Secondly, head over to TattieBogle, and there. Serial Number Of Carrier Commander there. This driver will let your Mac talk to the Xbox 360 controller, and vice versa. Once downloaded, mount the disk image with a double click on the.dmg file and then double click on the.pkg file that’s on it. Follow the prompts, just like any other OS X installer, to install the driver software. You won’t need to restart. Now, plug in the Xbox 360 wired controller. The green lights around the middle Xbox button will light up, but then will go dark.
Unlike when connected to an actual Xbox 360, the controller will not light up when connected to your Mac. Now, pull up System Preferences, either from the Apple Menu or from within your Applications folder. There should be an Xbox 360 Controllers preference icon in the lower right, now.
Click on that, and you’ll see a control panel like the screenshot above. Pressing the buttons will darken them on the control panel, so you can see that the controller is working.
Now, launch Steam, or other controller-enabled game, on your Mac, and get to gaming! You can send your Mac screen to your Apple TV or use an HDMI cable to get it up on your HDTV. I recommend the cable, as Airplay can have a little bit of lag between a button press and the effect, depending on your router’s wi-fi signal.
Gaming on a Mac is not what Apple is historically known for. However, with Apple, some traditional game interfaces and not so traditional interfaces (think HTC wands or Valve's knuckle controllers) now need to be to reap the VR/AR benefits to their fullest. To ready you for some amazing VR pilot games such as that utilize a traditional game Xbox game controller, we're here to show you how to connect a wired Xbox 360 controller to your Mac! • • How to download and install the drivers We're assuming that you already own a wired Xbox controller, but if you're needing to buy, one you can to get one.
• Launch Safari. • Navigate to. • Download the latest release of the 360Controller driver. As of this writing, the latest release is 0.16.5.
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• Go to your Downloads folder in Finder. • Double-click the 360Controllerinstall_*.dmg file. • Double-click the Install360Controller.pkg that pops up in Finder. • Click Continue. • Again, click Continue. • Select to Agree the license agreement. • Click Install.
• Agree to allow a restart of the computer by clicking Continue Installation. • Click Restart. • You can optionally have the downloaded file Moved to Trash. • Upon restarting the computer start System Preferences from the dock or the menu.
• Click on Xbox 360 Controllers. How to connect your Xbox 360 controller Once you've installed the drivers, you'll now logically see that there are No devices found, since we have yet to physically connect the game controller to the Mac. • Plug in your controller to your Mac. If you have a current model MacBook or MacBook Pro, you'll need a USB-C to USB-A adapter.
• Click OK when the System Extension Blocked warning message pops up. • Go into System Preferences via the dock or menu. • Click Security & Privacy. • Under the General tab click the Lock at the bottom left. • Enter your password and click Unlock. • Click Allow.