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. But don’t worry, we tested this software in August of 2021 and it’s still working fine.You can easily connect PS4 and Xbox One wireless controllers to your Mac to play Fortnite and Apple Arcade games. For this section, we’ll need a little help from some third-party software. Xbox One Controllers aren’t natively compatible with Mac in way of a USB connection. Although it isn’t as simple as the method above, you can still connect your non-Bluetooth controller to most Macs. If you don’t have a Bluetooth-capable device, you may wonder if you can connect the two devices using the Micro-SD to USB option. How to Connect an Xbox One Controller to Mac Via USB If, for some reason, this didn’t work you, we’ll cover the troubleshooting steps below. Although the process is incredibly simple, you can run into some complicated problems. Now, your Xbox One Controller is connected to your Mac.

Click Connect next to your Xbox controller.

Now, click the Apple icon on your Mac.

Next, hold the pairing button until the Xbox button flashes.

Turn on your Xbox One controller by holding the Xbox button until it lights up.

How to Pair an Xbox One Controller and Mac Using Bluetoothįortunately, the process used to pair the two devices via Bluetooth is really simple. Now that we have everything in order let’s learn how to pair an Xbox One Controller with a Mac computer. It’s also important to know that your Mac needs to run at least macOS Catalina or higher.

Xbox Wireless Controller Series S and Series X.

Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2.

Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth (Model 1708).

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