Steam mac client closes just after start [solved]

[whitenoiseonair]

Steam mac client starts and immediately after that closes. It don't show login screen or anything. Mac os 10.8.3. I tried everything - reinstalling, clearing Library folder, install a new version - nothing works. What else can I do? I never read anything like that on steam forum.

[TopFrenulumSex]

Have you tried restarting your computer?

[TopFrenulumSex]

Maybe it's your internet having trouble connecting to steam.

[whitenoiseonair]

A friend of mine told me to delete registry.vdf file...And it helped! Thanks everyone.

[dajolie]

whitenoiseonair, my huge thanks to your friend, it helped indeed

[Eureus]

Will it be crashing again after future updates?

[JoshYeäger]

Thanks had the same problem

[whitenoiseonair]

Originally posted by Naveen:

Will it be crashing again after future updates?

Suddenly that is true. I updated steam client today and face the same problem. Anyway removing registry.vdf will help.

[Thunder Blade]

Where can i find registry.vdf. My mac doesn't had it. help please !!!

[whitenoiseonair]

It is in your User/Library folder. However Library folder is hidden in MacOS mountain lion. To get access:
1. Start Finder
2. Then select "Go" in the menu bar at the top.
3. Press and hold Option key (Alt)
4. Library will apper -> Go there
5. Go to Application Support -> Steam and her you'll find regesty.vdf

[Kerri]

Thanks heaps whitenoiseonair - that fixed my problem i was having :)

[Mr. Pink]

I deleted my registry.vdf file, but whenever I try to start steam, it recreates itself. It's very frustrating because I click on steam and the little dot under it appears, and then it immediately disappears like it was never opened. Can someone tell me a way to prevent the registry.vdf from making itself again?
Here is the bootstrap_log.txt:
[2015-01-23 21:54:38] Startup - updater built Nov 25 2014 13:18:09
[2015-01-23 21:54:39] Verifying installation...
[2015-01-23 21:54:39] Verification complete
[2015-01-23 21:54:39] Shutdown

[sievebrain]

I've had this before and the solution above does not work for me. I ran "steam_osx" from a terminal and the error message indicated that Steam needs to be installed on a case-insensitive disk. So, I had another drive connected through thunderbolt, formatted it as case-insensitive and created a "Steam" folder in the root. Then I created a symlink to that folder. This is really complicated, I know. I'll try to make a step-by-step but just wanted to put this out there in case you were tech savvy enough to fill in the gaps.

[sievebrain]

Solution #1 (The Nuclear Option): Reformat the drive you're installing Steam on and make it case-insensitive.

Solution #2 (The slightly expensive option):
1. Buy a new hard drive, an external thunderbolt connected drive enclosure and connect it to your Mac.
2. Format the new drive as case-insensitive using "Disk Utility". (for this example, I've named the drive "Games", which will be referenced later on)
3. Bring up "Finder".
4. Click the "Go" menu then select "Go to folder...".
5. Type, "~/Library/Application Support" in the pop-up window and click "OK".
6. Copy the folder "Steam" to the root of the newly formatted, case-insensitive hard drive.
7. Run the terminal program. (click the magnifying glass in the upper right and type "terminal".
8. Type the following command, "cd ~/Library/Application*Support", then press "Enter".
9. Rename the existing "Steam" folder by typing "mv Steam _Steam", then press enter.
10. Assuming you named your drive "Games", type the following, replacing "Games" with whatever you named the drive in step 2, "ln -s /Volumes/Games/Steam ."
11. Run Steam.

I told you it was complicated... :-)

Commands in quotes are to be typed in the terminal without quotes.

The nice thing about this option is if you ever have to wipe your main hard drive, you just have to restore the symlink and all your games will be there and you won't have to re-install them.

I hope this helps. If nothing else, it'll help me since this post will come up the next time I Google this issue, after forgetting the solution. :-)

[REDENATOR]

I had this issue and none of the above was working for me: i had the registry.vdf file keep coming back whenever I deleted it, and restarting my computer didn't help either. The solution above about changing the code I didn't try bc I honestly don't trust myself enough to accidentally wipe my entire computer. The way I fixed it was simply uninstalling and reinstalling steam. I know that above it says that reinstalling it did not help, but I'm putting this here to make sure people know that it MIGHT help. To keep all my games I just kept a copy of the "steamapps" folder and put it back in when i was done. Good as new!

[Kucher]

Originally posted by ;1743346190281718507:

Solution #1 (The Nuclear Option): Reformat the drive you're installing Steam on and make it case-insensitive.

Solution #2 (The slightly expensive option):
1. Buy a new hard drive, an external thunderbolt connected drive enclosure and connect it to your Mac.
2. Format the new drive as case-insensitive using "Disk Utility". (for this example, I've named the drive "Games", which will be referenced later on)
3. Bring up "Finder".
4. Click the "Go" menu then select "Go to folder...".
5. Type, "~/Library/Application Support" in the pop-up window and click "OK".
6. Copy the folder "Steam" to the root of the newly formatted, case-insensitive hard drive.
7. Run the terminal program. (click the magnifying glass in the upper right and type "terminal".
8. Type the following command, "cd ~/Library/Application*Support", then press "Enter".
9. Rename the existing "Steam" folder by typing "mv Steam _Steam", then press enter.
10. Assuming you named your drive "Games", type the following, replacing "Games" with whatever you named the drive in step 2, "ln -s /Volumes/Games/Steam ."
11. Run Steam.

I told you it was complicated... :-)

Commands in quotes are to be typed in the terminal without quotes.

The nice thing about this option is if you ever have to wipe your main hard drive, you just have to restore the symlink and all your games will be there and you won't have to re-install them.

I hope this helps. If nothing else, it'll help me since this post will come up the next time I Google this issue, after forgetting the solution. :-)

Well there is a 3rd solution - not use crappy software which has such stupid issue!