
I am using mavericks. Thanks in advance.
Right click the Steam.app and select “Show Package Contents”. Then double click the Wineskin and tadaa!
Hi Harry,
10810 is a common error for OS X. I would think that may have something to do with your environment. It’s also a hard code to troubleshoot since it’s so general. Have you tried what Leevi suggested?
Also, for Mavericks I would strongly suggest using the latest version of Wine and the Wrapper. Let me know if you still have trouble getting it going.
Hi Harry, I had the same issue. I fixed it by opening terminal and typing the following:
launchctl remove $(launchctl list | grep wineskin | awk ‘{ print $3 }’)
hope that helps
Hi Aristos,
Thanks for the helpful comment! I’ll be sure to update the article with it.
For those having issues after an update of Steam or having the problem with Steam closing after authentication, make sure you update your Wine version to the latest, or at least 1.7.8 (latest as of today). There was a bug found with a Steam updated that happened Dec. 3 and the Wine team quickly introduced a fix that came out with 1.7.8 not long after.
Thanks for the info Jarrod! I’m sure the readers will appreciate it.
I’ll be sure to update the article.
Using 1.7.9 on Mavericks and the only exe I can find is steamtmp.exe. Is that acceptable? I can get the steam up and running right after initialization but when I go back to the app it says it is trying to update Steam and can’t, so it quits. Thoughts?
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!
I get to the 10th step, but when I try to install I just get ” sh:wine tricks: command not found “
Hey Austin,
What version of OSX are you on? If you are on Mavericks, you need at least Wine 1.7.8
Let me know, if you don’t get it resolved. I’ll keep trying to help you troubleshoot.
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? They aren’t just simulated in Wine Explorer or something weird? The download seemed to actually be happening, the download rate fluctuated and stopped working if my connection went off. I’ve been looking for the files with Houdini but no luck so far. Any help?
Thanks.
Update: I thought I found the files inside my Steam wrapper, and tried to copy them to my desktop. When I did, though, it only destroyed the files inside the wrapper, and created an alias file which pointed to the now-lost files in the wrapper. I’m unsure that the alias would have worked even if the files were still there, since I couldn’t find them in Spotlight or searching Finder. Just recreated my wrapper, installed Steam, am now downloading Skyrim again. Will see if I can get those files out properly. Still would love advice.
Hi Graham,
Have you tried just launching Skyrim to play it? The purpose of creating this wrapper is to run the Windows Steam Client and play PC games on your Mac. You may need to install certain requirements (drivers/frameworks) for the game in the wrapper in addition to Steam, but playing it should be possible. I’m not sure I quite understand the reason for downloading the files…
No, the files are not simulated, they should have been physically downloaded. When you download, are you given the option to choose the location? You could create a folder in the Wineskin wrapper in the “/Contents/Resources/drive_c” and then specify the downloads to that folder. Keep me updated.
Hey Jay,
Well, the reason I was trying to get my hands on the actual files (I did actually find them last night) is that I was trying to play Skyrim through a Cider wrapper. The reason for that is that I plan to mod, and also potentially to play in places that have no internet connection. So, I bought Skyrim, and what I wanted was to download the files, drop them into my Cider wrapper, apply a crack which would stop the game from needing to check with Steam, and play that way.
However, something in the latest 1.9.32.0.8 Skyrim update makes the Cider wrapper fail to display the graphics, so I’ve given up on that until someone updates Cider. I just tried and Skyrim loads up using your method, so thanks for that!
One quick question: do you know how to make the games display in full screen? when I move my mouse to the bottom of the game window, the dock pops up. Any way to lock the Skyrim screen in front and keep anything else from covering it?
Thanks,
G
Glad it is working for you! As far as the fullscreen goes, the only thing I can think of to try is this:
1. View Contents of the Steam Wrapper
2. Double-click on the Wineskin.app inside.
3. Go to Advanced and then Screen Options at the bottom
4. Select Override and then set your override settings to Fullscreen.
Hope that works for you.
Graham,
I realize this post is from over a year ago, but I’m trying to download a game right now onto my mac and ran into the same problem you did. I wanted to find the actual files that were installed through the Windows version of Steam, but was unable to find them anywhere except in Steam>Properties>Local files>Browse local files and I can’t do anything with those. You said in this comment that you eventually did find those files and I would love to know where because I’ve been looking and looking and can’t seem to find them anywhere. Thanks
Another “year later” comment. I was able to find the downloaded Steam files by first showing hidden files using Terminal (defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES), then looking in ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps.
For what it’s worth, if it helps future readers, I was trying to solve the “could not load library client” issue. The solution is to browse to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/Source SDK Base 2007/sourcetest/bin and copy the client.dll and server.dll files to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/sourcemods/gesource/bin.
Thanks for the tutorial. I’m using Mavericks and I’ve updated Wine and the Wrapper. However, things freeze up at step 12. I get the “Updating Steam…” But it doesn’t seam to be able to connect to the servers. I just see “checking for available updates…” underneath the progress bar and it’s frozen. Any ideas or tips?
Thanks again,
J
I just had this problem. For some reason Steam did not want to update while I was on an Ethernet connection using DHCP… I switched to wireless and it worked.
Hi SH,
I realized going through my emails that I never responded to you. I apologize.
