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Stephen Korecky October 31, 2007 TutorialsMacHardware

If you’re a Mac user who owns an Xbox 360, you’re probably hankering to get your computer and game station talking to one another. After all, both of these powerful machines are capable of playing games, music, and video content. Why not share content between your Mac and Xbox 360? If you’re looking for solutions, we have some answers for you. These tips aren’t perfect – there’s still a lot that can be done in the way of developing applications that can facilitate communication between the two devices. (Are you listening software developers?) Nonetheless, these ideas should point you in the right direction.

Getting Content to your Xbox 360

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The first thing you’ll probably want to do is get your music on your Xbox 360. Of course, the simplest way to do this is to pop your CDs into your Xbox and rip them to the Xbox 360 hard drive. However, since you only have 20GBs of space, we’d rather save that for things like new maps and saving games. The second way you can get music onto your Xbox is to connect your iPod. Believe it or not, you can connect it to the 360 using the USB cable that came with your iPod. Go figure, huh? It even shows your iPod’s name in the media section, and you can play all your tunes.

The only other option — and probably the best option at that — is to buy a little application called Connect360 (free to try, and then $20). Just install the application and it will appear in your Mac’s System Preferences.

Just open your System Preferences, select Connect360, and then click the Start button. You’ll be ready to connect! All you have to do is go to the Media Section of your Xbox 360, select Shared Computers, and then look for your computer. It will use your network name, which can be changed under the Xbox’s Sharing Preferences.

Now you can use your Xbox 360 to view your photos, play your music, and watch your movies – all without transferring them to your Xbox! The content will stream wirelessly from your Mac to your Xbox.

Get the Xbox GamerCard Widget

If you like to play games online, then you’ll like this widget. Xbox GamerCard is a free Dashboard widget that shows your Xbox game card so you can quickly see how you’re doing.

Use Your XBox 360 Controller With Your Mac

How many times have you wished there was a decent controller for the Mac? Well, now you can use your Xbox 360 controller. If you have a USB version, you can just plug it right in and download the Xbox HID Driver for the Mac. It’s freely available at http://xhd.sourceforge.net. If you have the wireless controller, then you can get the Wireless Receiver from Microsoft ($20.00) at http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessgamingreceiver.

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Xbox One Guide

Nowadays, Xbox One is not only a game console for us, it’s also a great media player for movie lovers. For Windows users, they can easily stream video from PC to Xbox by using the “Play To” function. However, it’s not an easy task to stream video from Mac to Xbox One, as they were exactly designed to work well with each other. But that doesn't mean you cannot stream video from Mac. Here I'll introduce several methods to get the job done. You can also check out this page to find more solutions.

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    Method 1: Use SofaPlay
    Method 2: Use Plex Media Server

Method 1: Use SofaPlay

SofaPlay is an easy-to-use app which enables you to stream video from Mac to Xbox One. Follow the steps below to see how it works. Before action, please make sure your Mac and Xbox One are in the same network.

Step 1: Install this app

First you should download and install SofaPlay from the Mac App Store.

Step 2: Connect the app to Xbox One

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Make sure you have Xbox Video app on your Xbox One console. Also make sure that streaming is enabled in the settings on your Xbox. Go to Settings > Preferences > “Allow Play To Streaming” and check it.

Then Open SofaPlay on your Mac and select the Xbox-SystemOS option from the list.

Step 3: Starting streaming

Drag a video file into SofaPlay and after a while it should start a playing on your Xbox One.

Method 2: Use Plex Media Server

Plex has long been the go-to solution for users who want to stream video to other devices. Now it already supported Xbox One. So you can use it to stream videos from Mac to Xbox One.

Step 1: Set up Plex

Download Plex from its official website. Then copy it to your Applications folder.

Launch Plex on your Mac. Then you’ll be asked to login with a Plex account. You can skip this step by choosing “Don’t want an account?”.

Then you will need to read and accept the End User Agreement. After that, Plex will begin setting up. Then it will ask you to sign up again, just ignore this message.

Follow the setup wizard, hit “Next” to just leave the default options. Then you’ll go to the “Add Section” page. Choose “Movies” and select the folder where your movies are stored, then click “Save”.

Plex will then ask whether you want to add channel or not. If you don’t like this, skip this and click “Done” to finish the setup.

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Step 2: Start streaming

With the lasted update to Xbox One (Oct 2014), you can now use a new app called Media Player to work with your Plex Media Server perfectly and stream all the video you have set up with it. To do it:

How To Stream From Xbox To Mac

Open Apps and Games from your Start screen. Then from the Apps menu, open Media Player.

After a few seconds, your Plex Media Server will show up. Then select on your server and find the video you want to play. You should now be streaming your video from Mac to your Xbox One.