xbox hdd swap on a mac computer

Post by **nickfil** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:50 pm

I am new to the whole modding scene. Plus- I'm a little pro mac being that i work with one for art stuff. Hence, i never got into the whole modding the xbox to run 480i games. Its a real shame, and i'm trying to make up for it now.

I picked up an action replay/mem card/splinter cell cheap on ebay. They are on their way (godspeed). So i'm looking forward to working through that, but i realized that i probably couldn't fit all the old games that i want on the xbox's 8GB HDD.

I tried looking around for info, but it was all pc exclusive. Is that going to be an issue? Has anyone done it on osx?
The guide i found online was one that needed you to burn an iso in nero or alcohol. I have never ever successfully burnt an iso on my mac. I've tried to make dreamcast backups, but it was ALWAYS a disaster. Has anyone used toast 8 to do it?

Or am i stuck with limited space....

this is the tutorial i found for the HDD. If it is more difficult than it has to be let me know.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/203286

Post by **Dave Auto** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:10 am

You'll need a Windows machine to perform the softmod in the first place, as there is no Mac solution for managing Action Replay saves. I also live in a Mac-only household and was frustrated with this same problem recently. My advice: ask a friend if you can spend the afternoon at his place using his PC, and perform the softmod and HDD upgrade all at once.

Post by **opticledilusi0n** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:19 am

i don't see why you couldn't try that method with parallels or vmware fusion or any number of virtual environments

Post by **nickfil** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:37 am

I don't have an intel mac, i have the power pc right before they switched over so i can't run paraallels.

I thought i heard about some virtual windows program for power pc, but parallels is so much better with the intel macs that it kinda took over. Every time i search for it, all i come up with is parallels. Forgot what it was called.

**Edit- its virtual pc.

Post by **Niode** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:25 pm

You're going to have to either fine a windows pc or get a friend who has a modded xbox to help you copy the save over. If you have access to neither of these you're out of luck unfortunately.

Post by **nickfil** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:09 pm

Niode wrote:You're going to have to either fine a windows pc or get a friend who has a modded xbox to help you copy the save over. If you have access to neither of these you're out of luck unfortunately.

my roommate has a laptop running parallels. Will that work?

Post by **Niode** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:08 pm

Yep if you can get your hands on the action replay software to copy the save files over. Unfortunately, I lost the software a long time ago. Good luck finding it, it took me an age sifting through IRC and usenet back in the day.