Force feedback on the Mac, signed and notarized
FFB-Bridge runs natively on Apple Silicon with X-Plane 12: the SideWinder Force Feedback 2 and MOZA bases through raw IOHID, the same force model and the same 1,600+ profiles as Windows and Linux. MSFS isn't available on macOS, so the Mac edition is X-Plane only.
X-Plane 12, native
X-Plane 12 on the Mac connects over UDP with nothing to install. Aircraft identity, trim, autopilot and every force channel come from the same datarefs as on Windows.
- Auto-detected at start
- X-Plane 11 also works
- No plugin, no Rosetta
SideWinder FFB2 and MOZA, through IOHID
The SideWinder Force Feedback 2 and the MOZA AB6, AB9, AY90, AY210 run through the Mac's raw HID/PID path, with MOZA firmware ownership over the base's own channel. Brunner bases run on macOS too; X-Plane on the Mac does not read one as a controller directly, so Pro's Controls routing (macOS 26) presents it to the simulator.
- Signed with a Developer ID and notarized; Gatekeeper-clean
- Apple Silicon only; macOS 13 or later for Free
- Updates inside the app
Pro on the Mac
Voice Control with native microphone capture, Black Box, Cockpit Web and MOZA Base. Controls routing uses macOS 26's own virtual devices.
- Pro DMG, installed separately from Free
- macOS 26 for Controls routing
- One licence, up to three computers of any OS
