- NOXPlayer which is the best and free Bluestacks alternative for PC has support for the multiple versions of Android Operating System such as Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, Kitkat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo, etc. This makes it easier to play old games that are not available for the latest version of.
- Get started with BlueStacks on Mac Release Notes for BlueStacks for macOS; How can I download and install BlueStacks for macOS? System specifications for installing BlueStacks on macOS; How to use BlueStacks on macOS 11 Big Sur; How to install an app on BlueStacks for macOS; How can I report a problem on BlueStacks for macOS?
- BlueStacks is an American technology company that produces the BlueStacks App Player and other cloud-based cross-platform products. The BlueStacks App Player is designed to enable Android applications to run on PCs running Microsoft Windows and Apple's macOS.The company was founded in 2009 by Jay Vaishnav, Suman Saraf, and Rosen Sharma, former CTO at McAfee and a board member.
Dec 18, 2020 However, due to the OS upgrade, you’ll need to perform a few extra steps in order to actually use BlueStacks on macOS 11, which revolve around giving our app permission to run on your Mac. To view more detailed instructions on how to go about this, we suggest reading our dedicated m acOS 11 Big Sur support article. However, due to the OS upgrade, you’ll need to perform a few extra steps in order to actually use BlueStacks on macOS 11, which revolve around giving our app permission to run on your Mac. To view more detailed instructions on how to go about this, we suggest reading our dedicated m acOS 11 Big Sur support article.
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.
Bluestacks Mac Os Gamepad Shortcut
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 How to install external source apps on Mac OS X
- Now, once you have installed the app , launch or open the Enjoyable app.


Mac Os Versions
Step – 2 Connecting & Mapping the Joystick controller buttons & analog
- Now, connect your Joystick or PS2/PS3 gamepad controller once you have launched the Enjoyable app. It will now automatically detect your Joystick or Gamepad controller as shown in the image below –
Now, once your gamepad is detected – You will see all the available buttons & analog controls available on your gamepad as shown in the image above. Now we need to map keystrokes & mouse movements to your gamepad.
- To assign Keyboard keys & mouse movements to your controller –
- First press any key or button on your gamepad , The corresponding button pressed will now be reflected inside Enjoyable app as shown in the below image –
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 –
- 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.
- First press any key or button on your gamepad , The corresponding button pressed will now be reflected inside Enjoyable app as shown in the below image –
- 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.
- 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 –
- 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
