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Burn Xbox360 games in Mac OS X?
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GffMaC
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31. August 2007 @ 00:20 |
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Hey jibbo, You cant use toast or similar to burn in macos as 360 game discs have a layer brake in a very specific place which isnt supported in any macos apps. Iburn360 is based on some linux tools that allow you to burn the image with the correct layer break.
The firmware hack is nothing like the xbox1 mods of the past as all the replacement firmware does is make the dvd drive think that the copy is actually an original therefore the system also thinks its original. You will need a pc to flash your 360 dvd drive as its not possible on a mac.
And the system(dashboard) on the 360 is untouched. Also it is never truly safe on live with backup games as I found out with the first wave of bans, the firmware has been updated and now lots of people are on live with backups but it a matter of time before M$ find a way to detect them again.
I think the launch of Halo 3 will be a good time for the bans ;)
Hope that helps ;)
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dirtygit
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31. August 2007 @ 07:23 |
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i should be working so just quick 1 (CAPS inserted below - i'm not shouting at you lol:
HI,
I had my original xbox flashed, but not quite sure how this works for the 360. Can you play backups on Live in without being detected with flashing.
YES, BUT THEY NEED TO BE STEALTH PATCHED OR IT IS ALMOST INSTANT BAN NOWADAYS.
ALSO YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO NEVER GET BANNED FROM LIVE IS NOT PLAY WITH A MODDED CONSOLE AND BACKUPS :-D
I, also, only have a Mac.
ME TOO - CONGRATS
PowerPC G4 MDD. Haven't bought a 360 yet but would like an Elite, is it possible with that model, and does the original operated system stay on the machine, or is there even a new OS that boots the backup?
ELITE LOOKS NICE. YES YOU CAN DO IT WITH ELITE. YOU ARE CHANGNING THE BIOS
-- which is what it was like on my orig. xbox.
And is iburn360 the only way to burn the 360 .iso,
NO I USE FUSION TO RUN A PC ON MY MAC THEN USE CLONE CD - WORKED 100% OF TIME WHEN USING VERBATIMS.
can't you just use toast and burn the .iso that way?
NO COZ TOAST WONT LET YOU SET THE LAYER BREAK. I TRIED EVERY OPTION AND SO HAVE OTHERS. TOAST IS GOOD BUT NOT FOR THIS.
Sorry lot's of Q's. And probably still have more.....
NP. ASK AWAY.
Thanks
WELCOME :-D
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jibbo
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31. August 2007 @ 14:42 |
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Thanks a lot guys for the valuable info.
I truly appreciate it.
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31. August 2007 @ 17:21 |
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dirtygit.....if i understood you correctly, your friend sells hard drives ALREADY flashed???? i live in the states (actually Florida to be specific) and if your friend does sell them pre-flashed, i would be willing to do business. thanks
josh
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dirtygit
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1. September 2007 @ 01:39 |
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Originally posted by linkj:
dirtygit.....if i understood you correctly, your friend sells hard drives ALREADY flashed???? i live in the states (actually Florida to be specific) and if your friend does sell them pre-flashed, i would be willing to do business. thanks
josh
yeah 'my friend' does sell them pre-flashed but I live in London. It would not make sense for you at all right now as the £ vs $ is crazy at 2:1. So machines I sell for £350 would be the same as $700 excl. shipping.
Sorry mate, I personally wish I lived back in the States (used to live in CO) but for now I am stuck here. I also do Wii's. And can get any back-ups but it doesn't count for much with you being 2,000 miles away.
what I done:
Found out how many people were interested in having a flashed 360.
Researched the crap outta it.
Charged everyone and said it would be 1-2 weeks.
Went and bought a PC and started working on my Xbox360.
When it worked, I then went and bought everyone else's 360s.
I worked on them under a mate's alias - so then I was an innocent middleman and did not have mates asking for discount etc.
It worked really well. I got a deal on buying 10 machines and with my markup paid off the PC, my 360 and made money in no time.
I have now sold off the rig to a Chinese mate of mine, as too many people were asking, people I didn't know and I just felt I was pushing my luck.
moral of my story is that if you have some mates who want a flashed 360, it is an easy way in for you. Flashing the machine is a bit of a pain in the ass the first time but it gets much easier and faster and there is no complicated soldering, etc.
If you want, I have a really good tutorial for explaining how to flash it via PC rig.
failing that, I knew a guy in FLA that was flashing too. I don't know if he still is - you want me to ask?
Also you should try private game trackers - where do you get your games? A closed game community is a great place to get leads and advice. Through mine I got a link to high quality verbatims on deal which equalled under $1 each!
Let me know if you need anything else Josh.
stayin Durty.
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1. September 2007 @ 05:36 |
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yea def. ask your guy in FLA...that'd be awesome....and how'd you get your verbatims so cheap?
josh
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dirtygit
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2. September 2007 @ 13:46 |
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7. September 2007 @ 06:44 |
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bro thanks for the help...he got in contact with me and modifying my 360 is underway....you wouldn't happen to know how to burn 360 games on a mac would you? thanks
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scr4p
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7. September 2007 @ 06:48 |
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Originally posted by linkj:
....you wouldn't happen to know how to burn 360 games on a mac would you? thanks
Dear lord, tell me you are joking right?
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dirtygit
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10. September 2007 @ 00:27 |
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Originally posted by linkj:
bro thanks for the help...he got in contact with me and modifying my 360 is underway....you wouldn't happen to know how to burn 360 games on a mac would you? thanks
mate, read some of the previous posts.
there are 2 PROVEN methods that work listed within the last few pages.
