Hacking Transferring Save Games from NDS Cart to OSX?

[macgamer]

Is there a utility that I could use with an R4/3-in-1 to transfer the saves from my NDS carts to my Mac OSX computer to then use them with roms on the R4? I know Savsender exists, but it doesn't seem to work with OSX (I don't have any of this yet though so I'm just working in theory).

And a side note-- can you turn the rumble on the 3-in-1 off even for games that use it?

 

[ZeWarrior]

I use OS X and Windows XP Daily. If it works with XP, It will work with mac os X. BTW I'm dualbooting rightnow with bootcamp, if you get OSX you should probably do the same for certain things.

 

[JesterDev]

Bootcamp is your best bet. Unless you can get the windows apps to work under wine, or crossover office but I haven't tried myself.

 

[hankchill]

You guys can't assume he can bootcamp -- maybe he has a PowerPC unit and can't dual-boot into Windoze.

As for transferring from the DS Cart to your Mac... don't know

 

[acidrain]

If you wanna stay on OSX, you can follow this tutorial. If I'm not mistaken, you should have netcat (nc) with OSX.

 

[macgamer]

Nope, I don't have an Intel machine (so no Windows)... that's why I'm in need of help.

Thanks acidrain-- I'll look into that.

 

[ZeWarrior]

All macs you use the Intel Chip so he can. Unless he does buy that PowerPC but a Macbook or a Macbook Pro is WAY better

 

[macgamer]

Well thanks for that enlightened, although slightly grammatically incorrect, sentence. However, anyone who bought a Mac BEFORE they were built on Intel chips has a PowerPC Mac, of which I am one. Not everyone can afford a new computer every year.

 

[ZeWarrior]

I got my Mac in December 06, I won't buy a new one until 2008 or 2009, So I know what you mean.

 

[hankchill]

I had bought a Dual 2.3G5 back in July 2005, and then bought a MacBook Pro in September 2006

I needed to have 1 machine with the Intel processor. Why? Because.

 

[macgamer]

I'm being lazy and don't want to read today... can anyone confirm that that tutorial acidrain linked to works on PPC OSX?

Thanks!

 

[macgamer]

Udpate... so I stopped being lazy and read it. Theoretically it will work. Has anyone done this? If so, where can I download Netcat for OSX? Or is it built into OSX?

Thanks again

 

[acidrain]

I'm pretty sure it's built in OSX, it is a common tool included in linux and BSD (OSX is derived from BSD).
If you want to try, just open a terminal (I saw on the internet that it should be in the utilities folder) and type "nc" without the quotes, then enter. You should see something like "Command Line : ". On linux you have to type ctrl + c to quit, so on osx I think it's the apple key + c.

The tutorial is for windows, but if you know how to find you IP adress, then the rest is exactly the same, and it's more simple than it looks like.

It worked for me with windows and linux (OSX and linux share the same base)

 

[GH0ST]

http://frodo.dyn.gno.org/~brettk/Comments_on_savsender

Read about savsender server.