Go to Bluetooth settings on your Mac and look for "Xbox wireless controller" to appear in the device list.Ĥ. Press and hold the Pairing button on the top edge of the controller until the Xbox logo blinks rapidly.ģ. Pair an Xbox One wireless controller with your MacĢ. In the device list for Bluetooth settings, look for "wireless controller" to pop up.Ĥ. On your Mac, go to Bluetooth settings either from the Bluetooth drop-down in the Menu Bar or from System Preferences.ģ. Press and hold the PlayStation button and Share button to put the controller into pairing mode.Ģ.
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Here's how to do it.Ĭonnect a wireless PS4 controller with a Macġ.
I connected my Mac with the Sony DualShock 4 Wireless Controller and also the Xbox One controller that came with the Xbox One S and Xbox One X. Follow these steps to connect your gaming controller of choice to your Mac. Launched in October, the $5-a-month gaming subscription service offers unlimited access to a catalog of a 100-plus games that you can play on a Mac, iPhone, iPad or AppleTV. Now that Apple Arcade has been available for over a month, there's even more reason to think again about how to make gaming on a Mac a better experience. It's actually quite simple to connect them to your MacBook Pro, iMac or MacBook Air via Bluetooth - no need to download drivers or use a dongle. But if you're not into the Mac keyboard and mouse controls for your games, you can use an Xbox or PS4 controller instead. While the Mac has never really been known as a gaming computer, that hasn't stopped people from clicking their arrow keys and spacebar while they played games like Minecraft and Fortnite. You can easily connect PS4 and Xbox One wireless controllers to your Mac to play Fortnite and Apple Arcade games.