[jay3ld]

I got a few full version applications and i hate having to find the cd and put it in to be able to run it. some are games others are other software. is there a way to fake i got the cd in so i dont have to find it all the time.

[ManOfSteal]

You can try making a "Disk Image" of the CD and just mounting the image when you want to use the software/game...may or may not work depending on the application.

[bowwowman]

Originally posted by manofsteal:
You can try making a "Disk Image" of the CD and just mounting the image when you want to use the software/game...may or may not work depending on the application.

Not sure if that trick still works under 10.3, but it did up until 10.2 & earlier....I did it all time in OS 9 with some ancient programs that I had back then

[-Q-]

Originally posted by bowwowman:
Not sure if that trick still works under 10.3, but it did up until 10.2 & earlier....I did it all time in OS 9 with some ancient programs that I had back then

Again, it depends on the application. Some have more stringent checks that don't get 'fooled' by the disk image tricks.

[tuqqer]

Grateful for this thread. Nice to heard that the Disk Image trick does not, in fact, work for all applications. That's been my experience as well. Some games just don't recognize it. It is a drag, to always have to find the damn CD first before playing.

[Randman]

We had a thread on this not that long ago. If you have Toast, you can try and create a disk image. Then move the disk image to whatever folder you want, lock it and then when you want to play, simply mount the disk image via Toast.
I've done it with C&G, Unreal 2004, AvP 1 and 2, Civ3 and Risk (running latest version of Panther on a PB17).

[JKT]

Originally posted by Randman:
We had a thread on this not that long ago. If you have Toast, you can try and create a disk image. Then move the disk image to whatever folder you want, lock it and then when you want to play, simply mount the disk image via Toast.
I've done it with C&G, Unreal 2004, AvP 1 and 2, Civ3 and Risk (running latest version of Panther on a PB17).

Toast is completely unnecessary. Simply use Disk Utility to create a "New Image From <your disk drive with the disk inserted>".

[tooki]

Well, as far as creating the image, no, there's no difference. But more applications are fooled by an image mounted by Toast than by an image mounted by Disk Utility.

tooki

[jay3ld]

cool. so. how do you get it to work for toast? i got toast Toast 6 Titanium.

[tkmd]

It works perfectly under 10.3 - thank god. I hate having to play starcraft with the CD in.
1. OPen toast. put the CD in of the game: I assume this is your final goal, File->save as disc image The output should be on your desktop with an ending with .toast

2. take the CD out and drag the ".toast " file on the toast icon in the dock and under utilities choose mount disc.

your done - you have an image that is a CD on your desktop. No go game on.

I think this works with halo also (since after one updated, the game required a CD)

[WOPR]

/waits for moderator to lock thread

[jay3ld]

i tried that with my moh breakthrough and no luck. . i guess people are getting to smart. what to make sure you got there cd in. Is there a way i can "patch" it. i got a patch for my toast from ipatch.org. but i cant go there its down or something.

[jay3ld]

sratch that. ipatch.org does work now. but im still lost as how to do this junk. im a really newbie