The good news is that the bug you were experiencing has since been fixed.
I hope you were able to get it running. If not, post back and let me know.
Hi J,
I found the workaround for this. I was going through my emails and couldn’t find where I had responded to you. I apologize for that.
The good news is that the bug has been fixed since then. I hope you were able to get it running.
everything works fine…. but…. at the end of the installation it said something about the internet connection and then quit out. it said no steam config servers online. is there a way to fix this.
also if you get the error 10080 thing
right click and then click show package contents and then open wineskin in that.
I’m on mavericks.
Hey Bob,
Did a little investigating, and there have been some updates, possible bug. Apparently people are having issues with the Windows version in general, not just in Wine. Anyway, I found a quick workaround.
1. Go ahead and create the Wrapper according to the tutorial using winetricks (make sure you update Winetricks). The reason for this is that the dwrite bug is automatically fixed. So you won’t have to deal with that.
2. Go to the Steam website and download the Windows version.
3. Right click and Show Contents of your Steam Wrapper, and double-click the Wineskin.app inside.
4. Click Install Software
5. Point it to the “SteamSetup.exe” that you just downloaded.
6. Run through the install (it will reinstall Steam in the same directory) and it will continue through the Update process and open the Steam Client window.
Let me know if you run into any problems
I also got the “no steam configServers online” error… Then it quits and nothing happens.
Hi Japa,
I found a workaround for this error. I just replied to a prior comment. Check out the steps to correct this in my reply to Bob.
I apologize for being lazy and not wanting to retype it! 🙂
Hey Jay !
Thanks for that !
I could install Steam, but when it opened, it was not showing the texts. But I could manage to sign in without seeing anything.
The problem is that I cannot go further and download the game.
Check these screenshots to better understand the situation.
Thanks for the effort !
Hey Japa,
The text not showing is a bug that was discovered with “dwrite”. It looks like you have run into by looks of one of your screenshots. As long as you updated Winetricks before running the install, it should have taken care of that.
Just to make sure, I would try starting over with a new wrapper, update winetricks, run through the tutorial steps and then apply the workaround.
As for the game, I’m hoping the updated winetricks will fix it. But if not, hit me back here and I’ll see if I can help you figure it out.
P.S. The reason your comment didn’t show was it got hung in my spam filter, I imagine because of the links. I had to strip them out, but I did look at them!
thanks jay this worked for me and when i did show package content it was just wineskin for me with the .app not visible. this worked and that no tex dwrite.ll bug wasnt there!
Ahhh. Yeah, I have my system set to show file extensions. Sorry about that, but the wineskin you saw is the same one I was referring to.
Glad you got it working man!!!
im stuck at updating, 0 of 79’997kb downloaded, 30 minutes now. What to do?
Hey Kober,
This was a bug that was recently discovered. Other readers have experienced this as well. I have updated the tutorial with the fix. Check out the second section in yellow at the bottom.
Everything worked fine and the steam app opens and all…. but the Winetricks doesn’t let me close it, and I’m afraid of forcing it to close and messing up the Steam wrapper. should i just wait for it to finish?
nevermind! its working fine now!
Hey Jay,
Wondering if all Steam games will work with this. Specifically games like Space Engineers, Arma III, and the DayZ Standalone.
Thanks for the great tutorial!
Hi Sam,
I can’t guarantee that it will work with ALL games. One thing to keep in mind is that you may also need other software “installed” in your Wine environment in order for the game itself to work. Make sure to look at any requirements for the game. You can install video drivers, .NET, etc into the Wine Wrapper that might be needed. The Wine environment is highly configurable, and sometimes it takes a little tweaking with the settings to get things to work right. You can always post here and I’ll help you troubleshoot. Naturally I’m not going to have access to every game, but I’ll do the best that I can!
Thanks for the positive comment!
Also, I seem to be unable to launch any Windows only games. It tells me that its “Preparing to launch [gametitle]” then nothing happens. Any ideas as to what the problem is or, more importantly, what I could do about it?
I normally wouldn’t leave a comment, but I’ve been looking for instructions that actually work, and yours do. All I have to say is, thank you so much. You made my life so much easier.
Jordan,
I’m glad you found the article useful!! And thanks for the great comment!
Hi there! So first off, this was a great tutorial and it worked perfectly. My only issue is that when I go ahead and play Deus Ex: GOTY, I end up with this strange flickering on the top half of my screen. It seems to be flickering what’s on my desktop. Any idea of how to fix this?
Hi Emily,
There additional settings that you use to tweak the wrapper. If you open your wrapper again and go to Advanced->Configuration->Set Screen Options, you set them there.
You can do this by holding the option key while double clicking the wrapper icon or by viewing the contents of the wrapper and then clicking on the Wineskin icon inside.
Let me know if that helps.
Hi,
So I installed it and everything was perfect so thanks! But then I closed the wineskin Steam and left to go do something else. Then when I came back and clicked on Wineskin Steam, it wouldn’t open. I had to reinstall the whole thing and now I’m afraid to close the app. I don’t want to have to reinstall it and redownload all my games each time I want to go on Steam. How can I open the Windows Steam/Wineskin Steam? Please do respond because I am eager to get back to the gaming community. Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Sadie
Hi Sadie,
That is definitely weird behavior and I have never experienced it. But there are constant changes going on with steam, wineskin, wine and the wrapper.
