AirPlay to my Mac - hardware requirements?

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AirPlay to my Mac - hardware requirements?

I have current iPad Pro 12.9 and iPhone 13 ProMax and I sold my MacBook Air I bought earlier this year with the M1 when the new machines were announced.

It fetched exactly what I paid for it on sale and I still have my 2015 15” during the interim.

That said I still have a month or so of saving to get the 16” model I want and was curious if there are hardware requirements for AirPlay 2 for iOS/iPadOS to macOS (Monterey)? Or if you/I or we’re able to install the new OS the machine will allow you to?

I had a blast using Sidecar, available on my M1 Air but not my 2015.

After reading Apple’s answer and being redirected it makes it sound as though this is the case.

as long as I can run Monterey, and it does very well, takes advantage and allows the many new features to work - so far, in the latest beta build on my machine but I don’t see my computer on either the 2021 iPhone or iPad when I click AirPlay.

again, ambiguous at best on the support article I found before being redirected here.

even 9-5 it’s convoluted explaining some features are only possible on the M1, but this was not. However it was to recent model years (2019 →) but older models it would work at lower resolutions…

just curious if anyone knows what hardware is required if it is and if so, what’s the case with older models and lower resolution?

that seems silly. Especially on the same network or ‘wired’ (via USB)

tia

jaxx

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Posted on Oct 30, 2021 11:13 PM

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Barney-15E

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Oct 31, 2021 6:55 AM in response to akdj

In the Monterey New Features, footnote 7 has the requirements:

Available on MacBook Pro (2018 and later), MacBook Air (2018 and later), iMac (2019 and later), iMac Pro (2017), Mac mini (2020 and later), Mac Pro (2019), iPhone 7 and later, iPad Pro (2nd generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad (6th generation and later), and iPad mini (5th generation and later). Older iPhone, iPad, and Mac models may share content at a lower resolution to supported Mac models when “Allow AirPlay for” is set to “Everyone” or “Anyone on the same network” in Sharing preferences.

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ioram63

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Nov 2, 2021 4:51 AM in response to Barney-15E

Apple doesn't detail the hardware requirements and limitations. Their support team over here spent 4 hours chasing the problem when I asked why is it my iMac doesn't have Air Play. I am an iMac 2017 - and Air Play simply doesn't exist on it (not in Sharing nor anywhere else). Air Play does show on my MacBook Air which is later - 2019.

Why does it have to take hours - and days (8!) in my case - to get a partial answer? To this moment, Apple Support hasn't told me which hardware does or does not support the feature.

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Barney-15E

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Nov 2, 2021 5:39 AM in response to ioram63

Apple doesn't detail the hardware requirements and limitations. Their support team over here spent 4 hours chasing the problem when I asked why is it my iMac doesn't have Air Play.

Apple doesn't detail much of anything. I'm surprised you thought Apple Support could tell you. They wouldn't have access to that information, either.

If you want to know what specific hardware allows you to act as an AirPlay receiver, check the Mac rumor sites and other Mac blogs.

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ioram63

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Nov 2, 2021 5:42 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thank you. An ugly attitude. I placed a complaint. 4 hours is a lot of time, worth a lot of money.

Could you please point me to rumor sites and Mac blogs etc?

I have a bunch of things to understand, such as bugs with Tab Groups on Safari and so on.

Many thanks!

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AirPlay to my Mac - hardware requirements?

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