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could not connect to apple tv

when trying to use air play to show my Mac book air display on my TV my computer says "could not connect to Apple TV", but my iPhone connects and displays correctly.

the Apple TV and the Mac book air are both on the same wireless network.

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 1:29 PM

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I did, it did not help.

I was able to get it to work by turning off the firewall, connecting to the Apple TV, and immediately turning the firewall back on.

This allowed my Mac Book Air to stay connected until I signed out from my Catalina session.

When signing back in I had to repeat the procedure , no big deal. Now I just have figure out how to have the firewall allow connecting the Mac

book to connect to the Apple TV.


THANK-YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING AND OFFERING YOUR SUGGESTION FOR FIXING IT! I APPRECIATE IT.

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 5:35 PM

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Jun 10, 2020 5:35 PM in response to QuickPost

I did, it did not help.

I was able to get it to work by turning off the firewall, connecting to the Apple TV, and immediately turning the firewall back on.

This allowed my Mac Book Air to stay connected until I signed out from my Catalina session.

When signing back in I had to repeat the procedure , no big deal. Now I just have figure out how to have the firewall allow connecting the Mac

book to connect to the Apple TV.


THANK-YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING AND OFFERING YOUR SUGGESTION FOR FIXING IT! I APPRECIATE IT.

could not connect to apple tv

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