How to get farming simulator on mac when you have disc for windows

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How to get farming simulator on mac when you have disc for windows

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Hello
I have a farming simulator 2015 disk but on the back it says OS: Windows Vista/Windows 7 / Windows 8. I had a windows PC but now i have a mac. I am wondering whether I can install it on my mac - some websites say i can some not.
If not is there a way i can.
I don't really want to pay again and don't want to partition my hard drive to half run windows.
My Mac has all the other specs like 2.5GHZ intel i5 when i need a minimum of intel 2GHZ, 8 GB RAM, HD Graphics, Lots of hard disk space, a plug in 2x Drive and Internet Connection. My only concern is the OS
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Re: How to get farming simulator on mac when you have disc for windows

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Sadly no, it is not possible because OS X uses a .dmg file, whereas Windows uses an executable file (a.k.a. ".exe"). You will have to buy FS15 again sadly.

Maybe you could try some of these options: https://www.google.com/#q=.exe+to+.dmg+conversion
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Re: How to get farming simulator on mac when you have disc for windows

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If the disc came with a product key you should be able to use that to download the game from Giants website in the correct format.
If you don't have a product key, try emailing Giants directly and explain, they should be able to help.
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JohnDeere318 wrote:Sadly no, it is not possible because OS X uses a .dmg file, whereas Windows uses an executable file (a.k.a. ".exe"). You will have to buy FS15 again sadly.

Maybe you could try some of these options: https://www.google.com/#q=.exe+to+.dmg+conversion
Thank you, will try this
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Re: How to get farming simulator on mac when you have disc for windows

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Hairy Bob wrote:If the disc came with a product key you should be able to use that to download the game from Giants website in the correct format.
If you don't have a product key, try emailing Giants directly and explain, they should be able to help.
Can you give me a link to where I can download it as I do have a product key.
Thank you
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Hairy Bob wrote:If the disc came with a product key you should be able to use that to download the game from Giants website in the correct format.
If you don't have a product key, try emailing Giants directly and explain, they should be able to help.
Sorry, but this will not work. The keys for the DVD version and the Download version are different, therefore it is not possible to use the key from the DVD version to download the game from the Giants eShop.

@Clevprof: you either would have to instal Windows on your Mac via Bootcamp or you need to buy the Mac version of the game to be able to ply it again.
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Re: How to get farming simulator on mac when you have disc for windows

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don_apple wrote:
Hairy Bob wrote:If the disc came with a product key you should be able to use that to download the game from Giants website in the correct format.
If you don't have a product key, try emailing Giants directly and explain, they should be able to help.
Sorry, but this will not work. The keys for the DVD version and the Download version are different, therefore it is not possible to use the key from the DVD version to download the game from the Giants eShop.

@Clevprof: you either would have to instal Windows on your Mac via Bootcamp or you need to buy the Mac version of the game to be able to ply it again.
That's a shame, is there anything that Giants could do if I contacted them?
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Clevprof wrote: That's a shame, is there anything that Giants could do if I contacted them?
Sorry, since I don't work for Giants I can't tell. Only way to find out would be to contact them directly: http://www.farming-simulator.com/contac ... country=us#
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