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My Admiration for Valve Just Took a Hit

January 27, 2013 10:36:35.869

I've been using Steam to play Mac and Windows games for a few years now - I've never really had any issues. This morning, on the Mac, Steam needed to update. I went ahead and let it do that, and suddenly I saw this when Steam restarted:

Seriously? I started googling, and sure enough - Valve has a forum page with this pithy advice:

If you wish to use Steam please make sure of the following:
Steam is installed on a case-insensitive partition or hard drive
Your User folder is installed on a case-insensitive partition or hard drive

I can't wait to see how well that stupid idea plays out on Linux. Sure, there's a work around - you create a disk image, mount it as a volume, and throw all of your Steam stuff in it. Then add a tons of symlinks to make it all look normal. I'm sure the casual Mac gamer will rush out to do that. Hey, Gabe Newell - the 80's called. They want case insensitive file systems back.

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posted by James Robertson

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