How To: Burn XBOX 360 Games On A Mac
Burning XBOX 360 Games On A Mac is relatively simple. All you need is the ISO of the game and the right software and you’re on your way to burning 360 games on your Mac.
The first thing you’ll want to do is download OSx360. This application is pretty much automated and handles much of the work for you. You could probably figure out on your own how to use this application to burn your games but I’ll give you a quick walk through just in case.
Download OSx360.app.zip
Once you’re done downloading, extract the file and place OSx360 into your applications folder. Now launch OSx360 from your applications folder. You should see something like this:
OSx360 Open
Once this screen pops up, you’ll need to drag your ISO ( game image ) to the big question mark. After you drag the image to the question mark it will verify the image and you’ll see a screen similar to this one.
OSx360 Verify
What you need to pay attention to here is making sure that everything is Valid and Everything has passed especially stealth. If you’ve downloaded an ISO that doesn’t have the stealth patch, don’t burn it or you will get banned from XBOX Live. Everything should look similar to the illustration above.
NOTE: If your ISO didn’t pass / validate everything then follow my tutorial for how to stealth patch your ISO here or everything seems to look good and the burn button doesn’t seem to do anything, then first if the extension is not ISO then you must rename it to .iso and then follow my tutorial on how to stealth patch your game. http://chris-fletcher.com/2009/06/07/how-to-stealth-patch-xbox-360-games-on-a-mac/
If everything looks good then go ahead and click on the Configuration button on the top right hand side of the application. You can mirror the configuration below. Once you’ve set your configuration settings you can close the configuration dialog.
OSx360 Configuration
If you haven’t done so already, go ahead and insert your blank DVD+R DL disc you might get the following popup, if you do just click on ignore and proceed to the next step.
Finder Inserted a blank DVD
Now you can click on the Burn button, you should get a screen similar to the below. Click burn and be patient as it takes a while to burn a dual layer DVD. I always burn at 4x and the discs turn out just fine. On a side note, I am using Memorex DVD+R DL discs and they haven’t left me hanging yet. You can pick up a pack of 15 at Wal-Mart for $20.00.
OSx360 Burn
When the burn has completed the disc usually auto mounts and opens DVD player instructing you to eject the disc and put it into the XBOX 360. Do as it says and enjoy your game 
I’m hoping that you’ve enjoyed the tutorial and as always if there’s anything I’ve left out or anything that you don’t understand, feel free to leave me a comment. Happy Burning
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Thanks for the great help, but do you need a modded xbox for this??
Chris, I am using ISOx360 to burn and I also tried iBurn360. In both programs when the burn got to 50% the write speed went to 0. I thought maybe it was part of the burning process until a couple minutes went by. It coastered my discs. What can I do about this? Also it went to 0 before and came back from it, it only went to zero for a few seconds. I might also use OSx360 because the “verify” feature, instead of ISOx360. Which would you recommend? (If my computer would stop killing my discs). I am using Memorex DVD+R DL. My burner is as follows on my iMac:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06A:
Firmware Revision: Q624
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
I would almost guarantee you that the Memorex Discs are your problem. I had the same issue when I tried to burn using those brand. Now I only use Sony or Verbatim and haven’t had a single coaster yet.
I use only ISOx360 for burning, iBurn360 is outdated and will mess up the image, OSx360 is outdated and no longer updated and doesn’t verify wave 3 games correctly and has a few other issues.
Thanks Chris, I will try that. Can you add a “Verify” option into ISOx360? That would be awesome. Also, why on the PC using ImgBurn is the Layer Break set to 1913759 and on a Mac it is 1913760? Shouldn’t this be the same on both systems? I used abgx360 and ImgBurn. Thanks!
Once you’ve burned the disc can you still download it to the hard drive and play the game from there with the disc in to save wear and tear on your 360?
I don’t see any reason why you shouldn’t be able to, unfortunately I don’t have a hard drive in my XBox 360 so I couldn’t tell you 100% for sure.
If you get a chance to test this, please comment back with your findings so the rest of the readers will know.
