How To Use Ps4 Controller On Mac

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The device will appear connected. You can use PlayStation controller for Mac wirelessly. How to connect the Xbox One controller with the Mac. The Xbox One control design is built in a different way, so connecting it to your Mac is much more complicated than in the case of the PS4 controller. In this case, Bluetooth communication is not possible. Be sure to use a wired mouse for all of this as this will remove every device you have paired, if your on iMac Or Mac pro. Once done re-pair your mouse and keyboard and reboot then try repairing PS4 controller or any other devices you had issues with. This fixed all my bluetooth issues. First: Unpair the PS4 controller from your console. Then connect it to your PC or Mac using the original cable (or buy a longer one) or use Bluetooth. More instructions on how to use Bluetooth can. How to Pair Playstation 4 Controller to Mac (macOS 10.15 Catalina and later) To start, make sure that your controller is powered off. Put your DualShock 4 controller into pairing mode by pressing and holding the PS and Share buttons at the same time. The controller is in pairing mode once the light bar begins to flash. Connect your PS4 controller and computer. Press the PS button on the controller to turn it on. Open the Steam client. Click the Steam tab. Click Controller. Click General Controller Settings. Click to check the box next to 'PS4 Configuration Support.' Click your controller under 'Detected Controllers.

Using a Gaming controller or Gamepad on Mac OS X to play games isn't easy. Mac OS X doesn't support Xbox 360 (XInput) Controllers, while it does support Direct Input Gamepad & Joysticks PS4, PS2 , PS3 very few games actually support them. So, here's an easy tutorial which will let you configure any gamepad or Joystick to play literally any game on your Mac OS X (MacBook Pro / iMac / Mac Mini) by emulating keypress (keyboard) and mouse-movements directly from your game controller.

Tutorial to Configure any Gamepad Joystic on Mac OS X to Play any Game –

Step # 1 – Downloading & Installing Enjoyable Gamepad controller app –

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  • Inorder to play games which do not support Joystick input we need to emulate & map keyboard key press & mouse movements to our Gamepad / Joystick. The best & free app to map joystick to keyboard on Mac is Enjoyable, which lets you perform every bit of button press / mouse – emulation for your controller on Mac OS X .

    Since, Enjoyable comes as an external app, you will need to open the .app file by 'ctrl+click' on the Enjoyable app file, You can see the following link for more details on How to install external source apps on Mac OS X

  • Now, once you have installed the app , launch or open the Enjoyable app.

Step – 2 Connecting & Mapping the Joystick controller buttons & analog

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  • Now, connect your Joystick or PS2/PS3 gamepad controller once you have launched the Enjoyable app. It will now automatically detect your Joystick or Gamepad controller as shown in the image below –

    Now, once your gamepad is detected – You will see all the available buttons & analog controls available on your gamepad as shown in the image above. Now we need to map keystrokes & mouse movements to your gamepad.

  • To assign Keyboard keys & mouse movements to your controller
    1. First press any key or button on your gamepad , The corresponding button pressed will now be reflected inside Enjoyable app as shown in the below image –

      Button Pressed highlighted in Enjoyable

      Now, in the corresponding right hand side pane, By default 'Do Nothing' option is selected , Change it to 'Press a Key' for Keyboard key assignment , or to 'Move the Mouse' for mouse movement. We will be using Press a Key option in our example for mapping joystick buttons.

    2. Now, after changing the option from Do nothing, to Press a key – The box will be highlighted by blue color as shown in the above image. Here, simply press the keyboard key you want to assign to the joystick button on your keyboard. In our example, we assigned the 'S' keyboard input from W, A, S , D to our joystick button which looks like below –
    3. Similarly, press a new different button on your joystick or gamepad controller and assign the corresponding keyboard keys to emulate. Repeat the Steps for all joystick buttons except the analog controller.
  • To Mouse pointer movements to Controller – Analog
    1. Now, to assign movements to analog controller, simply start by tilting your analog stick on your gamepad joystick to one side. The corresponding high or low value will now be shown on the Enjoyable app as shown in the below image –

      Configuring mouse using Analog input Enjoyable on Mac OS X

      Here again change the value from 'Do Nothing' to 'Move the mouse' as shown in the above image.

    2. Now, give the direction you want the mouse pointer to move, when you tilt the corresponding analog stick, (Shown as step 3 in the previous image).
    3. Adjust the speed with which you want to move pointer.
    4. Now, repeat the steps 1,2,3 again but remember to tilt the the analog in different direction to map the inputs.
  • Once, you have finished assigning all the inputs , Simply press the ' > ' sign as shown in the below image (highlighted by red color) to start the mapping emulation –

    button' class='size-medium' /> Start the Joystick mapping by clicking > button

    Once mapping is started it will show a bold joystick sign on the topbar as highlighted by 'blue box' in the above image.

  • That's it! You can now enjoy any game with your gamepad controller or joystick even if the game doesn't support it . The app and method works for all Mac OS X versions such as Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Snow Leopard , Yosemite , El Capitan as well as Sierra too!
  • Feel free to comment if you face any issues or encounter any problems

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