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The interesting thing, as mentioned above, is that in this case if I choose to cancel (to be taken back to a login dialog) then IвЂ™ll always be told that IвЂ™ve entered the wrong credentials, even if IвЂ™ve entered the right password.

#STEAM FOR MAC OS X CODE#

Having to login twice is annoying, but the main problem is that if I leave the Steam running in the background then IвЂ™ll eventually be asked to re-authorise SteamGuard while Steam is still running, but again will be taken straight to the Enter Code dialog without having been sent a code. (On seeing a SteamGuard prompt but then cancelling rather than providing login details вЂ“ causing Steam to quit вЂ“ after relaunch I again see a SteamGuard prompt immediately вЂ“ so itвЂ™s the action of signing-in to the account rather than the action of loading Steam which alternates between SteamGuard working and SteamGuard failing) Logins alternate between these two cases, only allowing use of Steam 50% of the time. On quitting and re-launching Steam again, I was immediately asked for login details (not a code), asked if IвЂ™d received a code (вЂњIвЂ™ve received the message from Steam SupportвЂќ/вЂќWhat email message?вЂќ) вЂ“ but this time, a code was emailed, and so I could login.ДЄfter a final quit and relaunch, and I was again instantly prompted for a code (which was emailed), then asked to login again, then asked for a second code (which wasnвЂ™t emailed). I did try with the previously just-used code, but this no longer worked. This time, on re-entering the correct account details I was instantly taken back to the вЂњMy special access code is:вЂќ prompt without having been asked if IвЂ™ve received a code (the вЂњIвЂ™ve received the message from Steam SupportвЂќ/вЂќWhat email message?вЂќ view seen previously) вЂ“ and no new code had been sent. I received a code via email вЂ“ however, after correctly entering this code, IвЂ™m taken back to the login page again.

#STEAM FOR MAC OS X VERIFICATION#

However, when I then quit Steam and restarted it, I was not asked for login details but immediately prompted for SteamGuard verification again вЂ“ despite having just authorised. On entering this code (and ensuring that вЂњRemember this computerвЂќ was ticked), Steam client logged-in successfully. On cancelling this (which causes Steam to quit) and restarting Steam, I was this time first asked to enter my login details (which I wasnвЂ™t before), and on entering these I was prompted with the familiar вЂњIвЂ™ve received the message from Steam SupportвЂќ/вЂќWhat email message?вЂќ dialog-window which was not shown before вЂ“ and I also received a code by email. Cancelling this SteamGuard prompt returned me to the login page, and attempting to login again showed the same behaviour: I was immediately prompted to enter a code without any code having been sent. On restarting, I was immediately prompted for a SteamGuard code without any option to re-send a code, and no code was emailed to me.

#STEAM FOR MAC OS X DOWNLOAD#

I proceeded to change the Download Region to the location nearest to me, and Steam announced that it would need to restart. I provided this and Steam worked correctly. The actual failure mode is fairly interesting:ДЄfter installing Steam I was asked to sign-in or create a new account, and on signing-in I was (correctly) asked for a SteamGuard code, which was also emailed.

Further to my 2010(!) post Installing Steam on Mac OS with a Case-sensitive boot partition Steam is now, if anything, even more broken on Mac OS вЂ“ and this is particularly odious given that a Linux Steam client is now available which operates under the same conditions, but handles itself correctly.

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