Osu Download Mac

This article is applicable to the following wrappers:

Mirror macOS users 1 install the game click the button above to download the installer, then run it! 2 get an account follow the prompts when starting the game to sign in or make a new account 3 get beatmaps browse the vast library of user-created beatmaps. So want to play osu on a mac or a macbook? Here I will show you how to do it ^^ I also did show in the video how to find the songs folder and the skins folde. Name and associated graphics are used with the permission of ppy v2.1.5 fix spinner bug for HD and WXGA screen show multiple background for one song correctly v2.1(WP8) better game performance larger hitobject for WXGA and HD screen support Live Tile and Music Hub Tile fix some bug v2.0 windows phone 8 version download songs by IE.

• slc’s Wineskin for macOS 10.14 Mojave and earlier
• Technocoder’s Wineskin with macOS Catalina 10.15 support
• Technocoder’s unofficial Wineskin for macOS 10.14 Mojave and earlier

Note

If you’re new to osu! and don’t know how all this beatmap and skin stuff work:

Note

osu!macOS Agent can automatically move beatmaps and skins from your Downloads folder. Just make sure to enable the checkboxes inside osu!macOS Agent settings. More information available below.

Importing beatmaps and skins¶

Importing beatmaps into osu! is quite easy, and there’s a number of ways you can get this to work with your osu! Wineskin.

Using osu!macOS Agent¶

You can have beatmaps automatically moved from your Downloads folder to osu!, with the help of Technocoder’s osu!macOS Agent program. To enable this:

  1. Open osu!macOS Agent

  2. In the General tab, locate the Location: field. Make sure this points to your osu! install (e.g /Users/Adrian/Desktop/osu!.app)

  3. Enable the following checkboxes

    • Automatically move beatmaps from Downloads

    • Automatically move skins from Downloads

You can also enable

  1. Leave osu!macOS Agent running. The next time you download a beatmap from the osu! website, it should automatically move to your osu! wrapper. Then just hit F5 (beatmaps) or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S (skins) to refresh.

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Drag and drop¶

You might also be able to drag and drop beatmaps and skins into osu! directly. In my personal experience this only works with Technocoder’s Wineskin with macOS Catalina 10.15 support.

If osu! is full screen, you can use Mission Control (F4 key) to switch between windows.

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Click to import¶

3.. note:

You can set up osu! to automatically open and import a beatmap or skin when you click on it in your Downloads folder or web browser.

  1. Download a random osu beatmap or skin (and get the osz file)

  2. Right click on osu!.app

  3. Click Show Package Contents

4. Navigate to drive_c/osu!/Songs and drag & drop your osz or osk beatmap into there4. Go back a few folders until you reach Wineskin.app, and click to pen it!5. Click Advanced. You should see a screen like the one below

Note the Associated Extensions section. If the osz2, osr, osz and osu extensions aren’t there, add them using the + button.

To verify that this has all been set up correctly:

  1. Click Tools, then click Command Line (cmd). A console-like should open (it takes a while tho)

  2. Type explorer.exe

  3. Navigate to MyComputerosu!Songs in the window that appears and locate the osz beatmap you just dropped

  4. Right click on the file, click Properties and verify it worked. It should look like the image below.

Note

This method tends to be more unreliable than the others listed and you may experience varying degrees of success.

Manual import¶

To manually import a beatmap into osu!, follow the following instructions:

  1. Find your Songs directory

    • Locate where osu!.app (your Wineskin) is installed

    • Right click on it and select ShowPackageContents

    • You should now see three files/folders: Contents, drive_c and Wineskin. Click drive_c.

    • From here, click osu!.

    • From here, locate Songs

Tip

You can create an alias or shortcut pointed to your Songs directory, in somewhere handy like your Desktop. Then you can quickly access the folder whenever you want to drop beatmaps in.

To create an alias, click on the Songs folder, then go to File > Make Alias - then put this alias somewhere where you can easly access it.

  1. Find a beatmap on osu.ppy.sh. For this example, we’ll use Ryofuka’s crossing field.

  2. Just like you would normally, click the Download button to download the beatmap.

  3. You should now have a .osz file in your Downloads file. Drag and drop this file into the Songs directory we located before.

