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Game does not want to let me connect PS4 controller to Mac!

Potato_Sack

By Potato_Sack

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Hi! I don't often go on the forums, but I need some help with technical stuff.

I'm trying to connect my PS4 controller to my Mac so I can play Don't Starve Together with a controller, because I am garbage with a keyboard. However, I've looked up how to do it (by going to "Input Device" and selecting controller) and the option to even switch to a controller is not making itself available. The arrows are completely grayed out. I've gone to Steam and switched on controller support, and I know it's working because I navigated the menu of Steam, but it still doesn't want to work. I updated Steam, my Mac, and Don't Starve Together and it still refuses to switch.

This is remarkably frustrating. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Steps to Reproduce

Honestly, I'm not sure how you're supposed to recreate this issue. Just use a Mac, and try to use a PS4 controller to play the game. Watch your sanity drip away from your hands like it has been for your entire life. No, I am not in a good head space right now. No, it is not just because of my tech troubles.

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ShadowbirdRH

Before Don't Starve Together or even Steam are open, go to System Preferences and select Bluetooth. Set the controller to discoverable mode by holding in the Share and PlayStation buttons for a few seconds. You'll know you've done it when the LED starts flashing. At this point "Wireless Controller" should appear in the Bluetooth Preferences. Choose to connect, the PS4 controller's light should stop flashing, and you should be good to go. From then on, turning on the controller will automatically connect it to your computer. You'll need to connect it back to the PS4 with the USB cable before you can use it for the PS4 again.

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