HOW TO CONNECT A SONY PLAYSTATON DUALSHOCK 3 and/or SIXAXIS BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER TO YOUR MAC ***NO PASSCODE, NO TURNING BLUETOOTH OFF OR ON, NO TROWING YOURSELF OFF A CLIFF IN FRUSTRATHON***

***A tutorial written on trial, error and a big bucket of coffee***

Definitions of the controllers four red lights flashing:

- Slowly ≈ once per second

- Rapidly ≈ twice per second

- Don't flash = off

All the controller buttons you will need to press:

- PS button = the PS-logo button in the centre of the controller

- Reset button = The reset button are located on the back of the controller inside the tiny hole just to the right of the middle screw.. Depending on how you hold the controller. -If you hold the controller upside down, the hole are to the left of the screw... ...never mind -let's go on, shall we? ..(Closest to the L2 button) -SONY recommends that you, i quote; "use a small, unfolded paper-clip or something similar to click the button"

First thing:

0.0 Open Bluetooth Preferences. (System Preferences / Bluetooth)

If if if if if:

0.1 If the controller is connected to the USB cable, disconnect the controller from the USB cable..

0.2 If the lights on the controller are flashing rapidly, and the controller constantly are pushing on and on and on and on to get a pairing request passcode NEVER MIND THE DIALOG BOX! Don't even bother to reject it, it will only reappear pushing you over the edge..

0.3 Press and hold the PS button on the controller for about 10 seconds to make the controller disconnect and go to sleep, or disconnect the controller in the Bluetooth Preferences THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE CONTROLLER HAS STATUS OF BIENG: NOT CONNECTED!

0.3.1 If the controller is disconnected, give the dialog box your meanest evil-eyes and a last ever slam on the reject button if you really can't stand looking at it..

Next up:

1.1 Connect the controller to your iDevice using the USB cable. (Do not disconnect the USB cable until step 1.4) -The lights on the controller will start flashing slowly, and the controller will appear in the list of Bluetooth devices as: PLAYSTATION(R)3 Controller

1.2 If the controller don't appear at all or appears without a name and the address like 00-00-00-00-FF-FF in the Bluetooth Preferences, then just press the reset button briefly and wait for the controller to reappear in the Bluetooth device list. -Never mind if the controller appears two times or more, just carry on, you can always delete the non-connected-Bluetooth-controller-blah-blah-thingies-in-the-Bluetooth-Preferences-list afterwards. The main goal at this point are just that one of the Bluetooth settings is configured..

1.3 Press and hold down the PS button on the controller for about 5 seconds, release the PS button, and first now disconnect the USB cable.. -The controller will now appear as connected and configured in the Bluetooth Preferences

1.4 Finally add the controller to favorites and update services in Bluetooth Preferences / the sprocket pop-down menu. (Don't know what the update services does, but why not click it when you can??)

1.5 DONE! -The controller should now appear in the Bluetooth device list like this:

GOAL:

*** Paired = NO ...And it's a resounding NO -Nobody on this earth knows how to pair the controller!! Connected yes / paired no, no, no ..Never mind that, the controller will work anyway!

*** Configured = Yes

*** Favorite = Yes

*** Connected = Yes

*** Flashing lights on the controller forcing you into epileptic seizures = No ...Hurray

-Actually non of the four lights are lid.. When the controller is paired on the PlayStation it will be given a number 1-7 and the fact that this doesn't happen on the Mac, may properly cause that people are having problems connecting more than one controller to their Mac?? -I'm no expert in this field, just thinking loud..

If if if if if vol. 2

- If you fumble in step 1.4 and let go of the PS button and/or disconnect the USB cable to soon the lights will flash rapidly..

- If you disconnect the controller from Bluetooth and reconnect the controller by pressing the PS button, -which I believe is the only way to reconnect it, the lights on the controller will also start flashing rapidly..

- Or if the lights for some other reason are flashing rapidly..

-To make it stop, cause it's really annoying, do as follows:

2.0 Disconnect the controller in Bluetooth Preferences - The lights stops flashing when the controller is disconnected

2.1 Connect the controller to the USB cable - The lights starts flashing slowly

2.3 Press and hold down the PS button for about 5 seconds, release it, and then disconnect the USB cable..

-You can also connect the USB cable first and then disconnect the Bluetooth afterwards, the difference is the same.. -Or press and hold the PS-logo button on the controller for about 10 seconds to disconnect the controller from Bluetooth (The controller will go to sleep and turn the lights off)