Hi, Im a little lost as I am trying to connect to my tv (samsung) and I am not able to figure out how to connect my computer... everywhere I go it keeps telling go to setting and display however there seems to be more options, all i see when i click on display is res, bright, color profile.. so I have no idea how to go about it. thank you in advance if you can help me out, thank you.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2
Something is fundamentally amiss with that Mac.
Its Displays Preference pane should bear an image resembling a generic MacBook Air with its lid open (example below). Your Displays Preferences shows an image of an external display, yet the system is identifying it as a "Built-in Display". There should also be an additional AirPlay Display selection at the bottom of that Preference pane. It is missing.
First please restart your Mac "Safe Mode": How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support. Determine if the Displays Preference pane returns to its normal appearance resembling the example below:
Then, restart your Mac normally (not "Safe Mode").
If that doesn't fix your Mac's Displays Preferences, reinstalling macOS is justified: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support.
Back up your Mac as a matter of course. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac.
Something is fundamentally amiss with that Mac.
Its Displays Preference pane should bear an image resembling a generic MacBook Air with its lid open (example below). Your Displays Preferences shows an image of an external display, yet the system is identifying it as a "Built-in Display". There should also be an additional AirPlay Display selection at the bottom of that Preference pane. It is missing.
First please restart your Mac "Safe Mode": How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support. Determine if the Displays Preference pane returns to its normal appearance resembling the example below:
Then, restart your Mac normally (not "Safe Mode").
If that doesn't fix your Mac's Displays Preferences, reinstalling macOS is justified: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support.
Back up your Mac as a matter of course. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac.
I think Apple needs to know about it: Get Support
Before you contact Apple, try one more thing: create a new, temporary User Account according to Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support. In the New Account pop-up menu, choose Administrator.
Log out of your usual Account, log in under that temporary Account, and determine if the Displays Preference pane appears as it should.
When you are finished experimenting, you can delete that temporary User Account: Delete a user or group on Mac - Apple Support.
What version of macOS are you running and what model is your MacBook Air? (found by selecting the Apple menu and choosing "About this Mac...")
It certainly seems like a flawed installation, and if reinstalling macOS doesn't fix it I would not know what else to do. That's the reason I suggested contacting Apple. It may be a localization error they will need to address with a software update, but they can only fix it if they know about it.
Hi, thank you for the tips - i've tried running in Safe Mode, but didn't change, so I've reinstalled macOS as per instructions, and well.. nothing has changed. When I click on display, it's still exactly the same display window as before.
Any chance you might have other ideas about what I could try? Thank you in advance
I'll hazard a guess your OS installation is flawed. There is an option missing.
hi, I tried reinstalling mac OS and still nothing, not sure what I could do? (tried safe mode and reinstalling Os per instructions). thanks
Hi, I have MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) and the Os atm is macOS Monterey (it's the one that got automatically reinstalled)
Hi, thank you for the tip, I just tried it and sadly it looks the same on the other user account. No difference. I am starting to think I will have to do a factory reset...
version 12.3 :)
display options limited how to airplay?
