Hmm, seems complicated. I can't get my Nostrom to work on my new iMac, which I then upgraded to Lion. I don't want to play Wow without that or a similar controller (it is the way I learned to play and I think it is superior to using the keyboard, I also use razor 18 button gaming mouse for my right hand, I think every skill needs to be available and you need to be able to touchtype play them).
I will give the Nostrom another try but if others have solutions please post. I'm also happy to buy a newer similar device if that will work, but it tends to be the older devices that have the Mac drivers.
Ok, here is my way after a logic based analysis.
- If you use a USB Hub from Belkin as I do, unplug all other gaming consoles like the Wolfking Warrior II (it disturbed the n52te in being recognized, especial with its lighting on!), except your mouse and your keyboard. Put the mouse and the keyboard in the highest USB port numbers.
- Boot your Mac.
- Install the drivers from Belkin. It will complain about a failure for installing, just try it again.
- Reboot, but instead of booting the OS, boot the Recovery HD.
- Fix your HD and your permissions (this corrects also some permission issues with the k.ext)
- NOW plugin your Nostromo n52te in the _lowest_ port of your USB Hub; if it is not recognized as a foreign keyboard, try it later in this how-to.
- Reboot your Mac
- Login into your favorite user account
- If the Nostromo has not been recognized as foreign keyboard before, try it now and plug it in to the lowest Port of your USB Hub and in the next ports the other gaming consoles.
- Open System Preferences -> Users -> Startup Items and kick off the n52teHelper.
- Just in case, reboot again.
- Login into your favorite user account
- Open System Preferences -> n52te and try to switch profiles. When the LED color changes, you have won. Otherwise I'm sad for you.