What version of OSX are you on? Also, what version of Wine did you install?
I’ll try to help you troubleshoot as best as I can.
Thanks for responding! I’m running OS X 10.8.5 but I’m trying to install Mavericks right now. I installed WS9Wine1.7.18 and the wrapper version is
Wineskin-2.6.0.
Sadie,
Try bumping up your version of Wine, there have been several versions released since this tutorial was written. The Wrapper has also been updated.
Let me know if that resolves it.
I followed each step of this process, yet when I attempt to run Steam, it will update, nothing will happen, then close.
What version of Wine are you running? There have been a lot of people experiencing problems with the latest version. Try backing down a version or two and see if that resolves it.
Hi there, so i recently came across wineskin and decided to give it a shot as i’m on holiday and don’t have my PC.
I installed everything, followed the intstructions however after steam updated itself, it closed without any messages whatsoever.
I tried installed the following as you suggested to others:
sound=coreaudio
macdriver=mac
win7
After checking for updates, instead of wine cosing straight away, a magnified steam icon appears on my dock for a min before closing down again.
Any suggestions?
***I downloaded and installed WS9Win 1.7.18 and Wineskin-2.6.0 and i am running Mavericks 10.9.3
Cameron,
Try bumping up your version of Wine and see if that resolves it.
Let me know if that works or not.
So I got steam working, I can access it just fine. My only problem is, every time I try to launch a game, it will show the “preparing to launch ______” window, and then nothing will happen. Any fix?
Hey Zach,
What game are you trying launch? Sometimes certain games require additional configuration. By your error message, you’re probably going to need something like the C runtime client or DirectX. Check the game compatibility on the WineHQ App List.
So i did all this, and I might just be really stupid but like once I’ve done it how do i play the games…..
Hey Phillip,
Once you finish. You simply enter your Steam login credentials and download and play the Windows games you want. Some games will play right away and some will take additional configuration. For example, if it requires .NET or video drivers, etc. You will need to install those in your Wineskin Wrapper. If you have problems or questions, you can always leave a comment or use the contact page!
heya bud, i have steam installed through a wine wrapper, i downloaded skyrim. if i try to launch it, it tells me a problem has occurred with the setup.exe, as it is trying to install ms vc. dunno if you can help? cheers bud for the info by the way!
Hey Robin,
Yeah, it’s always a good idea to check the requirements of the game. It sounds like the Visual C++ runtime is needed. There is a winetricks script for that. If you hold the Option key while double-clicking on your wine wrapper it should take you back to the configuration. Under the DLLs section in winetricks you’ll find a list of the different versions. While you’re there I would install any other prerequisites that the game may have.
Keep me updated, and I’ll try to help you troubleshoot.
LLELELEL DEERP
After running ‘steam Steam’ in winetricks, nothing happens. The command console says: sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/Nick/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again. Any ideas what I’m doing wrong or what I should “Rename”? Thank you
Hi Nick,
Usually a sha1sum mismatch means a problem with the download verification. It could be on either end. Sometimes you just have to wait and try again, or you could rename the .exe that it is telling you to rename.
Did you make sure to update winetricks before running the Steam install? There is a button in the lower left hand corner to update winetricks. This is important.
This script can become outdated at times and needs to be updated from time to time.
Also, I just did a test run to see if I could replicate your error, but I was able to successfully install it running on Mavericks 10.9.2
Let me know if you continue to have problems, and I’ll help you troubleshoot.
Hey Jay,
I’ve gotten the same problem with Nick here, when I try to run ‘steam Steam’ in winetricks, nothings happens and gives me this error message:
sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/imac/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again.
I’m running on a late 2012 iMac, with version 10.8.5. Got no intentions of updating to Maverick.
Hi Faiz,
Usually a sha1sum mismatch means a problem with the download verification. It could be on either end. Sometimes you just have to wait and try again, or you could rename the .exe that it is telling you to rename. I’m seeing a lot of people having the same error, so it may be on the server side.
Did you make sure to update winetricks before running the Steam install? There is a button in the lower left hand corner to update winetricks. This is important.
This script can become outdated at times and needs to be updated from time to time.
Also, I just did a test run to see if I could replicate your error, but I was able to successfully install it using Wine 1.7.27 and Wrapper 2.6.0
There should not be any need to update to Mavericks.
Let me know if you continue to have problems, and I’ll help you troubleshoot.
Hey Jay,
I have the same problem as Nick and Faiz. Where it says sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/imac/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again. I’m running Mac OS x Lion 10.7.5
I updated from Lion to Maverick 10.9.5. Still having the same problem.
Having the same problem. could use a response
Hey Chris,
Take a look at my responses to Nick and Faiz…
Hi Lucas,
Usually a sha1sum mismatch means a problem with the download verification. It could be on either end. Sometimes you just have to wait and try again, or you could rename the .exe that it is telling you to rename. I’m seeing a lot of people having the same error, so it may be on the server side.
Did you make sure to update winetricks before running the Steam install? There is a button in the lower left hand corner to update winetricks. This is important.
This script can become outdated at times and needs to be updated from time to time.
