Steam not working?

Yes, possibly a stupid question, but you have verified you do have internet access?

Fix Steam Error Could Not Connect to Steam Network.

Risco said:

Yes, I have verified including directly connecting to the modem without router.

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Did you read the link? Maybe it will help.

I get the same issue from time to time - Steam will be downloading a game nicely and then suddenly stop and throw the, "No Connection" error out on me. No idea what causes it thus far, but normally, quitting and re-launching Steam fixes it.

monokitty said:

I get the same issue from time to time - Steam will be downloading a game nicely and then suddenly stop and throw the, "No Connection" error out on me. No idea what causes it thus far, but normally, quitting and re-launching Steam fixes it.

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Actually I've had the issue to. Just seems to fix itself. Although I acknowledge that Steam offers some games inexpensively, however I hate DRM and my favorite word to describe Steam is "onerous".

You could have a corrupted .blob file. I had the same issue about a year ago - if you search this forum you'll find the thread & the solution. I know it took me a great deal of hunting online to find the solution, I just don't remember what it was (but I do remember posting it in this forum).

If you haven't done so already, I'd suggest putting in a support ticket too. They need to know when people are having issues so if there is a problem with their software, they can fix it. And of course, more importantly at the moment, help you get up and running again.

Steam never works right for me, always loads showing a blank window, have to close it and open it again 9 times out of ten. I stopped using it sometime ago now, rubbish service and you own nothing. Least they could do is let the paying customer have the choice to download the game files.

They told me that even if I totaly stopped using Steam I could NOT have the games I had paid for

I would agree that the Steam client is a disgrace to Valve. I do not understand why in this much time now, they have not corrected at least most of the bugs in it.

As a recent convert to Mac, Steamplay has been a nice thing for me. About 100 games I owned in Windows all run natively on my iMac. So, I'll be keeping Steam around and hope that they fix it.

On the other hand, for any new purchases I am more inclined to want to shop at the Mac App store. Stuff just works. Thank you Apple.