Thanks,
Chris
Chris, I was wondering if you knew anything about the PC side of things? I keep getting an error which I saved as a .JPG. Thanks
Thanks for the great tutorial btw. I have downloaded and successfully used the OSx360 burning software and checked the stealth and verification on the abgx360 for a game. Several other games fail verification and stealth, so I used the abgx360 to patch and the program says all is clear. What do I do next? I drag the same file to the OSx360 burning software and it still says it fails verification. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
have you tried ISOx360? Check it out on my projects page
Can I use Toast to burn the iso’s ?
hey Chris,
great website and software…my question is that i downloaded an ISO for a game, and in ISOx360 it says it’s all good so i went ahead and burned a disk. I’m using Memorex DVD+R DL. it burned up to 25% and then told me that it was done, this both with ISOx306 and OSx360. WIth ISOx360 it told me that everything was good. With OSx360, it told me that stealth had failed, so i ran abgx360 and did the fix but OSx360 still told me that stealth failed again. Tried to burn the ISO again and once again, it burned part of it and quit.
Thank you
Manuel
Manuel,
Memorex DVD’s are known to have issues when burning XBOX 360 games, they are poor quality and that’s why you’re probably only getting to 25%. I’ve had good luck with Sony, the ones you get at K-Mart or Verbatim, you’ll have to order those online unless you can find a local store that carries them.
Depending on the type of ISO, if its an XBOX 360 game then no, you can’t. The XBOX 360 games require a layer break to be set which Toast currently cannot do. You can use ISOx360
Thanks Chris…i will see if i can find Sony here since i am stationed in Germany at the moment…i do know that we have JVC here and i never had problems with those so i will get a pack of 5 to try.
Hey Chris, here’s another question.
When i download the games they come split up in .rar files. One of the games had only a .rar file that i clicked on to create the ISO file. The other had multiple .rar files and i clicked just on the first one from previous experience. I tried ti click on other .rar files but would not uncompress. Also, info on the ISO told me that it is 7.3 gigs and when i open the ISO, it tells me 4.3 gigs and shows an empty sound folder and some files in the Video file. Is that all the ISOs have in them or there should be other stuff?
thank you
Manuel
Hey chris,
i was also reading the forum in the ISOx360 website and you said something about Matshita drive. Is that not a good drive to burn 360 games because that is what my computer has.
thanks
Manuel
I’ve just burnt my first disk on ISOx360, and everything went fine. The game (Batman) passed everything with a ‘Valid’.
But when inserted in the Xbox (with iextreme 1,6) the Xbox came up and told me it needed an update to play this game… ?!??? I picked NO, and got back to the mainscreen, where it very fine stated that i had inserted Batman: Arkham Asylum… Am I doing something wrong here?
Do I need to mod my 360 for the games to work?
willow, yes you do have to mod your 360 to play backups, I can mod it for you if you don’t want to do it yourself. I’ve modded quite a few 360′s and haven’t run into any issues whatsoever.
Thyge, An update will not hurt your XBOX 360, and some games do require an update, so you should be fine. Although I take no responsibility for your actions. All I can tell you is that I have done updates in the past without issues.
Layer break is no longer needed after 1.5.1 iextreme firmware updates anyways… so just burn away and have fun. This software though, i would much rather trust abgx360′s verify vs this software’s verify.
Abgx uses an online db thats constantly being updated with the latest known retail ss signatures and while burning various games on my PC everything has always worked out, no need to set layer break or anytihng at all.
In any case you should always remember to first do a Level 3 pass with ABGX360 on all your ISO files, have them be corrected, once fixed run it again to make sure the file is intact. then burn it using which ever software. Then after you’ve burnt it, run it through ABGX360 again just to be safe again.
If it fails all checks, dont use it on your drive.
Use ONLY verbatim DL since they are the only ones that work with no fail rates. Every other type of DL dvds, except for 1 other brands are all rebranded generic dvds and therefore do not work while burning xbox360 games.
Didn’t know that layerbreak was no longer required after 1.51 iextreme. Thanks for the info.
Hi Chris,
Thanks for your advise regarding updating the xbox 360. Everything works perfectly. I’m too using abgx360 first to check the .iso, and then using your software for burning. Works very well!
“SEven”: how would you check a disk after it’s burnt, with abgx360? As far as I can see, it’ll only open .iso files etc., not complete disks.
Chris, thanks a lot for your fine software!!!
Hi chris,
been trying to use ISOx360 and it validates everything but then when i go to click burn, it almost freezes and just stays on starting burn please wait… the progress bar never moves and all the stats stay at calculating..
im on a macbook pro.
Using verbatim DL -R and wondering whether me not using +R is making a difference or any other suggestions?
cheers
Nick, I’ll work on a guide and have it posted by the end of the week.
