Prior versions of Mac OS X may require the setup assistant or attempting to manually discover the PS4 controller, but the latest versions, including MacOS Mojave, El Capitan, High Sierra, Mac OS X Yosemite and OS X Mavericks, do this automatically. You shouldn’t need to use the Bluetooth Setup Assistant, the controller typically is detected on it’s owns and works as soon as it’s paired. Once it has appeared in the Devices list of Bluetooth panel, you can close System Preferences and use the controller as intended in your game(s) of choice.The Mac should quickly detect the controller and it will appear in the Bluetooth devices list as “Wireless Controller” or “PLAYSTATION(4) Controller” to pair the PS4 controller.Hold down the Playstation “PS” button and the “Share” button until the light at the top of the controller starts blinking quickly in a pulse fashion, this places the controller into pairing mode.Turn on Bluetooth in Mac OS X if you haven’t done so yet, you can do that through the System Preference panel or the Bluetooth menu bar item.Open the Bluetooth preference panel in Mac OS X, accessible from  > System Preferences.You’ll want to pair the Playstation 4 controller to the Mac with Bluetooth before attempting to play any game, this only takes a moment: Connect PS4 Controller Wirelessly to Mac with Bluetooth To be clear, this works in just about all versions of MacOS and Mac OS X, we’re focusing on new versions with MacOS Mojave, High Sierra, macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan, OS X Yosemite, and OS X Mavericks, but the steps are basically the same in other versions too. Either way you can play games on the Mac display or a connected TV, and it’s pretty great. We’ll cover that first, but if you want to use the USB approach we’ll take care of that as well. You can use the Playstation 4 controller either wirelessly through Bluetooth or wired with USB, both are easy to setup and work just fine once configured, so it’s just a matter of personal preference, though many users will prefer the wireless approach.

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