I travel often, and am not always near a TV with an HDMI input. I was wondering if it was possible to use my MacBook as a display for my Apple TV, so that I can watch what I want on my Apple TV anywhere. I know the opposite is possible (displaying my MacBook on my Apple TV), but I didn't know if this was possible. I haven't found much information online, so maybe someone here knows. Thanks for any help you can provide!
Apple TV HD, tvOS 16
A MacBook's video ports – whether for HDMI or USB-C / Thunderbolt – are for video output, not for video input.
Nathan_Hayford wrote:
I can seemingly only access the Apple TV app, not any of the other apps on my Apple TV (Netflix, Disney+, etc). It’s also possible I just don’t know how to find these things in the app, so if someone knows how to do that, that would work fine too.
Apparently Disney and Netflix expect you to access their services from a Web browser. I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon Prime Video operated in the same way.
Disney+ | Help Center – Disney+ supported devices
Netflix | Help Center – How to use Netflix on your Mac computer
I can seemingly only access the Apple TV app, not any of the other apps on my Apple TV (Netflix, Disney+, etc). It’s also possible I just don’t know how to find these things in the app, so if someone knows how to do that, that would work fine too.
Nathan_Hayford wrote:
I can seemingly only access the Apple TV app, not any of the other apps on my Apple TV (Netflix, Disney+, etc). It’s also possible I just don’t know how to find these things in the app, so if someone knows how to do that, that would work fine too.
As Servant of Cats indicated, you access those services from a web browser, just as we did long before AppleTV came into existence. Hulu and Amazon Prime work that way, too.
Will using the AppleTV app on your Mac not work?
The Mac App Store has this:
We can watch anything offered by Prime on our Macs
Can I use my MacBook as a display for my Apple TV?
