can't load/update myth 1.72 on mac OSX

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jonnybone
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can't load/update myth 1.72 on mac OSX

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Can anyone help me? I haven't played this in 5 years or so and would like to get back to it. However I can't install the update for the cd. I select the first option to install the update directly from the cd and it says 'update failed' try different option (or something similar). Tried to install the game first and then update the folder with the second option but i get the same message. Any ideas? I should add that I think I'm using a realllly old myth 2 disk if that makes a difference. Any help appreciated would love to get back to lobbing bombs at people!
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Re: can't load/update myth 1.72 on mac OSX

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Maybe the update you have didn't fully download correctly. Redownload it and retry. You did download this one right?
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Re: can't load/update myth 1.72 on mac OSX

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Oh wait, I misread. I thought you meant the update failed rather than the installer. It might be that your Myth disc is too scratched up. You could try doing a manual install, just make a Myth II folder somewhere, and copy the "tags" folder from the CD into that new Myth II folder. Then run the update. If that doesn't work you will need a different CD.
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Re: can't load/update myth 1.72 on mac OSX

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If you open Applications -> Utilities -> Console.app and then run the installer, is there a more detailed error message there (in Console)?

But most likely, your CD is probably too scratched and the installer is failing to copy tag files over.
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