is mirroring the same as airplay?

Yes, it says "mirroring". If you have an Apple TV or a mac running Monterey or Ventura with "Airplay Receiver" turned on in the preferences, they should appear in this menu:

pixiegirl72 wrote:

I have Apple TV and lots of streaming apps. I watch Acorn TV, and the app stopped working. Sadly Acorn has no live help, and they send me articles that have nothing to do with my app not working. So my only choice is to airplay it from my phone or my iMac.

First, it used to be called airplay, and the icon looked like a computer screen. I don't have that on my iMac. Now I have something called mirroring. Is that the same as airplay now?

Acorn works via my browser so I'd like to be able to stream it from my iMac (which is up to date on OS) to my Apple TV. Here is what I've been trying.

First both are on the same wifi network. I get it playing in my browser and I click the icon on the upper right of my screen that looks like two switches. It has screen mirroring in there. Once I do that everything shrinks on my screen. Everything. The video, my stuff on my desktop, my dock. they all shink and I can't really see them well. And the video which was playing when I started this mirroring thing, stops playing.

I pick mirroring with the living room TV (only one in the house) and I see my desktop on the TV. But the problem is it mirrors my "shrunken" desktop and the video won't play. How do I get it to work and why is it shrinking?

Thank you,

Susan

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pixiegirl72 wrote:

But I can't find an airplay button on my brand new iPhone 14.

You posted in the macOS Ventura forum...

for iPhone—

Settings>General>Airplay & Handoff

ref:

"Use AirPlay to stream or share content from your Apple devices to your Apple TV, AirPlay 2-compatible smart TV, or Mac. Stream a video. Share your photos. Or mirror exactly what's on your device's screen."

Use AirPlay to stream video or mirror the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Use AirPlay to stream video or mirror the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support