Guide: How to Burn 360 Games on Mac (no parallels or bootcamp required)

OSx360 did a wonderful job for my first burn. I have successfully burned 3 games. All the same iso but still no problems.

I would like to ask wolfienuk, if it is possible to put a % finished and and ETA? that would be nice.

 

20%, No ETA. This is just a project of mine that I do when I have free time.

I am currently waiting for Redline99 (Creator of Xbox Backup Creator for pc) to send me more source code so I can begin porting more iso functionality to mac.

 

this made me laugh a lot.

I was referring to when we are burning a disk if there was a way for the progress bar to show how much has been burned and how long till it is finished burning.

If this doesnt make sense i will try to clarify more.

 

Already answered this question in another forum...
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/355006/3883890

 

Just so everyone knows, I will be slowly moving away from these forums at least for the sake of OSx360...

I have created a OSx360 forum on my site that can be accessed through the main page or directly at:
http://www.nukedsoftware.com/forum/

I have created topics for:
OSx360 Releases (where you will be able to view all releases and info about them)
OSx360 Feature Requests
OSx360 Bug Reports
OSx360 Help
Off-Topic Discussions

Please be sure to drop by and register... I will probably be on there most of the time, and it will be a lot easier than keeping tabs on multiple forums - which I am doing now. That means you will be able to get replies real quick and I can keep track of all the bug reports and requests.

Thanks again everyone, and I hope to see you there!
WolfieNuke

 

So even after managing to actually rip and burn a 360 game, you would still have to mod your 360 to be able to play a copied game... right?

 

Of course...

 

mac's yuck.....

 

anybody know anyone who flashes drives in south florida? i'm needing this badly. send me a private message or call me removed.
thank you so much

-lnk-

 

@linkj: If you want, xbox-scene has a forum for BST and mod services.

@Moderator: user also cross-posted same request here.

 

Has anyone flashed the 360 with a mac. I have a mac pro running vista in boot camp and have a sata card connected to the 360 drive. The only part i am stuck at is booting from a usb stick loaded with iprep. Someone please help. I have searched everywhere.

 

Macs don't run DOS, it will not work. I used DosFlash32 on my PC.

 

I don't think that is necessarily true... I discussed that issue on my site (http://www.nukedsoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=173#p173) and although I have not done it, it should be possible on an Intel Mac.

Here is the original topic that is referenced on my forum: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=238190

 

Just to clarify...

It IS possible to boot into DOS with an Intel Mac to flash your drive. You will need to have a supported SATA chipset so most Mac's may be SOL, but a Mac Pro with a PCI-SATA card may work.

The link I posted above is correct, but I have not been able to boot DOS from a flash drive. I needed to make a bootable CD which limits a lot of your options since it is read-only. I don't see any reason why it is not possible, but I was unable to figure it out - yet.

 

Hi,

First of all, thank you to your contribution to the Mac community. Your software is pretty easy to use!
I want a post a topic on your forum to discuss about the error i have but i don't manage to create an account.

I have already try to use X360_ISO_Hacker and iburn 360 but i always have an error.
So i try with your software and i get the same error.

The error is "The burn on the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E failed. The device can not calibrate the power level of the laser for this media".
Do you know what is mean?
This error appears few seconds after i click on Burn.

I am using an Mac Book Pro with Philipps DVD+R DL.

Is anyone know something about this error?

 

okay so here's how i burn games. i use OSx360 program which is great beyond belief. on the subject of what media you use to burn them on, i have used verbatim to memorex and now i'm using office depot's generic dvd+r dl's. i didn't mean to use these but these are the ones someone gave to me. they work fine and cost much less. i have burned 4 games using these discs. i'm using the standard matshita drive that came in my mac. and i use itchycats.com to download games from. excellent. and that's that.

-Lnk-

 

Ok so I just got my 360. I've read this thread up and down and I'm getting the impression that we can't back up our own bought games. It seems like I'm missing a step to have that happen. I understand you need an image/iso but its not possible to rip that with a Mac? If I'm wrong let me know.

I'm also not sure what "flashing the drive means"... would I still be able to play original games after its flashed? Any help would be great thanks. This was so much more straight forward with my PS2...lol.

 

I would recommend browsing xboxhacker dot net and xbox-scene dot com forums to find out how to flash your 360. Original games will still work.

First thing is that you need to find out if your Xbox 360 is able to be flashed.

Next, If your 360 can be flashed, you will need a PC with a supported sata chipset to flash the drive.

You will still need to use Windows (or Linux) to rip your own games using a modified Samsung DVD-ROM drive since Mac OS X does not support the special drive commands to read the special sectors.

You than can burn your iso's with OSx360, or any other software that can set a manual layer break.