Tip

To avoid potential import issues, remove any non-alphabetical characters (numbers and hyphens are fine)

Note

Yes, my beatmap folder is very empty (but yours won’t be! Unless it is, of course..)

  1. If you don’t have osu! open already, open it now. Then in-game, press F5

Note

Unless you have function keys enabled, you may need to press the Fn button at the same time.


Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys


  1. Locate where osu!.app is installed

  2. Right click on it and select Show Package Contents

  3. You should now see three files/folders: Contents, drive_c and Wineskin. Click Wineskin

  4. A window like the one below should pop up. Click Advanced

  1. Click the Options tab

  2. Select Use F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys


Tip

You can do all of this while leaving osu! running open in the background!

A note about importing skins¶

Importing skins is largely the same process, except instead of the Songs directory, use the Skins directory, and to reload osu! use Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S instead of F5.

You can then select your skin as normal from the osu! in-game settings menu.

Note

Treat this as if you were working on a Windows system. If the skin is compressed, you’ll probably need to uncompress it. You can use something like The Unarchiver or even your in-built Archive Utility to do this (though Archive Utility might not have so much fun with .rar or .7zip files)

See the osu! knowledge base for more info.

Related links¶

So, you’ve decided to download an older version of Mac OS X. There are many reasons that could point you to this radical decision. To begin with, some of your apps may not be working properly (or simply crash) on newer operating systems. Also, you may have noticed your Mac’s performance went down right after the last update. Finally, if you want to run a parallel copy of Mac OS X on a virtual machine, you too will need a working installation file of an older Mac OS X. Further down we’ll explain where to get one and what problems you may face down the road.

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A list of all Mac OS X versions

We’ll be repeatedly referring to these Apple OS versions below, so it’s good to know the basic macOS timeline.

Cheetah 10.0Puma 10.1Jaguar 10.2
Panther 10.3Tiger 10.4Leopard 10.5
Snow Leopard 10.6Lion 10.7Mountain Lion 10.8
Mavericks 10.9Yosemite 10.10El Capitan 10.11
Sierra 10.12High Sierra 10.13Mojave 10.14
Catalina 10.15

STEP 1. Prepare your Mac for installation

Given your Mac isn’t new and is filled with data, you will probably need enough free space on your Mac. This includes not just space for the OS itself but also space for other applications and your user data. One more argument is that the free space on your disk translates into virtual memory so your apps have “fuel” to operate on. The chart below tells you how much free space is needed.

Note, that it is recommended that you install OS on a clean drive. Next, you will need enough disk space available, for example, to create Recovery Partition. Here are some ideas to free up space on your drive:

  • Uninstall large unused apps
  • Empty Trash Bin and Downloads
  • Locate the biggest files on your computer:

Go to Finder > All My Files > Arrange by size
Then you can move your space hoggers onto an external drive or a cloud storage.
If you aren’t comfortable with cleaning the Mac manually, there are some nice automatic “room cleaners”. Our favorite is CleanMyMac as it’s most simple to use of all. It deletes system junk, old broken apps, and the rest of hidden junk on your drive.

Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.4 - 10.8 (free version)

Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.9 (free version)

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Download CleanMyMac for OS 10.10 - 10.14 (free version)

STEP 2. Get a copy of Mac OS X download

Normally, it is assumed that updating OS is a one-way road. That’s why going back to a past Apple OS version is problematic. The main challenge is to download the OS installation file itself, because your Mac may already be running a newer version. If you succeed in downloading the OS installation, your next step is to create a bootable USB or DVD and then reinstall the OS on your computer.

How to download older Mac OS X versions via the App Store


If you once had purchased an old version of Mac OS X from the App Store, open it and go to the Purchased tab. There you’ll find all the installers you can download. However, it doesn’t always work that way. The purchased section lists only those operating systems that you had downloaded in the past. But here is the path to check it:

  1. Click the App Store icon.
  2. Click Purchases in the top menu.
  3. Scroll down to find the preferred OS X version.
  4. Click Download.

