If you want to use a wireless controller, download 0.16.15 or earlier and disable the driver before the computer enters a 'sleep' state in order to prevent kernel panics. Due to an excess of caution, we have disabled Wireless Xbox 360 controller support as of 0.16.6. This issue cannot be resolved with minor changes to the driver, and requires that the driver be re-written from scratch to resolve the issue. Even tons of original Xbox controllers, if you can figure out how to plug them in.īUT! There is an issue with Xbox 360 wireless controller support on newer versions of OS X:Īs of macOS 10.11, Wireless Xbox 360 controller support causes kernel panics. It works with tons of unofficial 360 controllers. It works with the official Microsoft 360 wireless receiver. The absolute best way to use any sort of Xbox controller on Mac is to install the 360Controller unofficial open source driver:
