Connecting to Mac App Store & Apple Arcade Games So how do you play games with this? Let’s break this up into 3 sections: The Mac App Store, Steam, and lastly games without native controller support. That said, I couldn’t seem to get the share buttons to work, so you might be better off using a different tool to record or catch highlights. You can then launch an app using the X or Cross button and exit Launchpad by hitting the Circle button. Within Launchpad you can then move around using the D-Pad or thumb sticks. While these are all set to off by default, you can set pressing the Home button to open the Launchpad. Clicking on this will let you set what pressing the Home and share buttons do (the PS logo and Create buttons respectively). First, you’ll see the “Options” button appear next to the controller listing. Once it’s connected, you have a few options built in. You’re going to press and hold these 2 buttons together until the little lights on the side of the touchpad begin to quickly flash blue. On your controller, locate the PlayStation Logo between the two thumb sticks and the create button to the left of the touchpad and upper right from the D-Pad. Leave this open though because we’re going to come back to it. If it’s not already, hit “Turn on Bluetooth”. Open System Preferences and click on the Bluetooth pane. First, you’ll need to make sure Bluetooth is turned on on your Mac first.

If you want to use Bluetooth, that will require a few more steps. Just plug your USB cable into the controller and the Mac, using an adapter cable if necessary. You can use it either wired or wirelessly, but the easiest and best way to use it is over a wired connection.

If you can’t upgrade, stay tuned, because you’re not out of luck just yet though. If you’re running something older than Big Sur, then you’ll need to upgrade to at least that or newer from the Mac App Store (which I’ve got a link to in the corner). There, in the window that appears, should be a line listing the version of the OS you’re using, such as Mac OS 12, “Monterey” in my case. To check what version you’re using, hit the Apple logo in the top left corner of your screen, and then hit “About This Mac”. While you could use the controller on older versions, you’d have to go through a few more hoops to make it work. Before You Beginįirst, you’ll want to make sure you’re running at least Mac OS 11.3, “Big Sur”, or later in order to take advantage of native support. What’s up! This is EasyOSX, and today I’m showing you how to pair a PlayStation 5 controller to your Mac. Just like it’s iOS cousin, Mac OS can pair with a PS5 controller and use it to play games. The Mac’s gaming prowess (or lack thereof) has been joked about before, but just because it is not a common gaming machine doesn’t mean you can’t game with it. Finishing our trifecta with the PlayStation 5 controller, we have the Mac.

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