Reply to Kontrol S2 Not working...At all. Help!?

Hey, so totally brand new to the community , totally brand new to DJing. (Wasn't sure what thread section to put this in, so I just stuck it here, if I need to move it somewhere just lemme know. I understand not wanting to see sorta...trivial-ish posts to begin with, especially in the wrong section)
Yesterday, after a lot of research and "shopping" for months, I bought a Traktor Kontrol S2.

I have Traktor Pro 2 installed on my Mac Book Pro (2.7 GHz, Intel i7, 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3, on Lion 10.7.4) and everything installed smoothly. I've updated all the drivers and the downloaded all the new content/upgrades.

But my controller isn't working.

I turn on the S2, the lights all shine on and fade off (as I assume it's supposed to) and then the USB plug light blinks (even though it's plugged in already). If I turn it on then plug it in, the USB light usually doesn't flash (usually, but not always). In Traktor, it doesn't show that it's receiving any MIDI and the Controller indicator light is orange (again though...not always). I've gotten the controller's lights to randomly come on before by unplugging and plugging the controller back in (I know, really sophisticated stuff).

-I have audio setup set to Built In (Core-Audio)
-Phono/Line says not supported
-Mixing Mode is Internal
-Output Master set to L: 1 Output L and R: 2 Output R

In the controller manager the Device Setup is set to Traktor. Kontrol S2. Default (None)
----(why the (none) is there, I have no idea) There is nothing to select for In-Port and I can't even try and change Out-Port

I don't know what to do...
The .pdf manuals didn't help at all.
I don't know if I'm over believeing things, or am just a total noob with this software (like inept) and am forgetting something.

Could it be the controller itself (or the cords...)?

I've gotten Traktor to receive MIDI ONCE, but the lights on the controller like froze up and I turned the jogwheel a bit to test it out and then the CTRL light in Traktor went back off....(the lights still froze on the controller so I turned it off)