"Xbox 360 USB game controller" and MacOS 10.5.x

Anyone know if the "Xbox 360 USB game controller" will work with Mac game that can use USB game controllers?
thanks,
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I recently got Rock Band for Xbox 360 and I was able to get the drum kit to work using two pieces of software, Gamepad Companion and an Xbox 360 controller driver for OS X.
You should be able to find both with a google search. I would think that the Xbox controller will be very similar to the drum kit.
I used the drum kit in garageband as a rudimentary midi drum kit (the mapping of the drum pads the keyboard was by trial and error, but it only took about 15 minutes).

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