Also, I just did a test run to see if I could replicate your error, but I was able to successfully install it using Wine 1.7.27 and Wrapper 2.6.0
I will give it a test run on Lion, but it should not make a difference.
Let me know if you continue to have problems, and I’ll help you troubleshoot.
Hello, I am having a problem with step 11. I ran the file but it never installed anything and then the steam installer never opened.
Damon,
Did you make sure to update winetricks before running the Steam install? Can you send a screenshot of the console messages and send them via the contact page?
Hi, this is unrelated to the guy above but we have a similar problem. I do everything you say but when i attempt to run i get this msg
Downloading http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe to /Users/john/.cache/winetricks/steam
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 0
0 1115k 0 1112 0 0 6996 0 0:02:43 –:–:– 0:02:43 6993
100 1115k 100 1115k 0 0 2342k 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 2343k
——————————————————
Checksum for /Users/john/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe did not match, retrying download
——————————————————
Downloading http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe to /Users/john/.cache/winetricks/steam
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 0
100 1115k 100 1115k 0 0 3010k 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 3014k
——————————————————
sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/john/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again.
——————————————————
Winetricks Commands Finished!!
I got to step 10, however when I click on the branch theres nothing. I don’t see anything to pick from. I updated wine tricks and everything but still nothing shows
Actually I figured it out however now the installer will not come up after I click “run”
Will this work while having mac steam installed at the same time?
I need help.. I installed Age of Empires 3 and everything worked. But the second i start campaign my mouse disappears or the game will shut down. Can anyone help me? I accidentally bought it on gamestop for 40 dollars not knowing it would be such a hassle for mac users…
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William,
The fact that it’s running is a good sign. Head over to the Wine AppDB and see what others have to say about it. They may be able to provide some insight on what tweaks you may need to do.
I’m still getting the same problem. BUT the only reason why I’m trying to get this wine version of windows steam is to mod my unturned ; you need a windows version styled unturned file. I’ve found a loophole to it ; getting my friend to send me his windows unturned files. But thanks a lot anyways :D, I’ve also found crossover mac a very clean and easy way to installing windows steam and windows games. You can find a cracked version online very easily 🙂
Thanks!
Hello, I’m having an issue after the installation of steam, I’m getting a window that says updating steam, but it doesn’t ever budge, and i can no longer open the wrappers toolbar.
I hope I’ve made that clear…I’m mostly new to this sort of thing.
If you have any idea whats going on i’d love some suggestions, if you get a chance.
-Thanks
Hmm, disregard that last comment I’ve gotten it working
-Thanks
Hi Teeg,
That is awesome! I’m glad you were able to get it resolved!
I’m having a problem like many other people: I run the new wineskin app on my desktop and go to advanced, tools, then winetricks. I update, then I click on steam and click run and I get the “sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/Nick/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again.” error. I’ve tried renaming a bunch of things like it says. I’ve looked in my new wineskin app on my desktop for a .cache file or a steamsetup.exe to rename but I can’t find anything. I’ve renamed the Windows EXE name on the wineskin advanced page and nothing happened. I am running Mavericks 10.9.5. Is there any NEW troubleshooting methods you could give? It seems like I am just not able to install steam on winetricks, so maybe there is a way around that?
Thanks.
Hi Jon,
I have tried and tried to replicate this and have been unsuccessful. I have done several runs on 10.9.5 as well as different versions to see if my methods in the tutorial might be outdated. But I have been able to get a successful Steam wrapper built everytime.
At this point I can only think of two more troubleshooting measures.
1) It could be a permissions issue on that directory? But I’m not entirely sure that is the case.
2) Try downloading the SteamSetup.exe for Windows from the Steam website and copy it to the that directory “/Users/Nick/.cache/winetricks/steam/” and replace the one that is there if it is present.
Let me know how that goes. I’m trying to get to the bottom of it, as it seems a lot of people are having trouble.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Most of the other ones I’ve found are way too technical for me and I don’t understand them. Question, though: I’m running the latest version of everything (WS9Wine 1.7.28, Mavericks 10.9.5, and clicked “update winetricks” two or three times), and I’m still not seeing any text when Steam starts running. Any tips?
Hi Rachel,
There has been an issue lately with the sha1 not matching and throwing an error. The workaround is to download the Windows version of Steam (.msi) from the website and install in the wineskin wrapper manually. When you click on your wrapper, there is an option to install software. Choose that and point it to the .msi file you downloaded. If you are seeing the steam login window, but not text then there was previous bug with the dwrite.dll, but was fixed in later versions, so it’s strange that you would be experiencing that. But if so, open your wrapper and go to winecfg and disable the dwrite.dll and that should fix it. Let me know if neither of those work and I’ll continue to troubleshoot with you.
Where in winecfg is dwrite.dll? I opened winecfg and looked at each tab, but I didn’t see anything by that name. And does it matter that I downloaded a .exe file from the website, not .msi?
Rachel,
It’s on the Libraries tab. In the box for “New override for library” type in “dwrite” and add it.
Then, edit the override and select “Disable”.
That may solve your issue.
.EXE or .MSI doesn’t matter. I think at one time it may have been an .msi file. It may have changed. Either one is fine as long as it’s the one for Windows installation.
Rachel,
It appears the sha1sum mismatch may be a bug in the winetricks script.
