Backing up PS2 Games on MAC PLEASE HELP

[blondago]

very new to this forum. havn't gotten any responses from other forums...hopefully someone will be nice enough to help me here. I just need to know how to backup my ps2 games. I have a mac running OSX 10.4. My burn progaram is Toast Titanium. All the info i found was to use the program astarte cd copy...but it isn't available for OSX.....Please someone help me out....have the swap magic disks and everything else ready to go.

[lufcfan]

If you can get hold of the member ElkayPS2, he'd be able to help you, because he is the MAC expert around here...

[blondago]

hey thanks man...ur the first person to give me any help in these forums

[lufcfan]

No problems

[blondago]

how do i get ahold of elkayps2....i messaged him but no response.....is there another way...or just wait.?

[scavenga]

Hey,
Astarte was good for psx games in OS9, but there are no new versions.

if you have Toast, you have all you need.

Click the "Copy" tab in the Toast main window, and choose "CD/DVD copy" from the menu on the side of the window. Now the window should display info on the disc you have inserted in your Mac.

Now, go to the "File" pulldown menu on the top, and choose "Save as disc image". Choose where to save the file, and when it's finished, insert a blank disc, choose "image file" (right beneath "CD/DVD copy"), and drag the image file into Toast.

And burn.

Ta-daaah!

[blondago]

hey thanks for the info...i was just doing straight disk copy.....i do have one more question about patching......like i said i'm new to this....exactly what is patching.....someone told me to download "gumby" cause i might need it to patch some games.......not quite sure how to use it.....i saw 2 selections in the dropdown menu about ps2 games......how do i know what games i need to use it with...and how do i use it?? Sorry...i hate being a newbie to this.....could really use some help here....i heard you have to patch EA sports games? I'm tryin to copy Tiger Woods 2005.....any ideas get back to me....thanks

[lufcfan]

It depends how you boot your backups. What chip are you using?

[blondago]

i'm using swap magin 3.6 and a slide card......i know ghetto...just using it till i can afford a nice chip.....

[blondago]

ok been doin more searching and found PPF-o-matic. Now i know how to patch a game....now how do i get the patch for the game if i can't find it on that website?? Does that mean it doesn't need patched?

[scavenga]

You could check www.swapmagicfix.com or www.ps2ownz.com for lots of info on these things.

If you back up your own games, you won't have to patch many games, unless you want online capabilities. The toast method makes ideal images that work 99% of the time.

Some games that have a large TOC (a large amount of info on the disc) will require you to do a TOC swap:

You load Swap Magic, press eject, insert an original game with a larger TOC than Swap Magic (Devil May Cry, for instance), close the tray, let it load, and when the screen prompts you to load your own programme, slide card open, insert your backup, press X.

You will recognize games that need this method by Swap Magic telling you you havent inserted a valid PS2 disc.

There's a list of TOC-sizes at the Swap Magic forums at www.ps2ownz.com, and you'll find lots of other tips as well.

Good luck!

P.S. I used to slide card, but I got a flip top lid instead. Cheaper than chips, easy to install, and practical.

[lufcfan]

flips aren't any comparison to a soldered chip - no matter how you look at it...

Eventually, the lid and swapping will become grating and those Infinity chips just become more and more appealing

[blondago]

hey thanks again guys.....didn't know of any other forums......so far i havn't had any problems copying....i am getting bad sectors tho....when toast verified Tiger Woods 2005 it said a certain sector was unreadable...but it seems to play fine.....should i try reburning....or is that a common error?....well off to the other forums....thanks again....man backing up ps2 games is alot easier than i thought....i went through hell tryin to backup my dvd's....lol....and yes i do plan on getting a real mod chip....getting tired of the slide card already....just needed a cheap fix for right now...i am pretty impressed tho.....didn't think it would work as well as it is.....well thanks again.....