Do not be intimidated by the initial estimate of 11 days for the download - it's a bug in the Steam Client.
If you currently have the Steam Mac Client installed, simply navigate to the "Store," search for "Lord of the Rings," click "Play" and the download will begin. When you visit the Steam Store at the link above, a pop-up " Got Steam?" will greet you as soon as you click the " play" (download) button. You first need to download and install the Steam engine for the Mac, if you do not have it installed. NOTE: The Mac Client downloaded via Steam is identical to the Mac Client downloaded from. Download time is approximately 2.5 - 3 hours depending upon your communications speeds. The Steam download of LOTRO of the Mac Client for LOTRO requires roughly 20GB of disk space. This "patch" frequently takes longer than the original download, as it includes both Expansions (Update 8 - Riders of Rohan and Update 12 - Helm's Deep) as well as the various updates along the way. Consequently after the Steam Download, an extended Patch (Update) session is needed to bring the client current. The Mac Client for LOTRO appeared on STEAM 7 December 2012. LOTRO Mac Client is also available as a download via STEAM Happy Cloud Installation - a description of the Happy Cloud Installer obsolete. Steam Installation - Steam Installation notes. Instructions for moving the Splash Screens. Gatekeeper Information - Screenshots of Apple's Gatekeeper control panels and instructions. Known Issues - A compilation of known problems with the Mac client. Messages - Screenshots of various messages generated by the Mac Client and an attempt to intuit their meanings and explain them. File Locations - Where files reside and where you need to put things like Plugins, Skins and Music files. 
Problem resolution information! General Trouble Shooting Techniques.Problem resolution information! Mac Client Communications notes - Port Forwarding, UDP and other notes.The information is split to improve readability.
With the release of the LOTRO Mac Client (Beta Version) there are many overlapping areas of information between First time users and on-going activities.
1 LOTRO Mac Client is also available as a download via STEAM.
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