Mountain Lion AirPlay Mirroring (iMac to AppleTV) Not Working

Mountain Lion successfully installed on my iMac.


AppleTV sucessfully networked with my iMac (at least where iTunes and iPhoto are concerned.)


But AirPlay icon is NOT appearing in my menu bar. Any clues as to why this is?


In System Preferences, I've checked "Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available" but still nothing.


Below is a screenshot of my menu bar. Thanks in advance!




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Posted on Jul 25, 2012 9:13 AM

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Jul 26, 2012 10:51 AM in response to jcetheredge

I want to add my voice of dissapointment / disapproval to this rapidly growing list!


Airplay mirroring was also one of my primary reasons for moving to Mountain Lion (which also required me to shell out to upgrade to a newer version of Parallels because there are a few Windoze apps that I have to use that don't have OS X versions!). I still consider my mid 2010 MacBook Pro to be a pretty new machine; to then find out that it is too old for this feature is VERY annoying. My guess is that the majority of OS X users will have hardware that is not supported for mirroring - it should have been made much clearer in the marketing that you need to have a VERY new Apple computer for this to work!


Yes, AirParrot does sort of work, but the slight delay makes it a bit useless for anything that requires quick screen refreshes, especially video.


After reading more about the reason my hardware isn't supported I can understand why, but it is bloody annoying that this was not made much clearer before bought Mountain Lion.

Jul 26, 2012 10:54 AM in response to jcetheredge

This is a joke and the only reason that I purchased the upgrade. Why doesn't this work with my 18 month old mac? No reason - a shameless exercise in greed from Apple. Add this to my iPad 1 exeriences and my patience is wearing thin.


Start supporting your core constituency!!! Your mac users!!!


So Apple, how do I get my money back? This is a waste of $20.

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