Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
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Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Can anybody help me with this please, it wont load the rom so i just get the 'odd' screen.
Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
I'm assuming you are talking about the system ROMs here? I know nothing about MACs. All I can suggest is that you try copying the ROMs from the Uploads section into your XROAR directory.
Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
With Macs the ROMs go in either '~/Library/XRoar/Roms/' or '~/.xroar/roms/' and it could be that the case is important.
Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Case probably doesn't matter (although Mac OS does give you the option - or did last time I checked - it defaults to case-insensitive), but that does sound like it just can't find the files. Where in the filesystem is your ROM image placed, and what is its filename?
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Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Hi,
Yes tried these files. I used the Dragon 32 with the .rom extension.
Yes tried these files. I used the Dragon 32 with the .rom extension.
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Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Hi,
Yes popped the file where it requested it. '~/Library/XRoar/Roms/' New to Mac OS (10.7.3) but I assume the '~' character is just the root directory. I was very careful to follow the same case and I renamed the file d32.rom. I am using the 2012 file which is 16k, is this right?
Yes popped the file where it requested it. '~/Library/XRoar/Roms/' New to Mac OS (10.7.3) but I assume the '~' character is just the root directory. I was very careful to follow the same case and I renamed the file d32.rom. I am using the 2012 file which is 16k, is this right?
Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Hi, I just tested it on Lion and worked just fine on first attempt.
The manual tells to copy the roms files to ~/Library/XRoar/Roms/. That's from the root foldoer of your user (say /users/bigbadmacca).
The only funny thing is that I cannot find the Library folder with Finder (Oh, the irony!), but I could create the directories and copy files from the terminal.
Hope this helps!
The manual tells to copy the roms files to ~/Library/XRoar/Roms/. That's from the root foldoer of your user (say /users/bigbadmacca).
The only funny thing is that I cannot find the Library folder with Finder (Oh, the irony!), but I could create the directories and copy files from the terminal.
Hope this helps!
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Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Still not working.
The directory user say /bigbadmacca won't allow me to create a folder called Library saying it exists already. I can't see it either. There is a Library folder in the root of the mac i.e. Computer - Macintosh HD...... I created the required structure under the Library folder that exists there.
I was allowed to create a Library folder under the 'shared' users directory bit still no joy.....
Any more thoughts?
The directory user say /bigbadmacca won't allow me to create a folder called Library saying it exists already. I can't see it either. There is a Library folder in the root of the mac i.e. Computer - Macintosh HD...... I created the required structure under the Library folder that exists there.
I was allowed to create a Library folder under the 'shared' users directory bit still no joy.....
Any more thoughts?
Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
~ generally means your home directory - usually /Users/userid on Mac OS.
So ~/Library/XRoar/Roms might mean /Users/bigbadmacca/Library/XRoar/Roms.
Hope that helps...
So ~/Library/XRoar/Roms might mean /Users/bigbadmacca/Library/XRoar/Roms.
Hope that helps...
Re: Cannot get Xroar to work on my mac - gutted
Well, open the terminal, go to your user folder, and then:
cd Library
mkdir XRoar
mkdir Roms
cd Xroar/Roms
cp path/*.rom .
Where path is the folder where you have your rom files.
That is what I did and it worked just fine.
cd Library
mkdir XRoar
mkdir Roms
cd Xroar/Roms
cp path/*.rom .
Where path is the folder where you have your rom files.
That is what I did and it worked just fine.