Windowed mode

Some Mac users prefer to run in windowed mode. While Spore's Settings window has a checkbox for, it does nothing on Mac. You can hit cmd-enter to switch, but the game doesn't remember it the next time you start up.

To make Spore always start up in windowed mode, you will need to manually edit a file. Go to your user folder, Library, Preferences, SPORE Preferences. Open the file named  in any text editor. Find a section marked with. Change the line  to   (this resolution doesn't seem to matter). Add a line. Save the file.

Note: After making this change, don't touch the  checkbox. It still won't change screen mode, and seems to cause the game to crash.