Can Anyone help me with the download???

[Bbrik]

I have to go between my parents houses at times which can be annoying and my father just got a mac, while i mostly am at my mothers house and play often there i would like to be able and play at my dads house at times when i can, the only problem is how do i download on a mac haha? its been ages since i have used one and the online download gives me a code and not the usual program, now like i said im fairly new to Macs so any How To Guides on how to download ddo on one would be helpful... and im sorry if im just being blind and missing the Mac download option

thank you for any help

[Stormanne]

You'll need to set up a dual OS system on your dad's Mac. As it goes now, there is no Mac option for this game "out of the box." Once you set up a dual boot, you open up the Windows side and load DDO that way.

[Bbrik]

haha sorry to sound like a noob but how do i go about doing this??

[dominp]

you basically need to go to a software store and buy a copy of windows and install it on that computer.

if your not to good with Mac then have your dad do it. You dont want to mess up his computer.

[Bbrik]

oh god he is horrible at computers, im just unaware of the tech stuff that goes on with macs since i havent messed around with them aside from just toying around... isnt there a program that allows you to make a i guess virtual windows allowing downloading of windows based things correct???

[Visty]

or you could get some flash drive and just copy your ddo folder over
though again, it might not work on a mac, youll need windows either way

[Bbrik]

thanks for the help ya'll i see if it works some time soon, i guess coming here every now and again lets me get a break from ddo, but what fun would that be?

[stilldamom]

I read somewhere that there is a Mac app on Lord of the Rings site (same company as DDO). You could try that.
Actually I will see if I can find the thread.

Hmm...in my searchings I found this: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Still looking for the app for LoTR.

I think this was what I was looking for...lemme know how it goes:

If you have an Intel Mac you can use BootCamp and run the game normally. After you have enabled boot camp and made a windows partition move the file you downloaded there. Another option is http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames The problem here is that Turbine has used .net so .net must be fooled into allowing the game to run. There is a small python program that needs to run first called http://www.lotrolinux.com/download.php PyLotRO
I am using boot camp but plan to move to the codweavers solution.

[dominp]

Boot camp will work to allow you to install windows.
But you still need to go out and buy Windows.

Boot camp basically is a program that allows windows to run on a MAC but you
still need to get a copy of windows...and again I wouldnt recommend this for
someone not familiar with a mac.

Last thing you want to do is wipe his hard drive.