Problems with Airplay on Apple TV3 after upgrading to Sequoia 15.0

My MacBook air is the M2 version and today after upgrading to Mac OS Sequoia 15.0, the airplay connection with Apple TV3 will randomly disconnect after a short while. It could be reconnected but then the same thing will happen again. Since I use this airplay for music in living room, this really annoys me a lot and now i am not able to listen to music via the airplay. Please let me know how could I tackle this?

I checked everything including reset/restart Apple TV, router and my MacBook air and all in vain. Thanks.

MacBook Air, macOS 15.0

Posted on Sep 17, 2024 8:08 PM

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cookieMaster

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Posted on Dec 18, 2024 9:42 AM

Disabling the firewall worked for me and I can now screen mirror again to Apple TV 3rd Gen 18.2 from My Macbook Pro 15.2. Issue started immediately after upgrading to macOS Sequoia 15.2. I could easily screen mirror to iPad and can also mirror from another laptop running macOS Sonoma 14.5 to the Apple TV.

Again, disabling the firewall brought back the screen sharing functionality for me instantly. Enabling the firewall (Settings -> Network -> Firewall) doesn't seem to disrupt screen sharing immediately, but it makes it so that the feature stops working next time I try to connect with a dialog "Could not connect to Apple TV"

I could see no offending rules in the Options area of the firewall.

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Sep 26, 2024 5:32 AM in response to massontang

Same issue here and its really screwing up my workflow. MBP with M2 Pro chip and 4k Apple TV (A2737).

Oct 21, 2024 8:33 AM in response to dardo777

Same here with a MacBook Pro and M1. It will inconsistently drop.

Oct 22, 2024 7:24 PM in response to dardo777

We are facing same issues, after updating Apple TV to 18 these issues started MacBook airplay is dropping for every 3-4minutes it’s annoying

Oct 29, 2024 6:23 AM in response to massontang

Updated to tv18.1 and ios18.1. Didn’t help. I use the same wifi for both devices. They’re logged in to one apple id account. So no fix yet

upd. I trying to broadcast from iPhone to ATV

greggman

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14 points

Nov 21, 2024 11:24 PM in response to massontang

Same issue. tsOS 18.1, MacOS 15.1.1 - I use this everyday and now it's unusable.

pushc6

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8 points

Dec 2, 2024 5:11 PM in response to massontang

Any resolutions?

Dec 28, 2024 6:21 PM in response to cookieMaster

It worked! Thank you for this easy fix.

Fang1944

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17 points

Feb 18, 2025 7:26 PM in response to RoosGold

I tried mirroring iPhone 16 to my iMac. Worked fine with the firewall switched on.

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