I have a new tutorial on YouTube that shows you how to get Steam running with an alternate method.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrUiLXqdJk
I keep getting “sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/colinmcdonald/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again,” help!
Hi Ciaran,
It appears that this may be a bug within the winetricks scripts. I have a new tutorial for an alternate method. You can find it on the YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrUiLXqdJk
I just installed windows steam on my mac and so far I have had no problems installing some games, however, whenever I type on my keyboard, the game stops and I receive an error message resulting in the game closing. I am using the same keyboard that came with my mac, so how or what can I do to fix this troubleshoot in the game crashing once I use the keyboard? Please help. I installed windows steam using wineskin, if that helps to rectify the situation.
Hi Andrew,
What version of OSX are you running? And can send the error that you are receiving? If the stacktrace is too long for a comment, then send it via email on the contact page.
I am having the same problem.
The text on the error message says: “The program Terraria.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. This can be caused by a problem or a deficiency in Wine. You may want to check the Application Database for tips about running this application.”
There are two options: Show Details and Close. Show details shows the error message but its too long for a comment, I’ll post it through the contact page.
Thanks
Hi Cailan,
Unfortunately Terraria has been problematic amongst users. I’ll put it on my list of things to investigate. In the mean time have you checked the AppDB to see what other users have to say?
I have looked on the apptd. and I did find a bug that sounds like what I have been experiencing:
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35361
Also, I tried playing Next Car Game and I had the same fate. I don’t think it’s to do with Terraria…
Update: Huzzah! I went to Steam>Settings>In Game and disabled the ignite overlay, now everything seems to work fine.
Thank you for the tutorial!
Hey Cailan,
That is awesome to hear!!! As you’ve discovered, Wine can be tricky sometimes but I’m glad there was a solution for you!
Thanks a bunch for sharing the solution!! I’m working on a troubleshooting tutorial and I’ll be sure to add that in!
ha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/Seva/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again
Halp!
it happened to me at the 10th step;/
There is a link to a youtube video at the very bottom of the post 🙂
Hi Seva,
This is a known issue. Try using the alternate method of installing Steam. You can view the video tutorial on the YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrUiLXqdJk
Hi, Jay. Thank you so much for the post, everything works well, but i was wondering if you knew how to open the console commands in Skyrim. It would be of much help, since a key npc has died and i don’t have any saves from before his death…
Thanks in advance
Hi Oscar,
I’m sorry I don’t have an answer for you on that one. Have checked any forums out there?
I’ll see if I can dig something up…
I have looked everywhere i can think of, but all i seem to find is to use the tidle key. Sadly that does not work :/
Ok, so I get all the way in the new video tutorial to the point where I am supposed to double click the steam app and it starts to download and when it finishes the steam store never comes up! Help Please!
When I try to run Steam on step 10, I’m told to rename SteamSetup.exe and no installer runs. Help please.
i had the same problem, it worked for me when i did according to this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNrUiLXqdJk
hello and thankyou for a very good turtorial, i have sucessfully downloaded wineskin and steam and downloaded the game, but when i press play it’s only a white square? what to do?
So at first, it downloaded with no text and I thought I could navigate around it and managed to get Star Wars Battlefront II running with some luck when clicking around. Re-did the whole process, and got Steam running with the full text and everything, but it won’t let me log on. It says its a network issue, but I’m positive its not.
The Steam website also says, “The Steam Store is experiencing some heavy load right now. Please try again later.” Not sure if this is the reason? It was just working a little bit ago.
Disregard last messages. Now the moment I press any key, the application closes.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It is by far the most informative I have come across. However, I am having an issue at step 10 when installing Steam in winetricks. I have updated winetricks and checked steam in apps, but when I run it I get a failed message that says “sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/kyle/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again.” I am unsure what to do from here. If you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them! Thanks!
Hey Kyle,
This little bug showed itself a few months ago. I believe the issue is with the winetricks script. However, there is an alternate method, which is to install the steamsetup.exe manually. There is a link above at the end of the article to the video on the YouTube channel.
Got Steam running just fine and was able to log in. However, once I try to go to the store to buy a game it seems completely frozen. I can’t click any icons within the store and the loading sign on the right side is continuously spinning. Any ideas on fixes for this? Steam is useless unless I can access the Store and download games. Running Yosemite.
I am getting the same problem as Bryan above. I got everything installed and working but the store and the community page will only load partially. I have a feeling that part of the issue is Internet Explorer not working properly? Does that make sense? This is just a hunch tho.
I am having the same issue as PK and Bryan above. I can browse my steam library but when I try to view the Steam library or anything else, the content area just goes black. I am running the latest version of Wine as of this writing.
it didn’t work (step 10)
this is what i got
Help please
Executing w_do_call steam
Executing load_steam
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Checksum for /Users/admin/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe did not match, retrying download
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Downloading http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe to /Users/admin/.cache/winetricks/steam
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 0
48 1115k 48 537k 0 0 675k 0 0:00:01 –:–:– 0:00:01 675k
100 1115k 100 1115k 0 0 1054k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 –:–:– 1055k
——————————————————
Checksum for /Users/admin/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe did not match, retrying download
——————————————————
Downloading http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe to /Users/admin/.cache/winetricks/steam
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 0
100 1115k 100 1115k 0 0 1751k 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 1753k
——————————————————
sha1sum mismatch! Rename /Users/admin/.cache/winetricks/steam/SteamSetup.exe and try again.
