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Q: 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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A:

Never mind. Just realized my iMac is too old. Late 2009.

 

AirPlay will only work for mid 2011.

Posted on Jul 25, 2012 9:16 AM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 13, 2013 8:33 AM in response to applesceptic
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    Mar 13, 2013 8:33 AM in response to applesceptic

    Link please

  • by applesceptic,

    applesceptic applesceptic Mar 13, 2013 5:45 PM in response to Csound1
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    Mar 13, 2013 5:45 PM in response to Csound1

    http://www.apple.com/au/appletv/airplay/

     

    Show where it says only works on certain macs please

  • by Mike Sombrio,

    Mike Sombrio Mike Sombrio Mar 14, 2013 8:50 AM in response to applesceptic
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    Mar 14, 2013 8:50 AM in response to applesceptic

    I'm going to apologize because I see where many of you have gotten confused. But this discussion is about upgrding to Mountian Lion and not getting Air Play capabilities. The link I posted clearly states in the Mountian Lion technical specs that Air Play is only supported on certian macs.

    Like I said, I see where the confusion is regarding the Apple TV pages, but is is spelled out on the ML pages.

  • by applesceptic,

    applesceptic applesceptic Mar 14, 2013 7:17 PM in response to Mike Sombrio
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    Mar 14, 2013 7:17 PM in response to Mike Sombrio

    Thanks for the apology Mike. But for me and probably the original poster its about both ML and Atv, as they are both neccessary for airplay mirroring. As I mentioned before, on 27th July 2012 there was no mention of compatibility issues. I agree it is mentioned now, although in small print, but on 27th July certainly on the Australia apple ML site there was no mention of it at. I think it may have been altered after some complaints about people buying it on the basis that they beleived it would work on all imacs.

    Even now I cant imagine what good reason Apple can have to put a major issue in small print. Small print is where you want to hide stuff. And if mirroring is such a small feature of Mountain lion as a whole, then why not put that feature at the end in small print instead of making a big splash about it. I think this is the crux of the whole discussion.

  • by Toyworks11,

    Toyworks11 Toyworks11 Mar 14, 2013 10:05 PM in response to applesceptic
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    Mar 14, 2013 10:05 PM in response to applesceptic

    applesceptic I agree with you on this too. Like you say, AP was one of their big boasts when pushing their products. It really PlSSES me off I can't airplay to my 2 ATVs after all the money I spent.

  • by deggie,

    deggie deggie Mar 15, 2013 8:48 AM in response to Toyworks11
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    Mar 15, 2013 8:48 AM in response to Toyworks11

    You CAN Airplay to your 2 ATVs. You cannot mirror to them.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Mar 15, 2013 8:52 AM in response to Toyworks11
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    Mar 15, 2013 8:52 AM in response to Toyworks11

    Toyworks11 wrote:

     

    applesceptic I agree with you on this too. Like you say, AP was one of their big boasts when pushing their products. It really PlSSES me off I can't airplay to my 2 ATVs after all the money I spent.

    Take them back and get a refund.

  • by mplungjan,

    mplungjan mplungjan Mar 15, 2013 9:20 AM in response to deggie
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    Mar 15, 2013 9:20 AM in response to deggie

    Exactly. Only mirroring is missing.

     

    I have airparrot, beamer and airvideo server. All work just fine.

  • by jb 04,

    jb 04 jb 04 Mar 18, 2013 12:39 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Mar 18, 2013 12:39 PM in response to jcetheredge

    Hello, new Apple manager thinck all apple customer are idiot because he say " imac before 2011 can't miroring with apple tv because graphic card can't work with this" ....

    Download "Beamer" and you can miroring your movies on your apple tv and it's faster and perfect.

  • by anok goh,

    anok goh anok goh Mar 18, 2013 6:26 PM in response to jb 04
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    Mar 18, 2013 6:26 PM in response to jb 04

    Hi, i dont quite sure if u saying mirroring on beamer. Is it "just airplay or airplay mirroring". Its totally different dude. I haven't try this beamer software yet. But as i see on the website. Its just can do airplay to apple tv which for u to watch movie or video from beamer (drag and drop). Its not mirroring the whole screen from ur mac to apple tv.

     

     

    Considering beamer can airplay to apple tv. I think its a good way to watch video file through beamer than u use itunes to airplay such a pain. Cause we don't have to covert the format which just support by itunes to do airplay....

  • by DerMozart,

    DerMozart DerMozart Mar 19, 2013 1:58 AM in response to jcetheredge
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    Mar 19, 2013 1:58 AM in response to jcetheredge

    I can now confirm, that the latest update 10.8.3 solved the issue! I finally got the AirPlay-icon!

  • by applesceptic,

    applesceptic applesceptic Mar 19, 2013 2:41 AM in response to DerMozart
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    Mar 19, 2013 2:41 AM in response to DerMozart

    DerMozart.

    You got an icon but does it work? Does it fix airplay mirroring on pre mid 2011 imac's. I think not.

    But please please please prove me wrong.

  • by DerMozart,

    DerMozart DerMozart Mar 19, 2013 2:46 AM in response to applesceptic
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    Mar 19, 2013 2:46 AM in response to applesceptic

    I mentioned earlier in this thread, that I have an MacBook late 2011 but didn't see the icon anyway. Now the latest update helped me out. Unfortunately I can't prove you wrong. As it seems there is no way to get Airplay mirroring working on pre 2011 MacXYZ

  • by Imp68,

    Imp68 Imp68 Mar 19, 2013 3:07 AM in response to applesceptic
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    Mar 19, 2013 3:07 AM in response to applesceptic

    It wouldn't have "fixed" it, since it isn't broken on the pre-mid 2011s.

  • by FlavioB,

    FlavioB FlavioB Apr 6, 2013 10:09 AM in response to Mike Sombrio
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    Apr 6, 2013 10:09 AM in response to Mike Sombrio

    Hy Mike.

    I didn't take the time to read over the whole 71 pages of this thread, thus I may be missing some infos. Nevertheless, here's my question: as I have an "early 2011" MacBook Pro 13", why am I not able to have the MacBook Desktop (and all the rest on it) shown on the TV? What I desume from the link you posted:

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/SP654

     

    is that my MacBook Pro is supported for AirPlay mirroring!

     

    Also, I am absolutely 1000% sure of having been able to watch a movie on my TV via AirPlay, which was being played from my MacBook a couple of months ago.

     

    Any help will be appreciated.

     

    Kind regards,

    F.

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