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To enable the controller, type in the developers console (~): exec 360controller These Valve games come with XBox 360 controller support build in. Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead Once enabled (your game will remember next time you start the game), use the вЂњ ~вЂќ key (tilde) during game play, or in the main screen, to get to the console.

Check the option вЂњ Enable developer console (~)вЂќ and click вЂњ ApplyвЂњ.

From the main menu select вЂњ OptionsвЂќ вЂњ KeyboardвЂќ and click the вЂњ AdvancedвЂќ button.

It didnвЂ™t take much effort to find this Knowledge Base Article at Steam, concerning the use of a XBox 360 Controller on Mac with Source games (Half-Life is a so called вЂњSourceвЂќ game by Valve).ДЇirst we need to get into the so called вЂњDeveloper ConsoleвЂќ, which is relatively easy forВ most Valve games.

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Well, IвЂ™m a Steam user, so the first thing IвЂ™d like to test are some of my favorite games like the вЂњHalf-Life 2вЂќ series вЂ“ yes, I know itвЂ™s OLD, but I just love the Half-Life games and Half-Life 3 is still not available (I honestly doubt it will ever see the day of light, but IвЂ™m still hoping) вЂ¦ Step 4 вЂ“ Playing Source (Valve) games on your Mac MacOS X вЂ“ Xbox 360 Controller Preferences

This is the main GitHub page of this project.

Download the latest version from this GitHub page (360 Controller Releases).

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UPDATE: There is a 360 Controller driver that is being actively maintained, a fork of the original project, you can get it from GitHub as well: For this, seemingly abandoned driver, youвЂ™d need some tricks to get it to work under Yosemite вЂ“ which is related to new вЂњrulesвЂќ concerning the use of KextвЂ™s (Kernel Extensions). And there is such a think in this case.Д¬olin Munro, at TattieBogle,В released a driver as early as 2006, which appears not to have been updated since 2012. So we require a driver created by another party.

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Unfortunately, Microsoft, doesnвЂ™t feel the need to supply drivers for Mac users for their hardware, which is unfortunate and leaves the user with the mess to solve by themselves.

To disconnect your controller when youвЂ™re done playing, go to System Preferences > Bluetooth, and hit the Disconnect button next to Xbox wireless controller.MacOS X does not natively come with drivers for the XBox 360 controller, which makes sense, itвЂ™s not their responsibility to provide hardware drivers for 3rd party hardware manufacturers, especially when they choose to swerve away from standards вЂ¦ If youвЂ™re having issues, check out the Settings or Preferences on whatever gaming system youвЂ™re playing on, and look for a controller section. Your controller should now be paired with your Mac! Click on the Connect button to the right of that device name. YouвЂ™ll find a list of nearby devices to connect to, including one called Xbox wireless controller. On your Mac, go to System Preferences > Bluetooth. This means the controller is in pairing mode. The Xbox logo button should start blinking. This button is at the top of your controller, toward the left side. To pair one of these controllers with your Mac, turn the controller on, and press and hold the Pairing button on the device.

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Other console controllers can connect to a Mac via Bluetooth as well-we talk about it in our article on ways to improve your Mac gaming experience. To be clear, this section covers the following controllers: This makes wireless pairing possible not just with the Xbox One and Xbox One S/X consoles, but with Windows PCs and Macs as well. The controllers in this section all have one feature in common: Bluetooth connectivity.

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