Robert1893:
dedBuNNy: That's actually the way you install anything on new Mac's that leaves you with an application folder where the program does not run an installer script.
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dedBuNNy: If this is what people are doing, no wonder it's coughing errors. I assumed people who were using Mac's knew how to install and drag applications to the correct folder to run them.
I was working under the same assumption. I suppose I should know better. But when people are so quick to blame others (such as WGT), it's fair to assume people know how to do the basics on their own computer.
Agreed. Certainly at a basic level like you say, installing applications is pretty basic and something anyone using a Mac or PC really should know how to work with.
As a side note to those people having issues with the game.
When you're posting in the forum about it, looking for help, include some relevant details. Some do, most don't.
With Mac's it is important to know what OS you're using and year of the system (your computer) because Apple has a long history of implementing security features without letting anyone know, thus breaking wifi, networking, printing, bluetooth, cpu throttling etc... Especially removing user rights and access to all manner of files and such. So ya, knowing what you're running helps a lot for certain issues.
Also know that whatever the issue is - it's on your end. The game isn't very resource intensive, it's not utilizing very much in any areas really, it is still for the most part, the same game. Still runs within a browser shell and pushes almost every aspect of the game to your computer while playing via networking.
As long as you download the file from WGT, take that file and move it to the user application folder and run it from there, you really should not have issues. If you copy the folder over, make sure you delete the one left on the desktop.
Also, if you want to bypass the patcher/update routine, go into the packages application content and locate the golf.app. Drag that to the dock and start the game from there. If there is an important update, run from the main folder, once installed you can start from the dock again.
You can run Steam version and the downloaded version at the same time. You can go back and forth if you want, for whatever reason. I find the Steam version can lag a bit, but that's to be expected as it's running along side Steam and it uses more resources than the game does