Thanks
Chris
Totally satisfied. Thanks. I used your app “ISOx360″, ’cause I guessed it was more recent and pre-configured. It done well. Thanks again.
Thanks
Hi Chris,
I’ve updated recently to Apple’s Snow Leopard and now can’t make any back-up copying on my mac mini. I’ve even tried it on my powerbook pro, both not working. Seems to have a problem with Verbatim DVD +R, which worked great on past OSX operating systems. Any help would be great. Thanks!
Stu
That’s a bit strange, are you getting any weird errors ? Can you forward me your log of ISOx360 ? I just upgraded to Snow Leopard, I’ll try to burn some back ups this weekend and let you know how it went.
Thanks,
Chris
Hi chris
im using memorex dvd+RDL and i did everything and it all works on my mac but when i put the game in my xbox it just says open tray any idea is it the disk im using i read that verbatim is the best to use im going to try that later.
Hi Chris,
I am trying to use ISOx360 and I cant seem to open an image with it. When I try to drag a file over, the box in the program will not accept it. Open is also grayed out in the File menu. Any ideas?
Michael, have you tried to very the image in abgx360 to verify that it is a valid image ?
Max,
Is your XBOX 360 modded ? if so what firmware version does it have ?
Hi Chris,
I too am having the same problem as stu in that I upgraded my Mac Book and Mac Mini to Snow Leopard and where originally had no problem burning Ritek DVD+R DL on OSX360 wont work now on either OSX360 or ISOX360. Please can you let me know your thoughts.
Thanks in advance
Yes, its verified. I just think its weird that I can’t open anything because FIle—>Open is grayed out. Why would that happen? I’m using Tiger.
now that i look, almost everything is grayed out,even Preferences. I’ve tried reinstalling, but nothing.
“ISOx360 can not open image in the ISO Disk image format”..
any idea how to pas that fuckin msg?
tomat3,
If you double click on the image does OSX mount it ? or does it give you an error, if it mounts it as a disk then the image is fine, otherwise the image is corrupt.
Let me know, Thanks, Chris
I have used your app before upgrading to Snow Leopard, and even after. However, since I did a clean install of SL, I can’t get the burn icon to highlight. I can add the iso, and the app says “ready to burn”, but the burn button is grayed out. I am using Verbatim DL, same as always. I am using a brand new Mac Pro 8 core late 2009 model. I have also installed a second drive, an LG Bluray burner. Both have worked fine in past. I have tried like 3 OS X apps, all same thing.
hi chris its max agin and yes my xbox is modded and i have use my friends burnt games and it works idk what wrong with my discs
Hey Chris,
What is the deal with layer breaks? Does this program automatically judge the layer break for you?
Thanks.
Well I just switched brands of DVD’s and have had no issue, I think there must have been a crappy bunch of Verbatims sent loose. (Or they hooked up with MS and put something in the dye)
TechnoCrat,
Glad you got it working, low quality media is usually the #1 culprit of burning problems.
Chris
Ryan,
Yes, ISOx360 auto sets the layerbreak to the correct value.
Chris
bigbill,
I will check into this, I haven’t burned anything since upgrading to Snow Leopard but I have had people say that they haven’t had any issues after upgrading. I will test as soon as I can and post my findings on the support forum.
Chris
Update on changing media… the change to Fujifilm DVD+R DL worked. With the last batch of Verbatim I have about 50-60% failures, With Fuji now 100% success burnt 10/10 with no issues. Its the Verbatim disks cant see any other reason why it was Snow Leopard. I even tried burning a known working ISO with Verbatim that was successful with the Fiji and Verb failed again.
hey technocrat i’m having the same problem. verbatims arent burning. I’m on snow leopard and using verbatims and have used isox360, osx360, and iburn360 and all have crashed about halfway through burning. it sucks!
I have the same problem. I just downloaded this cause the osx360 burn button was greyed out no matter what I did. I took off verification and everything so I downloaded isox360 and I cant even get the image to load. I mounted it and it worked and also have verified it through abgx and its fine. Not like the program would know anyways cause I cant even load it. By the way im running leopard on a macbook. Im new to this so its already frustrating. Those dvds arent cheap if I cant get use out of them thanks for any suggestions
hi chris
nice guide chris
just wanna ask where is the best website ti download .iso games. thanks
richard,
Your best best is downloading from newsgroups, sign up for a site like newzbin.com to get listings, then sign up for a news server. I have some guides on my blog on how to do this. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Chris