How to Set Steam Online (with Pictures)

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How to Set Steam Online (with Pictures)
How to Set Steam Online (with Pictures)

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Steam allows you to play games offline (off the grid) or offline without the need to connect to the Internet. If you're ready to access the online Steam community (online) or online, you can do this directly through the Steam menu on Windows, or by editing the Steam registry file in the Finder on Mac OS X.

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Method 1 of 2: Enabling Online Mode in Windows

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Turn Steam Online Step 1

Step 1. Launch the Steam application on your computer

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Step 2. Click “Steam” located in the top left corner of your Steam session

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Step 3. Select “Go online”

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Step 4. Click “Okay” when it is notified that Steam must restart to enter online mode

Steam will restart, enter online mode, and exit offline mode.

Method 2 of 2: Enabling Online Mode on Mac OS X

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Turn Steam Online Step 5

Step 1. Launch the Steam application on your computer

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Turn Steam Online Step 6

Step 2. Click “Steam” located in the top left corner of your Steam session

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Turn Steam Online Step 7

Step 3. Select “Go online”

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Turn Steam Online Step 8

Step 4. Click “Okay” when it is notified that Steam must restart to enter online mode

Steam will restart, enter online mode, and exit offline mode.

Continue with the following steps if Steam doesn't go online

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Step 5. Open a new Finder window on your Mac OS X computer

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Step 6. Type “users” in the Finder search field

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Step 7. Double-click your Steam account name

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Step 8. Open the “Library” folder

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Step 9. Open “Application Support”

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Step 10. Open “Steam”

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Step 11. Open the file with the name “registry

vdf” using TextEdit.

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Step 12. Look for the text that says, “offline 1”

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Step 13. Change the number “1” to “0”

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Step 14. Exit TextEdit and select the “Save” option at the prompt

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Step 15. Close and reopen the Steam application on your computer

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Step 16. Click on “Account” located in the top left corner of your Steam session

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Step 17. Select “Go Online”

Steam will exit offline mode and go online.

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