——————————————————
Winetricks Commands Finished!!
Hi Harry,
That is a common problem. If you are still experiencing this, there is an alternate method for installing Steam.
I made a video tutorial. The link is at the bottom of this page. Under the “Update 11-6-14” section.
I have a 27″ Late 2013 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 running OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 and am having issues with Steam working properly. I had to use the alternate method to get Steam installed and it worked. I used Wineskin 2.6.0. I sign in to my account and the Store doesn’t behave correctly. It’s the same issue as two others who recently posted on here but I have tried to elaborate on the details.
Most of the content is empty aside from a single game advertised in the News. Aside from the pull-down menus, nothing is clickable, nothing can load, and there is always a progress icon working in the upper right hand corner. The scroll bar on the right side doesn’t actually scroll, in fact when I resize and expand the window it remains stuck in place as if I’m just viewing a still image of the Store. The menus on the top of News don’t take me anywhere or even act as if they can be clicked. The Library is the only place where the scroll bars move as they should and all sections are fully functional. I can also change the view style of my already owned games, and I actually got an installation completed of a game I already had which also has a Windows version. The only section usable in Community is Discussions and Market. Under Broadcast the search fields act as if they’re just images and cannot be clicked inside to perform any typing or searches. Everything else just shows that processing icon in the upper right hand corner which appears but then goes away once the sections which do work have loaded. Content is mostly empty boxes with just bits of text here and there. Under my account I can use a few of the sections but others again act as if they’re not functional and always have the processing icon.
To try to fix the missing text, I used Winetricks to install the corefonts and it appeared to successful but there’s no change. I tried to use Winetricks to install Flash 12 but it failed, giving me a sha1sum mismatch error. (The same error which caused me to have to rely on the alternative method to install Steam to begin with). Basically, the Library is the only part of Steam which is fully functional and I can’t use the Store other than to Add a Game or look at images of what should be functional sections such as my Wishlist or News.
For now the only workaround I can come up with is to acquire Windows games through the Store on Mac Steam (you can purchase from both platforms), and then use Windows Steam to install them and play them since I can’t use the Store to do anything else.
I got Steam for Windows working correctly! I ‘showed the package contents’ for Steam, opened Wineskin and went to Advanced, Tools, Winetricks. I then installed the following: fonts: corefonts; dlls: vcrun2005, vcrun6, and quicktime76.
The only thing I notice is cosmetic in that the fonts in Steam are not smooth and show some jaggedness or are a bit blurred or faint but still legible. I think it may because of the lack of the font Tahoma which is not part of core fonts. I tried to install this font but it failed because it timed out trying to obtain it from the ftp site. Flash still fails to install with the shamus mismatch error but it doesn’t seem necessary since I now have full artwork in the Store and the videos play. The scroll bars now expand when I resize the window and scroll as they should on all sections of Steam. In short, it works.
I also gave Steam a web browser. In Winetricks under apps, I installed Safari since I know from using Steam on my Mac that it sometimes accesses your web browser.
I had no problems up until you checked the Steam application out of all the other ones. I got a shas1um error or something like that. I found it easier to just download SteamSetup.exe off my PC onto my flashdrive, then copy it onto my mac, and just do an install from .exe instead.
I managed to do the alternative install process and launch steam, but I am trying to play Knights of the Old Republic II and when I get to the main menu screen there is no curser and when I try to push any button, I get an error and the game quits. Something about wine not being able to handle it.
WHY?
I have steam for OS X and around 100 steam games? I hate wineskin
Hope someone can help.
I literally did all the steps and is able to run steak and download games. But I can’t run them .
Actually I just want to play Warframe and it said Update Failed !
Could not find file
C/ program/steamsteam
Sth like this. Would be nice if someone can help
I have updated wineracks several times and still no text is showing, and I was following the instructions to the letter
As soon as I hit the spacebar in Payday 2, the game closes. What’s going on?
Oh, yeah; I’m running on Mavericks.
i open the game and get black screen and then it closes and its says “FalloutNV.exe has discovered a serious problem”
Anyone know if theres a way to get the multiplayer going on the wineskin for Battlefront?
I’m running Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.2, and I had no problems following the steps until I hit step 11. After Winetricks was finished, the Steam installation wizard didn’t pop up. Now I’m at a standstill, because nothing happened. What do I do?
I followed the directions very carefully. OS X 10.10.3. Most recent wrapper and wineskin. Steam installs but has no text on the buttons. I was able to figure out what buttons to press from a Steam installer video.
@donna:
launch wineskin within your steam.app
select “advanced” then the “tools” tab and then click on “Config Utility (winefgc)”
go on “new override for libraries” and add dwrite, then edit it to disabled…
You can see this image:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/f.cl.ly/items/140s010w0Y3p1w021P1E/dwrite%20and%20gameoverlayrenderer.png
Hi guys, I installed steam on wineskin without problems…
Steam starts but when is online I can’t navigate in the store…
I can’t click on the big icon of games and on menù icons…
Why it is unusable? where am I wrong?
