Turn your Mac into a game console

Press the Xbox button: your apps pause, Steam Big Picture opens, and Windows games run through CrossOver. Hold it to get your desktop back.

Install in one line View on GitHub

The 25-second tour: game mode starting, launching a game, holding Xbox to exit, volume, Save Rewind.

What it does

🕹️ One button to playApps pause and hide, and Big Picture is ready in about a second.

🖥️ Every screen joins inExtra displays show a starfield or a Now Playing card. The main screen stays yours.

🍷 Windows games as tilesCrossOver games show up in Big Picture with cover art and a smooth hand-off.

⏸️ Quick ResumeXbox + X freezes the game at 0% CPU and brings it back exactly where you were.

⏪ Save RewindSave snapshots while you play. Roll back, and undo the rollback.

🛟 Safe by designA watchdog always wakes paused apps, even if something crashes.

See it

Exit ring — Hold Xbox 6 s to return to the desktop

Launch screen — Launching a Windows game

Install

Open Terminal and paste:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CristoXD73/Mac-mini-Frame/claude/steam-console-macos-perf-4lbx1k/install.sh | zsh

Needs macOS 15+, Steam for Mac, and CrossOver (a bottle named Steam) for Windows games. Then, in System Settings › Game Controllers, set your controller's Home button to open Console Mode. Full setup →

Controls

Xbox	Game mode
Hold Xbox 6 s	Back to the desktop
Xbox + D-pad ↑↓	Volume
Xbox + Y	Performance overlay
Xbox + View	Screenshot
Xbox + X	Quick Resume
Xbox + Menu + View ×2	Force quit
Xbox + LB	Save Rewind

Performance tip

In CrossOver games, pick DLSS in the game's settings instead of XeSS. CrossOver turns DLSS into Apple's MetalFX. On a Mac mini, XeSS alone kept the GPU at 100% in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Switching away from it dropped GPU load to about 69%.