Can't download L4D2 on steam macbook pro

[squidsta]

Hello everyone,

Today on my steam account I bought L4D2 for 20 dollars on my macbook pro. At first it was downloading very slow. It then said suspended for about 10 minutes so I restarted steam. And now, in the "All Games" section of my library it continuously says "Left 4 Dead 2 - Starting Download...", however it never actually starts. To get it downloading I have tried the following things:

-Restarting steam
-Leaving it for a few hours then coming back to it
-Renaming the "clientregistry.blob"
-Deleting the "clientregistry.blob"
-Clicked on "Delete local game content"
-Changing the "download region" (several times)
-Restarting my computer
-Double clicking on "Left 4 Dead 2". When I do this it says "validating files". Then "files successfully validated". Then it says "steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request, please try again in a few minutes" When if that the case why have i waited far more than a few minutes? And I can download anything else. The only thing that won't download is Left 4 Dead 2.

PLEASE give me some suggestions. There is no way for me to personally contact steam through email or a phone call. I don't want my 20 dollars to have gone to a complete waste because of steam errors. I could really do with help from someone.

Thanks a lot!

 

[a.jfred]

I had this issue last week - and I'd downloaded & installed L4D & L4D2 in October/November 2010 (I'd last played in Nov 2010).

I wish I could remember exactly which directories I had to navigate to, but you want to look for the .blob and the .ncf files that go with L4D2. Rename the .blob file to Old<whatever-it's-called>.blob (this way, you have a copy of the original, should it ever be needed), and then delete all the .ncf files. Restart Steam, and try your download again.

I *think* it's Library/Application Data/Steam/Left for Dead 2, but I'm stuck at work, and won't be home or another 2 hours. I'll check when I get home.

ETA: Sorry ... I just saw in your post where you'd edited the .blob file. Try removing the .ncf files. I ended up having to rename the .blob _and_ delete the .ncf before it worked.

 

[a.jfred]

Okay here's exactly what I did:

1) deleted L4D2 off the computer. Then I attempted to download it again, but kept getting "servers too busy."

2) Quit Steam

3) (home)/Library/Application Support/Steam --> renamed ClientRegistry.blob to 'oldClientRegistry.blob'

4) (home)/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps

5) removed ALL L4D2 .ncf files (I'm showing 3 total files). This included emptying the recycle bin

6) Restart Steam & the download.

Since I did that, I've had no problems with the game.

 

[Astra92]

I'm having this same issue, but I'm using Lion and can't seem to find the Steam folder under Application Support. Anyone?

 

[The.Walrus]

On Lion, you'll need to go to the System/Library not User/Library. To do this, you'll need to go to Finder, hold down the option button, and from the "Go" menu, select "Library."

You can then navigate to System/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps to find your downloaded apps.

Hope this helps.

Paul

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

Sorry about the issues, kind of surprised there isnt that much talk about this one on the Mac. Its allways a good thing to see those Mac versions of popular games. Very happy Steam made this one for us.

 

[JonasDK]

Finally

I had the same issue. It would not download do to "busy server" etc.

I tried following the guide above, but it did not work.

What I did was, I just kept clicking the game - when I got the "busy server" I just kept pressing the game.

In the "steamapps"-folder I could see that more and more files appeared as I pressed the game (the .ncf files etc.)

Suddenly it started downloading - but during the download it stopped a lot of times, however finally the game was downloaded, and everything works fine now.

I don't know if the above makes any sense, but that was what I did, and it worked.