Q: Mountain Lion AirPlay Mirroring (iMac to AppleTV) Not Working

I totally agree with many of the posts.  One of the main reasons I upgraded to ML was for the mirroring capability.  Apple should have made the compatability requirements much more clear (I have a mid 2007 iMac with multiple 2nd and 4rd generation Apple TVs in the home).  I feel completely mislead by apple here.  Please do the right thing here Apple and correct this compatibility issue. 

too bad, too bad too bad. ML was waited by all of us for this option. Shame

I agree totally. No increased functionality here either. Got it to work again after installing Mountain Lion, but certainly not in the way it was advertised to. Why should the machine make a difference. Isn't this just a software issue?

This is *VERY* disappointing.  Like many others, the primary reason for me purchasing the upgrade was to gain access to this feature.  I also feel cheated.  This is the first time I've ever been left with a VERY BAD taste in my mouth with respect to using Apple software and hardware.  I find it very unlikely that there is an actual hardware limitation preventing the enablement of this feature, because iTunes on OSX 10.7.x (Lion) seemed to AirPlay movies just fine.

Very disappointed.  I'm not happy with you Apple.  Very disappointed.

Come on guys!!! Lets blow this shyt up on Twitter!! This is some greedy BS that Apple SHOULD NOT be able to get away with!!

Apple! Please don't **** block us like this. We are loyal customers who should be treated with respect instead of mindless lemmings!

Those of you who think this is new, post-Steve Jobs behavior are mistaken. Apple has a long history of cutting of the best of the newest features from products more than 2 generations old. Why do you think they can afford to sell these OSs for so little?

My Macbook Air is not more than 2 generations old! It's a "late 2010", so it's a whopping 1 3/4 years old. I thought Apple products were supposed to last longer than PCs.

Yeah, this stinks:(  I didn't know either until now (mid2010), in the middle of downloading ML.  I'm not sure I would have downloaded had I known. 

-disappointed fan

One more to the list of people who bought ML for mirroing.  I guess I should have purchased airparrot.

Write a REVIEW on the APPLE AP STORE!

        -----That will get immediate attention from Apple to either fix the problem or fix the problem.

**I saw another poster suggested that...good idea!

I reviewed as a 2 Star...cuz it means 'Didn't Like'.  I like the OS but lack of Airplay is NOT COOL...'Didn't Like'!

And from my understanding it can be FIXED with a OS software code update.

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Here's what I wrote.

A signature feature of the new OS???

       ...and Airplay only works with the new and new-er-est MACs!?!?!?!???

  **POOR**

Don't tell me it's in the Specs.  It surely isn't readily noted in any real or effective way.  Certainly not near any marketing messages.

You found 2012's 'Antennae-Gate'!

SOLUTION

Refund money or simply fix the software so that Mt Lion OS encodes the H.264 on computer-side for thos lacking the chip that's part of the newest MACs.

OR BUY THE CODE from from AirParrot who sells $10 software app that enables YOUR HARDWARE to do it.

Who's with me?!? ;-]]

This is indeed very disappoited, huge let down by Apple. Just got rip off by multi biliions dollar company.

Like many other here, i purchased ML only for airplay whois cares about other crap features? and my early 2011 MacPro 2 x 2.93 processor, 16GB ram which far more supperior than an iphone or ipad and still could not do airplay.

Is there a way to sue them on misleading customer? I would love to gang up with Microsoft or sth to back fire Apple. I think nobody in apple give a **** about apple community thread.

It s time to wake them up with window 8 coming. People would switch to Apple and they could switch back to an PC.

Jesus people, if you would bother to read about what you're buying you wouldn't be disappointed. This is from the tech specs page about ML

AirPlay Mirroring

Requires a second-generation Apple TV or later. Supports the following Mac models:

iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)

Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)

MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)

MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

A bloody disgrace. A mean, stingy, disrespectful piece of trickery. So much for me flying the Apple flag amongst my PC colleagues!

This is the first time that I have posted here. I think it is BS that my 1.75 year old MB pro cant do airplay. FAIL Apple!!

Very true, Mike Sombrio, but it's the marketing plan to keep people investing $2500 or more before the normal computer lifespan is over that should be the real issue.  There is nothing wrong with a mid-2009 model MBP or iMac.  Let people see on their own if they are happy with the performance.  If they are not, that would sell more Macs, not arbitrarily turning off features from the start.

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