I have a very slow Internet connection at home and cannot download large files there. However, I have a Macbook and fast Internet at school. Is it possible to download a game to my Macbook, then transfer the files to my home PC?

Are the files different for Macs and PCs? I did see about general Steam file transfer from PC to PC, but it says nothing about Macs.

I wasn't sure if the files are the same or not. Edit: I just found and it sounds like a direct download isn't possible, but maybe saving a few gigs of data by copying asset files would work.

I don't think you'll be able to copy everything and have it work right away, since like others have mentioned there are probably some files that are different. However, the bulk of what you download are things like music, textures, and models, and those will most likely be the same between platforms. What you could try doing is downloading the game onto your macbook, copying everything onto your PC, and then telling steam on the PC to verify your game files. This runs a check over all of the files you have, and repairs anything different or missing. In theory, this will let you keep all of the big asset files, while only needing to download a few small ones to make the version correct. I've got exactly same problem. Solved it by installing windows on my macbook and using steam there.

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I downloaded games on windows partition and then copied it into home PC Possible solutions: a) Install Windows Steam on OS X via Wineskin (wine skin runs.exe like it would be an.app) b) Install parallels. It runs virtual machine with windows inside os x (you use it like an app.

It's fully functional windows system) c) Install bootcamp with windows apple fully supports this feature. You've got Boot Camp Assistant installed on your os x by default. Mactracker 7.3 download for mac windows 10. After installing bootcamp you will have choice which system to load during computer booting. Windows runs smoothly in bootcamp.

You may even play games on high FPS. However bootcamp needs it owns partition (windows requires about 15gb). If you only want to download games via steam I would go for parallels. There is free trial and you can probably get free windows cd-key on your university.