:-D
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billdenim
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30. September 2007 @ 10:42 |
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I have been burning games successfully on my macbook useing both CloneCD on a Windows instalation in VMWare Fusion, as well as iburn360 natively in mac os x. Obviously it is easier/more convinient to back-up games natively using iburn360, but does anyone know if the patch iburn360 applies strips the "stealth patch".
I am using stealth patched games only, and though my iburn games work perfectly, I don't want to use them if the stealth patch isn't working.
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dirtygit
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30. September 2007 @ 11:13 |
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Originally posted by billdenim:
does anyone know if the patch iburn360 applies strips the "stealth patch".
i think you are cool as long as you keep it updated.
the two times i have used iburn, my files were prepatched.
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craigos
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1. October 2007 @ 19:28 |
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Hey just a quickie, I've been reading this whole thread with a LOT of interest and it's convinced me to get trying! Only thing is ... does anyone know if the xecutor blaster 360 will flash the xbox or does this device still require a PC to operate it?
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craigos
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1. October 2007 @ 19:42 |
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Okay and a really lame question ... but how to you rip the game off the disk to the harddrive in the first place. Sorry. I try but not the most competant Mac users yet! Still keen to have a go!
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GffMaC
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2. October 2007 @ 00:12 |
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The blaster only makes it easier to flash your 360 as when its installed you dont have to open the 360 everytime you want to flash the drive. And you need a pc to flash the drive as you cant do that from a mac yet. Also ripping/copying a game requires a pc too. All you can do on the macos side is burn an image.
hope that helps
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craigos
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2. October 2007 @ 11:09 |
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Thanks that does help. If I can get the xbox flashed, can i rip and copy the games running VPC or fusion? I see some people have had success then copying back down with cloneCD doing this.
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Loochy323
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11. October 2007 @ 15:51 |
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im using iburn360, when i click burn it sound like its burning but there is no progress bar like nothing is happening. This is what the box says:
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/Users/tukue656e/Desktop/Azureus/Family Guy/Halo 2 Killtrocity Mappack (modded)/Half_Life_2_The_Orange_Box_XBOX360-CCCLX/ccclx-orgbox.iso of=/dev/rdisk4 obs=32k seek=0'
But there should be more type like blah blah blahpercent_done=1
but thats all it say, is the game still burning?
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jordan25
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22. October 2007 @ 09:38 |
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^^^thats exactly what mine does as well, then 10 minutes later the finder pop-up comes and says a disk has been inserted what do you wanna do with it etc.
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dirtygit
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22. October 2007 @ 10:24 |
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Originally posted by Loochy323:
im using iburn360, when i click burn it sound like its burning but there is no progress bar like nothing is happening. This is what the box says:
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/Users/tukue656e/Desktop/Azureus/Family Guy/Halo 2 Killtrocity Mappack (modded)/Half_Life_2_The_Orange_Box_XBOX360-CCCLX/ccclx-orgbox.iso of=/dev/rdisk4 obs=32k seek=0'
But there should be more type like blah blah blahpercent_done=1
but thats all it say, is the game still burning?
how many times I gotta tell you people - Fusion with Clone CD.
;-)
worked every time for me. I have now made 45 back ups.
iBurn worked zero times for me. several coasters because it looked so simple i did not understand why it did not work. gave up in the end.
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jordan25
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22. October 2007 @ 13:33 |
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^^^i have a ppc mac not an intel one.
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GffMaC
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22. October 2007 @ 13:54 |
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Yeh we dont all have intel macs, would be nice though!
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jordan25
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22. October 2007 @ 16:00 |
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Quote:
im using iburn360, when i click burn it sound like its burning but there is no progress bar like nothing is happening. This is what the box says:
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/Users/tukue656e/Desktop/Azureus/Family Guy/Halo 2 Killtrocity Mappack (modded)/Half_Life_2_The_Orange_Box_XBOX360-CCCLX/ccclx-orgbox.iso of=/dev/rdisk4 obs=32k seek=0'
I just did a few tests and it has nothing to do with iburn 360 or clone cd, its to do with the type of media. I tried 5 TIMES on iburn 360 on a ppc mac..failed.I tried 5 TIMES on clone cd on a windows xp...failed. Then when i tried with verbatim disks it worked on iburn 360 and clone cd, the FIRST TIME!
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Loochy323
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24. October 2007 @ 00:53 |
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Originally posted by jordan25:
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im using iburn360, when i click burn it sound like its burning but there is no progress bar like nothing is happening. This is what the box says:
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/Users/tukue656e/Desktop/Azureus/Family Guy/Halo 2 Killtrocity Mappack (modded)/Half_Life_2_The_Orange_Box_XBOX360-CCCLX/ccclx-orgbox.iso of=/dev/rdisk4 obs=32k seek=0'
I just did a few tests and it has nothing to do with iburn 360 or clone cd, its to do with the type of media. I tried 5 TIMES on iburn 360 on a ppc mac..failed.I tried 5 TIMES on clone cd on a windows xp...failed. Then when i tried with verbatim disks it worked on iburn 360 and clone cd, the FIRST TIME!
You are right but... this happened when i was using verbs!!! IBURN 360 COST ME VERB! man they are pricy.
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jordan25
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25. October 2007 @ 11:35 |
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Here's a new question, how do you burn xbox 360 demo's on a mac? Whenever i do it, my xbox says it is a mixed media disk, can any1 give CLEAR instructions for NOOBS on how to burn xbox 360 demos on a mac?
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Ooter1234
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7. November 2007 @ 13:15 |
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I am going to be a total noob by asking this, but I have searched both afterdawn and google, and I am still confused.
Do I need to have a flashed xbox 360 to play backup DVD's?
Also what is the best program for making backup images?
I really appreciate your responses
-Ooter
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