Flash is installed …
Please someone could courteously help me
Thank in advance
3 things. First of all, thank you for making this. It’s far easier to understand and follow than other tutorials on the internet, and I can tell that you put a lot of work into this. Second, every time I open Steam I get the message “steamwebhelper.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close.” I didn’t think it would be a problem, but any games I try to launch start to run and maybe play a little audio before crashing the whole application. I also can’t add new games to Steam. Whenever I try to add new games, either via the Steam store or a file I already have on my Mac it starts to load, but never stops.
I am having the same issue. Did you find a solution to this?
done number 10, steam installation not happen
If you go towards the end of the tutorial, there is a link to a YouTube video where they walk you through how to manually install Steam if it’s not automatically doing it.
Hi guys, I get to step number 10 on this and Steam doesn’t start loading. Any suggestions?
Ren & Richard–if you go towards the end of the tutorial, there is a link to a YouTube video where they walk you through how to manually install Steam if it’s not automatically doing it.
Hello! Thanks for the tutorial! It was super easy to follow. =)
I did notice that I am getting the same error someone who posted above gets: I get the message “steamwebhelper.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close” anytime I open Steam.
I also noticed that regardless of this error, I was still able to download a game (For example: Skyrim) and run it. However, upon running Skyrim, I notice that I get a weird audio sound like a mismatched ticking. Any ideas as to what could be causing my issues?
Any help appreciated! Thanks!
Hi! I used the alternate tutorial from the Youtube page, and everything runs fine except when I go to click “play” on a game. Is this an issue with my Winewrapper? Or something else?
Same thing happening to me
I’m having the same issue as Rebecca as well as the occasional pop up of the “steamwebhelper.exe” issue that Amanda has. Anyone have any advice?
Hi, I was wondering how, using this wrapper could I play terraria I have installed stuff like dotnet40 and smxl3 but it is still not loading
Hi i did this all and made my way through without text, i took a look at this because i couldnt launch a game, im guessing its wine not doing the external launch, someone please help?
I successfully downloaded it but here’s the thing: after I close the window, the Steam app disappears, too. I have an OS X 10.7.
What am I doing wrong?
Hey Jay,
So everything went perfectly until I physically clicked play on the Heroes of might and magic 3 in steam. The start screen comes up where it has 3 options of play, map editor, and tutorial. The map editor button work but when you hit play it closes and does nothing. Any idea what is causing this or how I can fix it?
Thanks,
Brian
Hi,
So I have tried a few things to get to be able to play this windows only game on my mac. I’m trying to play From Dust.
I downloaded steam into the wrapper before ever finding this tutorial. The text on steam was not working and I was able to fix it with another tutorial. Since From Dust is also a ubisoft game, you also need uplay as well as steam to play it. I first tried downloading uplay via wineskin, and it worked. I just couldn’t use it because the text on the steam I downloaded within that would not work. So I downloaded steam directly onto a different wrapper and I was able to download From Dust, and when I clicked play, uplay would pop up and I was able to sign in and start the game. But the game gets through the little logo intro and starts a loading screen, and then wineskin tells me that the program has run into “a serious problem and needs to close”. I can’t figure out what needs to be done. I wanted to try fixing the steam client within the wrapper that I downloaded uplay in, but I couldn’t figure out how to get to the settings for things in Wineskin after I already have the things downloaded onto the wrapper and it to be running. Any tips? I may just uninstall everything and do it all over again following this tutorial.
When I open the new steam(wine) it says “no connection” and won’t let me download anything, any advice?
Did you try the steps under “No Steam Config Servers online”?
I’ve been trying to run Escapists through the Wineskin Steam.
It will bring up a small window, flicker, go all rainbow pixelated, and close within 5 seconds.
Does anyone here know how to fix it?
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can someone help. I followed all the steps steam opens up, even shows my library of my game counterstrike source but everytime I try to open it says failure. Any Help? thank you
Alright, so I’m trying to run Final Fantasy XIII through this steam wrapper. I’m pretty sure it needs .Net and DirectX software in order to run but I don’t completely know how to download those into the wrapper. Any help you can give me would be much appreciated
I installed steam and everything seems to be working just fine. I was able to download Age of Empires II HD, but when I hit play it goes through the 3 steps of “performing first time setup…” and then the game stops running. Do I need to install a driver or something?
The wrapper works fine for me… until I try to run a game. I’m trying to run Thief Gold on my wrapper and the game freezes every time that I try to run it. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Hi Jay,
I used this to successfully run my steam on the mac!!! However, I am trying to locate my steam folder (the files etc.) like the normal steam where you can find it in application support. I am not sure where to find my steam folder for the wineskin version and I am sure I installed correctly. Could you help?
Thanks,
Daniel
I have a weird problem (or at least I think so). I can log in and download games, but whenever I try to do anything else (store, workshop, profile.) It neer loads. There is a loading bar, but no matter how long I give it. It never loads. I don’t think I installed incorrectly and any help is appreciated.
Hello Jay!
