Cable For Xbox One Controller On Mac

The Xbox One controller is one of the finest handheld controllers on the market. It’s a case study in usability and ergonomics. The total lack of major changes over the years is a testament of just how “right” Microsoft made the Xbox controller. No hard edges, everything is in easy rich, comfortable with any hand size, and intuitively laid out.

Your Mac might not have the massive library of games available to Windows gamers, but you can still play them in style by connecting an Xbox One controller – and you don't need any extra. How to Connect Xbox One Controller to Mac, Pc, iPhone, Android Nowadays, the Xbox One is the biggest gaming platform where you can enjoy thousands gaming with an amazing experience. Whatever you think, if you are the made about the devotee of the game, then you must have all know about the device.

Connecting an Xbox One Controller to your Mac is not quite as easy. You’ll need to do a little bit of prep work to get the Xbox One controller functioning with macOS. Wireless functionality is fortunately spotty on the Mac. If you try to connect an Xbox controller wirelessly with its USB dongle, you won’t be able to establish a connection. The functionality has since macOS El Capitan (10.11), and it had to be disabled to make the rest of the software usable. Wireless over USB doesn’t work, but strangely, Bluetooth does work, but only on controllers made after August 2016. Those controls have the correct Bluetooth transmitter in them, and macOS will automatically support the connection.

Since that’s essentially a plug-and-play operation, we won’t cover that here. We were not able to test the functionality for this post.

In every other case, the Xbox control needs to be connected with a wire to work. It’s also the most reliable for any type of controller connection. Xbox One wireless controllers also have a micro USB port on the top, so they’re relatively easy to connect to your Mac.

As of now, this is the only way to connect an Xbox One controller to the Mac. As a sidebar, if you’ve come here looking for how to connect your PS4 controller to your Mac, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s basically native! Just connect it to your Mac with a wire or Bluetooth and it should be immediately compatible with any controller-compatible games. With the correct profile or a little setup, you can use either of these controllers while emulating games on your Mac. Connect an Xbox One Controller to Your Mac Unlike the PlayStation 4 controller, the Xbox One’s controller requires some third-party software to work properly. Was the best of several options, but it has since been deprecated. 360Controller is the most up-to-date of the options, and you can.

It does require macOS 10.11 or up, so it won’t work with a Mac running anything below El Capitan. These “drivers” install a kext (kernel extension) to tell macOS how to work with the Xbox controller.

Since there is no native kext and Microsoft, one of Apple’s major competitors, has not made one, we need to rely on the kindness of strangers. Once you’ve, open the package and run the installer.

Do not connect the controller yet. Restart your Mac when prompted by the installer. Once your Mac restarts, you can connect the controller via USB cable. Open “System Preferences” from the Apple menu. Click on the “Xbox One Controller” preference pane that’s just been installed. In this preference pane, you’ll see a screen to test your controller’s connection. If you do not have the controller connected, connect it now via micro USB cable.