Connecting to iMac

Can I connect my Xbox One to my iMac? If so what do I have to do.

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Connecting Xbox 360 to the iMac

Hi everybody. Like I said before, I`m trying to connect my Xbox 360 to the iMac, in order to the iMac give me Internet connection. I have seen several tutorials on internet, but I can not make it works. I´m trying to connect it via Ethernet (not W-Fi) Could
you help me? I don´t know if this is necesary, but I have the Mac OS X 10.7.5, and mi Xbox is a Xbox 360 slim.

Thank You All

Pdt: English is not my language, so please excuse me if that I wrote above is confused. My language is Spanish

 

Connecting Xbox 360 to the iMac

Thank You Hassassinade, but it did not work. I`m not sure, but I think that it didn´t work becouse the tutorial is for Mac Os Snow Leopard, not for Mac Os X Lion (the one I have).

 

You can, only thing you need is the Xbox One app.

 

It depends on what you want to do with the connection.

If you want to stream media from your iMac to your Xbox console, you will simply need a DLNA compliant server that you can put on your iMac. For example
Serviio will do that.

If you want to stream gameplay from your Xbox One to your Mac, you will need to use Bootcamp to prepare room for a Windows 10 installation, get Windows 10 and install that on your iMac, and then use the Xbox App to stream your gameplay to your iMac running
Windows 10.

 

Hi Arminator

Yes it will be to stream gameplay to my Mac, so I will have a look at Bootcamp and see how to set that up. I'm sure there is plenty of vids on the net how to do it.

Thanks fot the feedback.

 

Hi Geth

So you don't have to setup a W10 environment on my Mac then?

 

I just found out about
OneCast, that basically is the MacOS streaming equivalent for the Windows 10 App.

While you can't use the other Xbox App features like Party chat, social interaction and store purchases, the OneCast App for MacOS and iOS devices allows you to stream 1080p gameplay to your iMac or iOS device, and send control information back to the console.

So it basically works like the streaming for the Windows 10 Xbox App.

However, be aware, that it's not a free app. But it's much cheaper than having to buy a full Windows 10 OS. (Unless you still have an UNUSED Windows 7 or Windows 8 lying around, you can use these serial numbers to license a

free Windows 10 download for your Mac).

 

I just found out about
OneCast, that basically is the MacOS streaming equivalent for the Windows 10 App.

While you can't use the other Xbox App features like Party chat, social interaction and store purchases, the OneCast App for MacOS and iOS devices allows you to stream 1080p gameplay to your iMac or iOS device, and send control information back to the console.

So it basically works like the streaming for the Windows 10 Xbox App.

However, be aware, that it's not a free app. But it's much cheaper than having to buy a full Windows 10 OS. (Unless you still have an UNUSED Windows 7 or Windows 8 lying around, you can use these serial numbers to license a

free Windows 10 download for your Mac).

So therefore there is no physical connection through the Mini DisplayPort just over the Home Network, is that correct.

 

If you wanted to connect the console physically to the iMac to use the display as a screen directly, then I can't really say, as

the instructions for connecting another device to the iMac's DisplayPort require you to press "Command F2" on the iMac as well as (in this example) another Mac that you connected to the iMac's DisplayPort.

It's unclear, if you need to press "Command F2" on the connected Mac to tell it "You have an external display now, output to that instead of your own laptop display", or if the "Command F2" combination on the connected Mac does additional stuff to remotely
tell the iMac "Hey, show my display on your iMac screen please".

If the iMac uses "Command F2" to simply switch to the external input and display anything that pushes a video signal to the DisplayPort, then you could get a HDMI to Mini-DisplayPort adapter, and actually connect the Xbox One to the iMac display.

Also keep in mind, that only certain iMac models support the so called "Target Display Mode".

If "Target Display Mode" is just a fancy Apple-name for "Switch video input", then it should work. If however, "Target Display Mode" is an overly elaborate screen handshake protocol that requires keyboard commands from BOTH devices and somehow communicates
via DisplayPort, then I'm afraid that won't work.

 

OK, I will go down the OneCast route in the first instance and see if that works successfully. I did try the CMD-F2 combo with the mini DisplayPort adaptor but that did not do anything. I maybe the Xbox was set to display at 1080p instead of 720p but I'm
just guessing.

 

I just found out about
OneCast, that basically is the MacOS streaming equivalent for the Windows 10 App.

While you can't use the other Xbox App features like Party chat, social interaction and store purchases, the OneCast App for MacOS and iOS devices allows you to stream 1080p gameplay to your iMac or iOS device, and send control information back to the console.

So it basically works like the streaming for the Windows 10 Xbox App.

However, be aware, that it's not a free app. But it's much cheaper than having to buy a full Windows 10 OS. (Unless you still have an UNUSED Windows 7 or Windows 8 lying around, you can use these serial numbers to license a

free Windows 10 download for your Mac).

So therefore there is no physical connection through the Mini DisplayPort just over the Home Network, is that correct.

Hi

Many thanks for the advise for using OneCast. Downloaded the App and have it on a 2 week trial. Works a treat once I reset all the controller buttons to default! Had my doubts but it works seamlessly at the moment. Will pay for the licence if it does not
have any issues after 2 weeks.

Regards

 

Would you please be so kind and to mark the answer as the answer that resolved your problem, so that people with similar issues can find the solution that worked? Thanks!

 

I have come across one issue. The controller is OK, but adding a steering wheel for car racing games is a problem. It does not seem to recognise the buttons during a game but does recognise the A / B buttons etc in the setting and home pages? I will contact
Onecast and ask their advice.