Griff86 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Hi, FM12 remains my favourite post-CM series to date and I'm unable to play it through steam as Apple Macs do not support and run 32-bit games. I plan to buy FM12 on disc and load it on the mac (through use of an external disc drive) - but I don't want to lug around a disk drive each time I play the game. Is it possible to load the disc and burn/copy the FM12 packaged files and onto my computer? If so, how would I then retrieve the latest version of FM12 (for its time)? Cheers all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 From memory ( it was a while ago!), FM 12 required activation through steam and if so, you would not need the disc after initial activation It could also be that you dont need to buy the disc at all and that you can only buy an activation code that is activated on steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff86 Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 But this is the sticking point - Steam does not run 32 bit games for certain Mac models. I can't believe there is no getting away from Steam! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff EdL Posted February 12, 2023 SI Staff Share Posted February 12, 2023 This isn't a steam issue btw, Steam or no Steam - FM12 is a 32bit application which Apple has dropped support for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff EdL Posted February 12, 2023 SI Staff Share Posted February 12, 2023 The only workaround that I'm aware of would be to run a virtual machine with the last macos version to support 32bit software and install steam & the game into that VM. Performance probably won't be great though, and if you have a newer Apple sillicon mac the VM may be trickier to run (but I've not tried!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alian62 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Can you not buy it off ebay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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