Steam is one of the most popular online gaming stores for gamers everywhere and it's not just for PC, you can enjoy Steam on your Mac too! Here's how to install and download games using Steam for Mac.
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How to install Steam on Mac In case you haven't installed Steam on your Mac already, here's how. Go to in your browser. Click Install Steam. Click Install Steam Now. Click the show downloads button.
Depending on the browser, this may open automatically when the file finishes downloading. Double-click on steam.dmg to launch the installer. Click on Agree button. Drag Steam into the applications folder. Exit the window. How to download a Steam game onto your Mac.
Launch Steam from the Launchpad. Wait for Steam to update. Tap Create New Account or Log in into an existing account if you have one. Go through the necessary steps to create an account. Click Store. Browse the store for a game you want to download.
You'll need to make sure it's compatible with Mac. You'll see the Apple logo on any game that can be played on Mac. Click on the title you want to download. Click Add to Cart. Click Purchase for myself.
Select your payment method. Fill out your payment information. Click Continue. Click the checkbox to agree to the terms. Click Purchase.
From here your game will begin to download, and you can start playing as soon as it's done, so go nuts! Anything else you need to know? Let us know in the comments below!
Using a Gaming controller or Gamepad on Mac OS X to play games isn’t easy. Mac OS X doesn’t support Xbox 360 (XInput) Controllers, while it does support Direct Input Gamepad & Joysticks PS4, PS2, PS3 very few games actually support them. So, here’s an easy tutorial which will let you configure any gamepad or Joystick to play literally any game on your Mac OS X (MacBook Pro / iMac / Mac Mini) by emulating keypress (keyboard) and mouse-movements directly from your game controller. Tutorial to Configure any Gamepad Joystic on Mac OS X to Play any Game – Step # 1 – Downloading & Installing Enjoyable Gamepad controller app –. Inorder to play games which do not support Joystick input we need to emulate & map keyboard key press & mouse movements to our Gamepad / Joystick. The best & free app to map joystick to keyboard on Mac is Enjoyable, which lets you perform every bit of button press / mouse – emulation for your controller on Mac OS X.
Since, Enjoyable comes as an external app, you will need to open the.app file by “ctrl+click” on the Enjoyable app file, You can see the following link for more details on. Now, once you have installed the app, launch or open the Enjoyable app. Button Pressed highlighted in Enjoyable Now, in the corresponding right hand side pane, By default “ Do Nothing” option is selected, Change it to “Press a Key” for Keyboard key assignment, or to “ Move the Mouse” for mouse movement.
We will be using Press a Key option in our example for mapping joystick buttons. Now, after changing the option from Do nothing, to Press a key – The box will be highlighted by blue color as shown in the above image. Here, simply press the keyboard key you want to assign to the joystick button on your keyboard.
In our example, we assigned the “ S” keyboard input from W, A, S, D to our joystick button which looks like below –. S key input assigned to Joystick button. Similarly, press a new different button on your joystick or gamepad controller and assign the corresponding keyboard keys to emulate. Repeat the Steps for all joystick buttons except the analog controller. To Mouse pointer movements to Controller – Analog.
Now, to assign movements to analog controller, simply start by tilting your analog stick on your gamepad joystick to one side. The corresponding high or low value will now be shown on the Enjoyable app as shown in the below image –. Configuring mouse using Analog input Enjoyable on Mac OS X Here again change the value from “ Do Nothing” to “ Move the mouse” as shown in the above image. Now, give the direction you want the mouse pointer to move, when you tilt the corresponding analog stick, (Shown as step 3 in the previous image). Adjust the speed with which you want to move pointer. Now, repeat the steps 1,2,3 again but remember to tilt the the analog in different direction to map the inputs.
Once, you have finished assigning all the inputs, Simply press the ” “ sign as shown in the below image (highlighted by red color) to start the mapping emulation –. Button” class=”size-medium” / Start the Joystick mapping by clicking button Once mapping is started it will show a bold joystick sign on the topbar as highlighted by “ blue box” in the above image. That’s it! You can now enjoy any game with your gamepad controller or joystick even if the game doesn’t support it.
The app and method works for all Mac OS X versions such as Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Snow Leopard, Yosemite, El Capitan as well as Sierra too!. Feel free to comment if you face any issues or encounter any problems.