

Steam Link is a useful way to forward controller input to the Mac, as I also use my controller to play Steam games on Windows 11 (via Parallels), which I've never been able to successfully pair my controller to.

My Xbox controller now works with Steam games (running through Rosetta 2 translation, as would be the case for most Mac games), and I can connect to my Mac via the Steam Link app on my iPhone. From my testing, this seems to have fixed the problems I had experienced before.

EDIT: the Steam client beta released on 8 November 2021 includes fixes for controller support and Steam Link functionality.
