Miracast bootcamp not supported iMac 27" 2020

Earlier on 09-10-2020 Andrew Wotherspoon asked...


Running windows 10 through bootcamp on a new 2020 iMac 27" 3.8GHz Core i7 AMD Pro 5500 XT 8 GB - I am unable to Miracast TO the iMac from my employer's supplied PC laptop as windows on the iMac states Miracast is unsupported. I use this workflow to use the large 27" screen for certain applications and it worked previously on an older 27" iMac.


Does anyone know how I can enable Miracast (through bootcamp and running windows 10) on the iMac? Is it a driver issue? Someone has suggested if I use a USB wifi dongle this may enable the Miracast reception I am looking for, but don't really know enough about Miracast to understand if that would work. Surely someone else has the same problem?


Yes, an Asus AC1200 USB-AC53 Nano Wi-Fi Adapter into a USB-C to USB adapter worked on my 2020 27" iMac Model 20,1 i5-10600 3.30GHz. Before, this:

Windows Key + R

type "cmd" <Enter>

type "netsh wlan show drivers" <Enter>

showed the iMac display was unsupported, with "...Wi-Fi Driver: No" Now, after the USB WiFi adapter was added, that's a "Yes" and it works well.


Before I had an older 2011 iMac with native Miracast support under bootcamp. However the later 2020 iMac did not support Miracast - and all the advice about updating drivers, removing devices, reinstalling drivers and so on, just didn't work for me. If someone has experienced problems with a 2020 iMac not supporting Miracast and then resolved the problem with a new driver, please let us know. Otherwise, in reply to Wotherspoon's original question, yes a new dongle really did the trick.


Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Apr 17, 2022 11:00 AM

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Apr 17, 2022 3:20 PM in response to Birchwater

miracast like airplay and chromecast are software solutions operating over normal tcp/ip lan network

if your old imac supported miracast then it was because some software was installed to enable that, to the best of my knowledge apple never made software supporting miracast or chromecast for that matter, so likely some other software was installed on windows on your imac to enable this feature

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