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#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC HOW TO#
#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC CRACKED#
#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC PRO#
#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC BLUETOOTH#

Next, go into the About this Mac menu and click on System Report.

Press and hold the middle button with the PlayStation logo on the controller.

Connect the DualShock to the Micro USB cable and then connect it to the MacBook.

#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC BLUETOOTH#

The light in the controller will begin flashing, and the controller will appear on the devices list in the Bluetooth menu.

Since Bluetooth is on, the MacBook will pick up the signal coming from the DualShock.

Hold down the PlayStation and Share buttons at the same time to put the controller in ‘Discovery Mode.’.

If they are not, click on the Turn Bluetooth On button located on the left side.

Make sure the Bluetooth settings are on.

Open up System Preferences on the Mac and when it opens, click on Bluetooth.

Good news, Sony fans! There are three ways to connect the DualShock 4 to a MacBook via Bluetooth, the charging cable that came with the console, and a specialized adapter.

#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC HOW TO#

In need of a better handle for your gaming session? Learn how to connect your DualShock or Xbox One controller to your new MacBook. The good news? You can easily hook up a PlayStation 4 or Xbox controller to the computer. But why stick with using the mouse and keyboard? Why not have a controller in your hands to really play these games more efficiently? Well, good news and bad news.īad news? As of this writing, Apple has yet to make a controller for MacBooks.

#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC PRO#

Long story short, a new MacBook Pro can be an elite, lightning-fast gaming platform. But what about games like the infamous (and incredibly popular) Grand Theft Auto V? If you switch to Windows on your Mac, that opens up the opportunity to play even MORE games. What games are available on Macs? Well, triple-A titles such as BioShock Infinite and Diablo III to indie hits like Cuphead and Undertale are downloadable via the viral digital distribution service Steam or the App Store. Macs are a preferred gaming platform for small but passionate communities of video game players. Gaming on a computer no longer means just playing on a PC. But, using a controller gives the player more, well, control! My huge thanks to PleasantSpectrum on the Apple support forums who discovered this solution.Look, playing with a mouse and keyboard is fun for some gamers.

Once you’ve fixed the problem, even when you power the Mac down and switch off the controller, you shouldn’t need to go through the process again. If it doesn’t work for you, unpair the controller in the Mac’s Bluetooth settings, go back to step 1 and try again.

Press the buttons on your controller or waggle the joysticks and (hopefully) you should see the relevant button/joystick highlighted on the page, as shown below:Īmazingly, and for reasons I can’t really explain, this seemed to fix the mapping issues with my Xbox controller.Now click the Bluetooth symbol in the Mac menu bar, select Bluetooth Preferences and hopefully your controller should appear in the list. To do this, turn the controller on and press the pairing button on the top of the controller, the same one you’d use to pair it with the Xbox console. Pair the controller to your Mac via Bluetooth.Here, then, is the solution that worked for me: I was highly sceptical that it would do anything when I read the suggestion on the Apple forums, but it worked for me. I can’t promise it’s going to work for you, but give it a shot. I can’t explain why the solution below works.

#HOW TO CONNECT AND XBOX CONTROLLER TO MAC CRACKED#

But after several hours of Googling and trying all sorts of different ‘solutions’ to the problem, I’ve finally cracked it. Until now.Įven when Apple recently updated macOS 11 to support the new Xbox Series X/S controllers, it didn’t solve the problem. The same happened when I connected via USB cable.Ĭould I find a solution? Could I hell. The A button was mapped to B, for example, and other control were out of whack. They would pair via Bluetooth, no problem, but buttons weren’t mapped properly. My Xbox controllers (both for Xbox One and Xbox Series X) refused to work properly with my Mac. This is one of those problems that has been bugging me for ages.