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Valve opens Steam for Mac beta registrations

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On March 29, 2010, 2:30 PM

Calling Mac gamers: Valve wants all five of you to beta test the new OS X Steam client. To sign up for the beta, head over to this page and log in with your Steam credentials or create a new account. Once logged in, you'll need to fill out a brief form asking how many Macs you own, how many people use them, whether you own a PC or console(s), how many games you've purchased for each platform, and a couple other basic questions.

After the questionnaire, you'll have to upload a text file with system information about your Mac. To save your System Profile information, go to the Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info, then select View > Mini and File > Save. Valve says the file should be a 20-30kb UTF-16 TXT file, and if it's larger than that you should make sure it's not saved as an RTF or XML.

The company notes that it is a closed beta, and participants will be "selected to provide a broad coverage of testing criteria." If you're not chosen, don't fret, the Mac client is due to launch sometime next month.

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  1. March 29, 2010 3:04 PM
    Richy2k9 said:

    hello ...

    hummm.. too bad i still haven't settle on which system to get, i was really after a MAC on some cool sites, but now off my limits & maybe later will check out, then the steamy site would still be in its glory on my Mac Desktop

    cheers!

    Reply
  2. March 29, 2010 4:49 PM
    Timonius
    Timonius said:

    Shhh...don't tell Jobs!

    Reply
  3. March 29, 2010 4:59 PM
    Tekkaraiden
    Tekkaraiden said:

    Done and done.

    Reply
  4. March 29, 2010 5:11 PM
    BlindObject said:

    ..."Valve wants all five of you"....I lol'd so hard.

    Reply
  5. March 29, 2010 5:30 PM
    Tizzlejack
    Tizzlejack said:

    (giggle) Five indeed.

    And don't forget to pick up your Multifunctional Optical User Simulation Extremity.

    Reply
  6. March 30, 2010 10:58 AM
    Docnoq said:

    tizzlejack said:

    And don't forget to pick up your Multifunctional Optical User Simulation Extremity.

    Shhh... spoilers!

    Reply
  7. March 30, 2010 11:59 AM
    SNGX1275
    SNGX1275, TS Special Forces, said:

    Hooray! another Mac bashing thread...

    Reply

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