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I have a PS4 controller, and it’s been working well - though I did lose a screw when I was replacing the film layer because some isopropyl alcohol leaked and caused corrosion (it’s rare, but it happens). Anyway, is it worth getting a PS5 controller to play on my Mac? You know, coz of that whole thing with the force-sensitive triggers, haptic feedback, and so on/or do you not really get to take advantage of those features on macOS?

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I did not change any settings. I only installed it into a Steam Flask and used D3D-Metal.
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB, MacOS 26.5.1, CrossOver 26.2 (26.2.0.39821)

I made the switch to macbook air because I noticed my use case for my old gaming laptop was just documents, web browsing and media consumption. It was too bulky and battery was terrible, I also noticed I dont game anymore except this one certain yugioh card game called master duel I thought it was available on mac since it's on ipad and iphones. the game is very light and was thinking about emulating it but all apps i noticed were paid. I dont want to pay subscription or one time big payment for a f2p light card game that runs on potato. are there ways to make it work or free apps that i dont know?

I still have my gaming laptop for heavier tasks and heavy gaming but its permanently staying on my home desk. I just wanna play yugioh when Im on the go with my air m3.

Cyberpunk on steam runs on MacBook. I do have a ps4 with me, but I also want to play the dlc as well, but they lock that on ps5 only which I find ridiculous. Anyway, just wondering if the game will run decent.

I played *Red Dead Redemption 2* on a 16-inch MacBook Pro equipped with the M1 Pro chip (16GB RAM) using CrossOver. With AMD FSR enabled and medium graphics settings, the game ran at a resolution of approximately 1700p; the frame rate generally hovered around 50 fps (dropping to about 40 fps in large cities), yet the overall experience was very smooth. I even dedicated a full week to testing how to balance high visual quality with a high frame rate, and I was very pleased with the results.

I had like 40 gb of free space 8 days ago and then I downloaded like a 10 gb game and another 5 or 6 but now Im almost out of space like are my files just getting bigger steam in my crossover steam only says im taking up 4 gb worth of games

I've been a dedicated Windows user my whole life, but my HP laptop recently died after its hinge broke. Impressed by how sturdy MacBook hinges are (I even tested them), I started seriously considering switching to a MacBook Pro.
The problem? I’m heavily dependent on Windows’ free perks and I live in my web browser — opening dozens of tabs at once for work and research. I don’t game much, so that’s not a big factor. After my laptop died, I tried using my phone instead, but the insane browsing load killed two phones in just a month. Even my iPhone 16 Pro couldn’t handle it — poor multitasking, couldn’t comfortably run 50+ tabs, and it overheated and dimmed quickly.
Now I’m thinking of getting a MacBook Pro with M3 Pro or M4 Pro chip to finally manage my heavy browsing without issues.
If you’re someone who has used both Windows and MacBooks, I’d love your honest advice: What are the real perks and downsides of making the switch? Am I making a mistake, or is this the right move for my needs?

I am using MacBook Pro with M5 Pro 16GPU core 24GB ram, running macOS 27 golden gate dev beta 2.

Cyberpunk 2077 graphic settings are mostly medium with ray traced reflections and shadows turned on, while ray traced lighting is turned off.

The game runs fine, until it randomly crashes, usually when entering new area, new phone call is made, entering into a car, or new character is loaded.
First the frame freezes while the audio is still playing, then the game shows graphical glitches on that frozen frame (mostly black image and some glowing light sources), and then It fully crashes.
When I go back to that area, the crash sometimes reappears, or sometimes it is gone.

I've tried rebooting the device, verifying and repairing the game files, and reinstalling games, nothing seems to work.

I am suspecting maybe it could be caused by unstable Metal GPU driver in macOS 27 beta.
Is anyone experiencing something similar? I would love to know.

Hi everyone!

I’ve been trying to scratch an itch for online FPS; do you have any recs for games that work natively or through Crossover? Specially games that have a decently sized player base; for example I know Easy Red 2 and Isonzo exist but seem to be not very active :(

Some of the ones I know (and like):

Team Fortress 2
Titanfall 2
Battlefront
Marvel Rivals
COD BO3 (not Zombies seems dead tho)

Alternatively, do you know of any FPS with active community servers/mods that work natively or through CrossOver? Things like Project Rome for Bad Company 2, etc.

Thanks everyone!

Anyone bought any awesome, maybe hidden gems, on great sale games during this summer same?

Personally i got Isaac Rebirth with all DLCs ( kinda regret because i didnt grow liking for it ) and Dave The Diver which im really finding cool at the start of my playthrough

Using Crossover so no need for mac support, any genre, anything.

Thanks

Tried Cyberpunk with steam - native , no translation layers. It is playable. Lags sometimes but mostly you wont have a problem playing it. Device heats up to 70 C

Farcry 5 with crossover - PERFECT. Initially a lil texture geometry issues but one google search cleared it. After that no lag, fixed max fps to 50. Consistent gameplay no lag, no too much heating.