Steam stuck in offline mode?

Two things to try.

Is the "Account" menu bar available; if it is, just pull it down and click "Online" and then restart in online mode.

If that doesn't work, download the latest version directly from http://www.steampowered.com and re-install it. It will be the latest version and thus you shouldn't get the update message box.

Yes, required Intel Mac.

chrf097 said:

EDIT: I managed to fix my issue.

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Care to share?

i found it

So i was looking at the same conundrum and found a mac friendly solution. The link is below but i will relate it here:

"you go to:
/Users/$yourusername/Library/Application Support/Steam/ and locate registry.vdf

The variable you need to set is Registry / HKCU / Software / Valve / Steam / Offline, which you set to "0"."

This was from Alex's Blog, whoever he is
http://www.oconnoat.com/blog/2010/12/31/steam-app-osx-stuck-in-offline-mode/

thanks to him steam works again. hope this helps others too.

swaags said:

So i was looking at the same conundrum and found a mac friendly solution. The link is below but i will relate it here:

"you go to:
/Users/$yourusername/Library/Application Support/Steam/ and locate registry.vdf

The variable you need to set is Registry / HKCU / Software / Valve / Steam / Offline, which you set to "0"."

This was from Alex's Blog, whoever he is
http://www.oconnoat.com/blog/2010/12/31/steam-app-osx-stuck-in-offline-mode/

thanks to him steam works again. hope this helps others too.

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That steam folder doesn't appear after Application Support. What to do?

Sofakongen said:

That steam folder doesn't appear after Application Support. What to do?

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The only thing i can think of is that you might be in the general library. there are two different ones. make sure you go to /users and then the username under which steam was installed and THEN to library. if thats not the issue i've got nothing..

swaags said:

The only thing i can think of is that you might be in the general library. there are two different ones. make sure you go to /users and then the username under which steam was installed and THEN to library. if thats not the issue i've got nothing..

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Hey, i've been searching like a mutheffffffuuuccckkkk on the web for a reason. The Library folder is hidden, and i can't seem to figure out how to undo this. The only place where library folder is shown seems to be in the "main-folder."

For those with Lion...

I found this solution on another forum:

In Lion, the Library folder is hidden so you won't see your Steam folder. If you don't want to mess around with the registry or enter Terminal commands, you can simply go to the "GO" menu, select Go To Folder, and enter: ~/Library

You should now be able to see the Steam folder, and the registry.vdf file inside that. Simply rename the file, or delete the full stop so that Steam doesn't recognise the file (you can delete the file, but best to rename first as if this fails, you might want to be able to revert back).

Once the file has been renamed, you should be able to start up Steam and get back online. Note: if the above fails, try following all of the steps again but rather than starting up Steam, re-install it instead.

Worked for me - I'm now back online.

Happy gaming!

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YES

Steam has always been crappy, both on Mac and pc. Truthfully if steam wasn't the only legal way to play valve games I would just stop using it. I've had TO MANY problems. here are a few.

•Offline mode not working when not connected to a network
•The Mac client crashing when started in offline mode on a Internet connection(Your problem)
•Some games not starting in offline mode even if they are single player games(Most recently Half Life 2).
•Steam crashing when I click out of it to another window(windows)
•Steam not maximizing after I minimized it


These are only of the few problems that PLAUGE the Steam client in truthfully just shows how lazy valve is. No wonder they can't count to three. I'm thinking of starting a website called STEAMBAY.com. It'll be like pirate bay but specifically designed to put valve out f business. Or at lest make them update their client so it not the glitchiest thing since Windows Vista.

When I open registry.vdf using text edit all it says is:

"Registry"
{
"HKCU"
{
"Software"
{
"Valve"
{
"Steam"
{
"Language" "english"
}
}
}
}
}

Can someone help?

ritts said:

When I open registry.vdf using text edit all it says is:

"Registry"
{
"HKCU"
{
"Software"
{
"Valve"
{
"Steam"
{
"Language" "english"
}
}
}
}
}

Can someone help?

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I have this problem too, anyone?

Steam in offline mode

Hi, I'm a new user here.
I tried to get on Steam to play online with friends, but it shows me as offline, as in the picture provided. It's been like this for a week. Can anyone please help? Thanks!
Note:
My internet connections seems slow, but working, and I haven't found any problems.