By • 6:00 am, October 30, 2012 • Yesterday, we showed you on your Mac, using a wired controller. We’re pretty sure it will work with the wireless controller and a Microsoft wireless adapter, as well, but we weren’t able to test it. Today, however, we’ll take you into new territory and show you how to use your PS3 controller via Bluetooth for some wireless gaming joy with your Mac. Don’t try to use the PS3 controller with Steam’s Big Picure, just yet, though, as it only officially supports the XBox 360 controller. Other Mac games, like all of the ones, are reported to work well with a PS3 controller, though.

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Here’s how to set it up. First, launch System Preferences and click to open the Bluetooth preference panel. Click the checkbox next to On, and Discoverable. Then plug the mini USB charging cable into an available USB port on your Mac. Next, plug the mini USB end of that same cable into your PS3 controller.

The red LED lights will blink slowly, as your Mac is now charging the PS3 controller. Now, hold the PS button down on the controller, for about 3 seconds.

Then release it, and pull out the USB mini cable from the controller. Leave it plugged into the Mac; you’ll need it in a moment. The red LED lights will start to flash faster, and your Mac will ask for a passcode. Make one up, or use the standard ‘0000’ to make the passcode dialog box disappear. It’ll come back up again. Before you type in the passcode again, and again, and again, navigate to the preferences window again and click on the little gear there at the bottom. Add the PS3 controller to your Favorites list, then click the checkbox next to the ON label again to turn Bluetooth OFF.

This is counter-intuitive, but do it anyway. Now, strangely enough, reconnect the mini USB cable to your PS3 controller (since you left it in your Mac as directed above, right?), press the PS button for 3 seconds again, then pull the cable out. Your PS3 controller will continue to flash like it’s trying to pair.

Ignore that and turn Bluetooth on again on your Mac. Your PS3 controller should now show up in the device list, letting you use it with any applications that have support for the controller. Now you know how to get your Playstation 3 controller up on your Mac, and use it wirelessly.

Advertisement The DualShock 4 is Let us take a look at how both of these controllers have evolved from their predecessors, and then we will compare them to each other to see which might be the best controller. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use it for Steam games, emulation, or PS Now streaming? You can! And while you used to have to download drivers and mapping software, the process is much simpler now. Let’s take a look at how it works on Mac and PC.

Connecting a DualShock 4 to Your Mac Plug it into the USB port. That’s all there is to it. Okay, there are a few more steps if you want to use Bluetooth. In that case, you’ll need to press and hold the PS and Share buttons until the light bar flashes.

Once you’ve done that, the controller is in pairing mode. Open up System Preferences > Bluetooth and select Pair next to the controller in the device menu.

Now your controller is synced up via Bluetooth and you can do away with the USB cord. Though it is nice to have your controller charging every time you plug it into your computer. So what can you do with the PS4 controller on your Mac? OpenEmu, the Organize your favorite retro games in style – then play them. OpenEmu is a long-awaited Mac exclusive that combines emulation for a dozen systems into a single, slick program.

It makes browsing your ROMs a., supports the DualShock 4 natively, so all you have to do is plug it in and start playing. It might take a minute to figure out how it maps to an NES or Genesis controller, but after a few minutes of pressing buttons, you’ll have it down. You can also use it for some computer-only games, making it easier to PCs and consoles may be closer than ever -- after all, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are basically just gaming PCs -- but there are still huge differences. And at the end of 2016, Steam added support for the PS4 controller.

So now it has just as many mapping options as the Every decade there's a revolution in game controller design. In 1983 Nintendo released the first directional pad. In 1997 we received the ergonomic DualShock. In 2006 the Wii Remote brought motion controls. You can map it to joystick or keyboard movements, set up action sets, touch menus, and other customizations. To access these customizations, open up Steam and enable Big Picture Mode by clicking on the controller in the top-right corner of the window or hitting View > Big Picture Mode.

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