Playing game without needing the CD

[timmyb]

I would like to be able to play games (which I own) without needing to have the CD with me all the time. First of all, is this possible and if so how can it be done? Also will it affect battery life or performance in any way? Thanks for any help possible.

[Mord]

make an image, it's best if you use toast then the images mount faster. and battery life will go up as the games loads from the HD anyway so the cd spinning is just to verify you have the game disk.

[timmyb]

make an image, it's best if you use toast then the images mount faster. and battery life will go up as the games loads from the HD anyway so the cd spinning is just to verify you have the game disk.
Sorry but i'm a complete Mac newbie - what is an image? I don't own Toast (do you have to buy it) swo what can I use instead. Are there any tutorials people could point me towards?

[Eric5h5]

Sorry but i'm a complete Mac newbie - what is an image? I don't own Toast (do you have to buy it) swo what can I use instead. Are there any tutorials people could point me towards?

Use Disk Utility to make a CD image. Apparently Toast images work better with some games, but generally Disk Utility does OK. Click on the disc name, select New Image From... in the menu, and the rest should be easy enough to figure out. If you make the image read/write instead of the default read-only, then it will mount faster.

--Eric

[pdpfilms]

i just have to say i am very proud of the fact that no one decided to flame you for trying to do something that could be seen as a violation of an EULA contract.

We're so nice.
:D

[Eric5h5]

i just have to say i am very proud of the fact that no one decided to flame you for trying to do something that could be seen as a violation of an EULA contract.

Fair use laws trump EULAs anyday, and besides, I don't remember ever seeing a EULA that says you can't use a disc image.

--Eric

[ReanimationLP]

Seriously. x_x

I play Starcraft Brood War using a image on my HD, so I can protect the CD and not have to bother with it either. It works great on my laptop too, as it keeps the battery times down since my combo drive sucks up a hell of a lot of juice. x_x