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Q: my mac book air is mid 2011 but i could not mirror it on apple tv. can you explain me ?

my mac book air is mid 2011 but i could not mirror it on apple tv. can you explain me ? I bought apple tv approximately a week ago .

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5), mid 2011

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 12:23 PM

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Q: my mac book air is mid 2011 but i could not mirror it on apple tv. can you explain me ?

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    diesel vdub diesel vdub Oct 7, 2013 1:12 PM in response to Htopaloglu
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    Oct 7, 2013 1:12 PM in response to Htopaloglu

    Supported Macs

    AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion takes advantage of the hardware video encoding capabilities of 2nd and 3rd Generation Intel Core processors. Hardware video encoding allows AirPlay Mirroring to efficiently deliver high frame rates while maintaining optimal system performance. The following Mac models have processors that support AirPlay Mirroring:

    • iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
    • Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
    • MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
    • MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

     

    Based on the above, if your Mac meets the hardware requirements the next step would be to upgrade to the supported version of OSX which is Mountain Lion (10.8.5)