EA launches Origin for Mac (alpha)

lll3lucky wrote:
http://store.origin.com

Go to the bottom of the screen and find the column that says: "ORIGIN" then you will see download Origin. Once you have it installed, sign in and then you should see "Friends" at the top left. You can accept or decline friends there.

I could never figure this out - thank you. Too bad I have a mac so I can't do it yet, but maybe soon.

dougschoemer wrote:
I could never figure this out - thank you. Too bad I have a mac so I can't do it yet, but maybe soon.

Doug, you can do it on a Mac now! Click here to download the pre-release alpha version of the Origin Client for Mac:
http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/html/pbPage.demos-en_US

spiffshine wrote:

dougschoemer wrote:
I could never figure this out - thank you. Too bad I have a mac so I can't do it yet, but maybe soon.

Doug, you can do it on a Mac now! Click here to download the pre-release alpha version of the Origin Client for Mac:
http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/html/pbPage.demos-en_US

Thanks spiff. I tried and got a download error message, so I will try again later.

brendathorne wrote:
Spiff wins for most helpful post of the day. (And its only 10:40 am here ).
So nobody else needs to bother for the rest of the day because the title has been awarded.
Phew, that's a lot of pressure off.

Thank you Brenda! I am pretty awesome.

KieranAPB wrote:
Here's why I shall never run the Origin client on a desktop: http://m.tomshardware.com/news/Origin-EULA-PC-Gaming-Glorified-Spyware-DRM,13285.html

Oh crap.

It does not run on PPC macs, only on intel macs.

spiffshine wrote:
As far as I know, there is no way to delete pending requests which is mothfawking stupid. Some people have had success with blocking these users, but that never worked for me so I have a couple dozen requests just sitting there. I wish people would simply decline my invite and rid me off this annoyance.

Spiff, I had a few people that I blocked a couple months ago because they never responded to my requests. Today, I removed them from my blocked list and they didn't reappear on my pending list. I'm not sure if there is a minimum amount of time someone needs to be blocked, but it worked for me to get the names removed. This was via the origin web page, not the client.

Jopa79 wrote:

spiffshine wrote:
As far as I know, there is no way to delete pending requests which is mothfawking stupid. Some people have had success with blocking these users, but that never worked for me so I have a couple dozen requests just sitting there. I wish people would simply decline my invite and rid me off this annoyance.

Spiff, I had a few people that I blocked a couple months ago because they never responded to my requests. Today, I removed them from my blocked list and they didn't reappear on my pending list. I'm not sure if there is a minimum amount of time someone needs to be blocked, but it worked for me to get the names removed. This was via the origin web page, not the client.

Thanks Jopa! I've got all of the names on my blocked list, but they still show in my pending requests. I guess I'll just leave them on the blocked list and see if they ever disappear.

dougschoemer wrote:

lll3lucky wrote:
http://store.origin.com

Go to the bottom of the screen and find the column that says: "ORIGIN" then you will see download Origin. Once you have it installed, sign in and then you should see "Friends" at the top left. You can accept or decline friends there.

I could never figure this out - thank you. Too bad I have a mac so I can't do it yet, but maybe soon.

You're welcome. I figured the mac download already posted, would do and/or be the same. Not sure though, but from reading the other posts I think once EA gets it going it may be. At least let's hope so. I had the option to only block, before someone had posted about the Origin client on here, just like everyone else.