Attempting to download the game
Blake6332
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Hey all, I am trying to download the game onto my Mac with much hassle.
I am running through bootcamp and went through a LOT of effort to make sure I had the required space to download the game - which, from multiple sources, appeared to be 60gb. However, my harddrive currently has 75gb available, and the launched still states that I do not have the required hard drive space. How big has the game gotten? I have a total of 128gb on the SSD that the MacBook had already in it, and with partitioning and much hassle I managed to get my harddrive on the windows partition to a maximum of 90gb, with 15gb being pretty much all must-have windows files ONLY. Am I just going to have to spend on a new External Hard Drive to download it, or am I really close to being there?
Really looking forward to getting in the game again, but this is a lot of hassle
Anyone know how much hard drive space it should take for the initial download?
I am running through bootcamp and went through a LOT of effort to make sure I had the required space to download the game - which, from multiple sources, appeared to be 60gb. However, my harddrive currently has 75gb available, and the launched still states that I do not have the required hard drive space. How big has the game gotten? I have a total of 128gb on the SSD that the MacBook had already in it, and with partitioning and much hassle I managed to get my harddrive on the windows partition to a maximum of 90gb, with 15gb being pretty much all must-have windows files ONLY. Am I just going to have to spend on a new External Hard Drive to download it, or am I really close to being there?
Really looking forward to getting in the game again, but this is a lot of hassle
Anyone know how much hard drive space it should take for the initial download?
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Stovahkiin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I've heard of people having plenty of space (even more than you've got) but still being given this error. I dunno why it happens, but you might just be better off with buying another drive and using that one. If I'm not mistaken, the game is actually a bit more than 50gb in size atmBeware the battle cattle, but don't *fear* the battle cattle!0 -
ArchMikem✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭The game has expanded since its vanilla state. Pretty sure its over 90gb now.CP2,000 Master Explorer - AvA One Star General - Console Peasant - The Clan
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MissBizz✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ESO checks if you have 80GB of hard drive space, if you do not... it won't let you download it as it thinks there isn't enough space. On macs, it requires 85 GB. The game doesn't actually take up that much, but the game requires it.
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Blake6332✭✭✭After a little bit more of googley searchin, the Elder Scrolls Online Wiki states that you need 85 gb of space...I am not sure if I can create another 11gb of space from the mac OS partition. I will see what I can do, I'd really like to be able to play on the mac without getting rid of the windows partition, as mac OS is much more limiting as far as gaming goes.
Is there any way I could download it on my desktop (I have a gaming PC, just cant always use it: IE, when I am at my girlfriend's house) and port it over to my MAC via a USB?0 -
Stovahkiin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭The game has expanded since its vanilla state. Pretty sure its over 90gb now.
O_o I don't believe it's THAT big, a guildy of mine just checked the other day I believe and said it was in the 50's still. (I could check, but frankly I'm not curious enough to actually get out of bed right now...)Beware the battle cattle, but don't *fear* the battle cattle!0 -
Blake6332✭✭✭ESO checks if you have 80GB of hard drive space, if you do not... it won't let you download it as it thinks there isn't enough space. On macs, it requires 85 GB. The game doesn't actually take up that much, but the game requires it.
https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2651/kw/hard drive space
As I said, I am running via Bootcamp, so it is effectively a windows laptop. I should need 80GB then? I can probably get that done.
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Blake6332✭✭✭Stovahkiin wrote: »The game has expanded since its vanilla state. Pretty sure its over 90gb now.
O_o I don't believe it's THAT big, a guildy of mine just checked the other day I believe and said it was in the 50's still. (I could check, but frankly I'm not curious enough to actually get out of bed right now...)
It most certainly isn't that big, the issue is that an initial download takes requires more space than the actual game - once it is finished it goes back down to a more realistic size, I.E., 50gb ish like you said.1 -
Blake6332✭✭✭I am going to try and free up 8ish gb of space, I will get back to you all shortly
Edit 1: Managed to clear 4gb...still at 79.1 GB available lol. Hoping to be able to clear that up.Edited by Blake6332 on February 4, 2017 4:53AM0 -
Blake6332✭✭✭Well, folks, I did it. Managed to get it to 80.4GB of available space. Wow, that was a learning experience. If you ever want to learn about hard drives and cleaning computers and files, don't take classes, just buy a mac and use bootcamp. I feel like I accomplished something for sure lol. Thank you all for the information, the game is now downloading
Edited by Blake6332 on February 4, 2017 5:20AM1 -
Stovahkiin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Well, folks, I did it. Managed to get it to 80.4GB of available space. Wow, that was a learning experience. If you ever want to learn about hard drives and cleaning computers and files, don't take classes, just buy a mac and use bootcamp. I feel like I accomplished something for sure lol. Thank you all for the information, the game is now downloading
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Blake6332✭✭✭Well, folks, I did it. Wow, that was a learning experience. If you ever want to learn about hard drives and cleaning computers and files, don't take classes, just buy a mac and use bootcamp. I feel like I accomplished something for sure lol. Thank you all for the information, the game is now downloadingStovahkiin wrote: »Well, folks, I did it. Managed to get it to 80.4GB of available space. Wow, that was a learning experience. If you ever want to learn about hard drives and cleaning computers and files, don't take classes, just buy a mac and use bootcamp. I feel like I accomplished something for sure lol. Thank you all for the information, the game is now downloading
lmao love that guy, sorry for sounding so...I dunno, gloatey? Is that a word? Was just really excited because I've been suffering (yes, suffering, that bad) from an incredibly low amount of hard drive space on this system for months. Was nice to finally be motivated to get it figured out.
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Stovahkiin✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Well, folks, I did it. Wow, that was a learning experience. If you ever want to learn about hard drives and cleaning computers and files, don't take classes, just buy a mac and use bootcamp. I feel like I accomplished something for sure lol. Thank you all for the information, the game is now downloadingStovahkiin wrote: »Well, folks, I did it. Managed to get it to 80.4GB of available space. Wow, that was a learning experience. If you ever want to learn about hard drives and cleaning computers and files, don't take classes, just buy a mac and use bootcamp. I feel like I accomplished something for sure lol. Thank you all for the information, the game is now downloading
lmao love that guy, sorry for sounding so...I dunno, gloatey? Is that a word? Was just really excited because I've been suffering (yes, suffering, that bad) from an incredibly low amount of hard drive space on this system for months. Was nice to finally be motivated to get it figured out.
I wasn't trying to imply that you were being "gloatey" or anything of the sort lol, but yeah, happy that it seems to be working for you now ^_^Edited by Stovahkiin on February 4, 2017 6:06AMBeware the battle cattle, but don't *fear* the battle cattle!0