I have been trying to find a way to play Windows-only Steam games on Mac, like the FNAF tetralogy, which I, at the moment, have wasted a $25 gift card on. (I have an iMac) This is a simple, easy process that I am very thankful for. However, I am stuck on step 10, whenever I try to run it, it gives me this:
mkdir: /Users/tmbalding/.cache/winetricks: Permission denied
Executing w_do_call steam
Executing load_steam
Executing mkdir -p /Users/tmbalding/.cache/winetricks/steam
mkdir: /Users/tmbalding/.cache/winetricks/steam: Permission denied
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Note: command ‘mkdir -p /Users/tmbalding/.cache/winetricks/steam’ returned status 1. Aborting.
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Winetricks Commands Finished!!
I’m not the best at reading code, but what I am interpreting from this is that the admin is blocking me from running it. I don’t understand how to bypass it; do I have to go somewhere in system settings to deal with this? If you can tell me what the problem is, that would be very helpful! Thank you for your time!
When I launch steam the screen flickers and the shop will not load.
Can someone help me?
I followed your steps perfectly, and everything works well, but when I launch a game it gives me a white screen. I have tried launching Skyrim, and the launcher works, up to the point where i press play on the launcher, then the game opens, but stays on white screen. I tried launching some other, less demanding games and I got a different type of error, the game’s interface would load, but none of the textures will, and all i will get is just white instead of a texture that should have been there. I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me sort this error out. Thank you in advance!
Hey! So, first, this helped me a lot and thank you for the in-depth tutorial. But… when I start up Steam, it will not let me connect to the store. I can chat with my friends and all that but it won’t let me go to the store. Any fixes for this? Thanks.
I have exactly the same problem – steam installs, including access to my Library but the Store will not load – just shows the loading animation…forever. This is my third try with different wine installations and I get the same problem each time. Anyone have a solution? If I can’t buy games, there’s no point!
This works until I try to open the game in Steam– I get an error saying I don’t have enough video memory. Is there a way to increase video memory in Wine? Thanks for the help!
The app works fine I am able to go into my Library, but nothing else will load. The Store, my Profile or anything else won’t load. Just the games I have already installed from the Mac version of Steam.
Whenever I try to play a game, it says it’s going through the first steps of running, is listed as running in steam, and then stops running after a second. No game window ever comes up. The game downloaded fine. Any suggestions?
Hello 🙂 I believe i did everything right but when i search for a game in the steamstore it never loads. Its all black and the little loading circle shows on the top right corner…Help me out please? Been trying to play a game for like 2 days now
Hi, sorry to bother. I just wanted to ask how you open the games. Because when i tried it, it said failed to open. I don’t know what to do. Steam works just fine by the way. Should I use Wine on opening games too?
(I use El Capitan)
Thanks a lot! This was very informative and helpful. I appreciate that you took time out of your day to make this as thorough as it is as well as going through and responding to comments.
All the best!
Thank you so much! The Steam client works perfectly for me! But my problem is that when I try to play a game from the client an error message comes up saying ‘ERROR : Graphic::Startup() FAILED. No Graphic Memory’ and it doesn’t let me play the game. Is there any way I can fix this?
This worked for me perfectly, thank you so much 🙂 very clear an detailed
Hey, the installation and stuff works but I can’t use anything but my Steam Library. Store, Community etc. won’t load. All the solutions on the internet don’t work since it affects my Mac version of Steam. All help would be appreciated.
So I see that Jay has responded to people with this:
“I had not tried it on Mavericks yet, but I loaded it up and was able to replicate the issue you are having.
I discovered the solution. After installing Steam in Winetricks, also install the following from the settings tree:
sound=coreaudio
macdriver=mac
win7
After doing this, I was able to login as usual. Let me know if this doesn’t work for you.”
Where is the settings tree on Winetricks (or is it somewhere else)?
So I finally figured out all the things and went through the steps and it said everything was OK but when I actually opened up Steam to the Store page, it was still black. I could really use some help here.
If you have black screen in store, you need to open wineskin by right click and say open package. Than open wineskin – advanced, and copy paste that “-no-cef-sandbox” in EXE Flags. Work for me!
Hey,
Thanks for the tutorial!
my computer when i start space engineres it says downloading microsoft .net framework 4.0 (1out of 1) then is goes to a window saying “Failed to start game (Missing Executable)”
could i please please have a hand!!
Thanks!!
Just a heads up – just installed this on a Macbook Pro 2015, running El Capitan. I received the same error. I rebooted the entire machine and this went away, but began to receive an installer script error. It had 2 downloads to install before launching the game, the one it failed on was the ‘VC redist’. I followed the tutorial to remove an installer script here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0UrcOB511s I rebooted again and waited, and waited. After trying launching the game it just hung there for a long while. I walked away, and after coming back probably 10 minutes later, I was surprised to find the game splash screen up. It works! Great tutorial on the wineskin side of things.
I’m confused on the last steps because I’m not sure what to do when I click browse in the configuration… Anyone know what to do?
Hi guys when i run steam through wineskin everything works except, if i try to go into the store there will just be a black screen and the store wont load 🙁
i am running osx el capitan
Yup. Same thing here. Been trying 3-4 different methods, but store never loads. 🙁
Hey, Everything I did went fine, and I even downloaded a couple of games, but when I go to open them, they say Wineskin is unable to open the games. They are windows only games, but I figured I’d download wineskin to play those games. Im running OS X Yosemite. Can anyone help?
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!!
Where is the setting tree please?