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1. #How to connect ps4 controller to mac with usb how to#
2. #How to connect ps4 controller to mac with usb mac os x#

If however, you have an older version of Mac OS then you’ll need to click Add Device and search for the PS4 Controller.

#How to connect ps4 controller to mac with usb mac os x#

If your Apple iMac or Apple Macbook Pro utilizes Mac OS X Mavericks or later, the PS4 Controller should appear beneath the Devices list in the Bluetooth panel. Simultaneously press and hold the PlayStation and Share buttons on the PS4 ControllerĪt this point the PS4 Controller light bar will begin to blink rapidly.

Click the button to connect to the PlayStation 4 over the internet, and voila, you should have the PS4 interface on your screen within moments.

#How to connect ps4 controller to mac with usb how to#

Here's how to connect a PS4 controller to PC for that purpose. This is to avoid accidentally waking up your gaming console while you synchronize the new device to your Apple iMac or Apple Macbook Pro. While mouse and keyboard is the go-to for PC, there are times when a controller is required. So I’ve decided to deal with the special case of connecting a PS4 Controller to an Apple iMac or Apple Macbook Pro.Īs per that article on MICO Wars, before you start connecting any USB Game Controller to your Apple iMac or Apple Macbook Pro, make sure that you disconnect your Playstation 4 from your Apple computer. Many fans of my blog MICO Wars would have already known this as they would have read my article on connecting USB Game Controllers to their Apple iMac or Apple Macbook Pro to play ROM’s using the Front End software OpenEmu. However, their protests are unfounded as the Mac OS already provides support for a variety of USB Controllers, even connecting to them via Bluetooth. What therefore, must the Apple iMac or Apple Macbook Pro do to connect a USB Controller, such as the PS4 Controller to their computer? I do NOT want to connect via USB cable, I want my PS4. This is because in that article, I’d said “any Computer or Laptop”, which wasn’t entirely true, as the Driver included at the end of the article only works for PC. I was forced to unpair my PS4 controller from my PC to use on my PS4 for a time, and now I cant. There have been howls of protests for the Apple community about my article How to connect Xbox One Controller to any Computer or Laptop on connecting the very popular Microsoft Xbox One Controller to the Computer.