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Is Steam for Mac effectively running as superuser?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20264785 views
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Problem

When you download the client it does not weigh too much, and seems to do very little. Inside the app bundle there is a script that—upon inspecting the environment and deciding you're not running Linux—launches the client, which downloads the full support environment and resources. For this to happe…

Error Output

~/Library/{Application Support|Preferences|Cache}

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Fix for: Is Steam for Mac effectively running as superuser?

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Answer from the devs themselves (Robert Barris, in this case): Activating Universal Access is not a requirement for Steam or for games on Steam. However if you want to use the Steam Overlay then it is needed - UA provides the mechanism by which the …

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