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This method allows you to download Mavericks and Yosemite by logging with your Apple ID — only if you previously downloaded them from the Mac App Store.

Without App Store: Download Mac OS version as Apple Developer

If you are signed with an Apple Developer account, you can get access to products that are no longer listed on the App Store. If you desperately need a lower OS X version build, consider creating a new Developer account among other options. The membership cost is $99/year and provides a bunch of perks unavailable to ordinary users.

Nevertheless, keep in mind that if you visit developer.apple.com/downloads, you can only find 10.3-10.6 OS X operating systems there. Newer versions are not available because starting Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.7, the App Store has become the only source of updating Apple OS versions.

Purchase an older version of Mac operating system

You can purchase a boxed or email version of past Mac OS X directly from Apple. Both will cost you around $20. For the reason of being rather antiquated, Snow Leopard and earlier Apple versions can only be installed from DVD.

Buy a boxed edition of Snow Leopard 10.6
Get an email copy of Lion 10.7
Get an email copy of Mountain Lion 10.8

The email edition comes with a special download code you can use for the Mac App Store. Note, that to install the Lion or Mountain Lion, your Mac needs to be running Snow Leopard so you can install the newer OS on top of it.

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How to get macOS El Capitan download

If you are wondering if you can run El Capitan on an older Mac, rejoice as it’s possible too. But before your Mac can run El Capitan it has to be updated to OS X 10.6.8. So, here are main steps you should take:

1. Install Snow Leopard from install DVD.
2. Update to 10.6.8 using Software Update.
3. Download El Capitan here.

“I can’t download an old version of Mac OS X”

If you have a newer Mac, there is no physical option to install Mac OS versions older than your current Mac model. For instance, if your MacBook was released in 2014, don’t expect it to run any OS released prior of that time, because older Apple OS versions simply do not include hardware drivers for your Mac.

But as it often happens, workarounds are possible. There is still a chance to download the installation file if you have an access to a Mac (or virtual machine) running that operating system. For example, to get an installer for Lion, you may ask a friend who has Lion-operated Mac or, once again, set up a virtual machine running Lion. Then you will need to prepare an external drive to download the installation file using OS X Utilities.

After you’ve completed the download, the installer should launch automatically, but you can click Cancel and copy the file you need. Below is the detailed instruction how to do it.

STEP 3. Install older OS X onto an external drive

The following method allows you to download Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks.

  1. Start your Mac holding down Command + R.
  2. Prepare a clean external drive (at least 10 GB of storage).
  3. Within OS X Utilities, choose Reinstall OS X.
  4. Select external drive as a source.
  5. Enter your Apple ID.

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Now the OS should start downloading automatically onto the external drive. After the download is complete, your Mac will prompt you to do a restart, but at this point, you should completely shut it down. Now that the installation file is “captured” onto your external drive, you can reinstall the OS, this time running the file on your Mac.

  1. Boot your Mac from your standard drive.
  2. Connect the external drive.
  3. Go to external drive > OS X Install Data.

Locate InstallESD.dmg disk image file — this is the file you need to reinstall Lion OS X. The same steps are valid for Mountain Lion and Mavericks.

How to downgrade a Mac running later macOS versions

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If your Mac runs macOS Sierra 10.12 or macOS High Sierra 10.13, it is possible to revert it to the previous system if you are not satisfied with the experience. You can do it either with Time Machine or by creating a bootable USB or external drive.
Instruction to downgrade from macOS Sierra

Instruction to downgrade from macOS High Sierra

Instruction to downgrade from macOS Mojave

Instruction to downgrade from macOS Catalina

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Before you do it, the best advice is to back your Mac up so your most important files stay intact. In addition to that, it makes sense to clean up your Mac from old system junk files and application leftovers. The easiest way to do it is to run CleanMyMac X on your machine (download it for free here).

Visit your local Apple Store to download older OS X version

If none of the options to get older OS X worked, pay a visit to nearest local Apple Store. They should have image installations going back to OS Leopard and earlier. You can also ask their assistance to create a bootable USB drive with the installation file. So here you are. We hope this article has helped you to download an old version of Mac OS X. Below are a few more links you may find interesting.