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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 gd11_be,

    gd11_be gd11_be Jul 25, 2012 11:00 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:00 PM in response to jcetheredge

    Add me to the unhappy customers: late 2009, i7 iMac with 16 GB of memory . and it can not even stream to my ATV2? One of the key features I upgraded . and it doesn't work .. Not happy !

  • by we'll see,

    we'll see we'll see Jul 25, 2012 11:01 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:01 PM in response to jcetheredge

    This is unbelievable! A late 2009 iMac still incredible fast, no airplay mirroring. I hope the first google desktop computer comes soon, since Steve is dead this company is going down!

  • by AnnoyedofHongKong,

    AnnoyedofHongKong AnnoyedofHongKong Jul 25, 2012 11:02 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:02 PM in response to jcetheredge

    TOTALLY APPAULED AT APPLE FOR A COMPLETE FAIL!  APPLE TV AND MIRRORING WERE THE ONLY REASON I WENT FOR THE UPGRADE AND WASTED A MORNING OF MY LIFE BECAUSE THE TECH REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT MADE CLEAR.   NOT HAPPY, NOT HAPPY ONE LITTLE BIT YOU BUNCH OF W*****S

  • by glogulus,

    glogulus glogulus Jul 25, 2012 11:12 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:12 PM in response to jcetheredge

    I'll add another voice of disappointment. The only reason I upgraded to ML was for the airplay, but didn't read about the hardware requirements until after. Who would have thought a 2 year old macbook pro wouldn't be sufficient to be able to handle this feature. I feel even sorrier for the people who have even newer machines that are still unsupported.

  • by samha75,

    samha75 samha75 Jul 25, 2012 11:15 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:15 PM in response to jcetheredge

    I also am in the same boat. This makes no sense to me...

  • by choskin,

    choskin choskin Jul 25, 2012 11:27 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:27 PM in response to jcetheredge

    Wow! I have a late 2010 Macbook Air and thought I could mirror to apple TV. Some type of warning or notice should have been shown before purchase. This is the main reason I upgraded to lion was for this feature. So now I have to invest another $1500 to buy another macbook air just to use this feature? this makes no sense

  • by Koray23,

    Koray23 Koray23 Jul 25, 2012 11:28 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:28 PM in response to jcetheredge

    This is actually ridiculous! I have an iMac from early 2009, just bought Apple TV 3 and only upgraded to Mountain Lion so that I could use the airplay function! I already have AirParrot, but the resolution and constant lag when using it is what pushed me to upgrade to Mountain Lion, so i could use this feature! Please fix this, Apple.

  • by gaurav317,

    gaurav317 gaurav317 Jul 25, 2012 11:31 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:31 PM in response to jcetheredge

    Apple you have cheated us. I guess you are not confident about your new products that you are using these tactics to make us upgrade.

     

    This is one the MAJOR reasons why every person would want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, the least you could've done was to make it very clear to the customer that it will not be compatible with older machines.

     

    Sheesh! Wish Steve were here to see this.

  • by sujeeone,

    sujeeone sujeeone Jul 25, 2012 11:36 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:36 PM in response to jcetheredge

    #epicfail.... I'm not sure how it is not included on '09 iMacs and up...especially since $10 software available on the market by a third party can provide the same / similar service....

     

    Is it possible to get our money back if we have not installed it as yet?... I just downloaded the software...

  • by djXperia,

    djXperia djXperia Jul 25, 2012 11:35 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:35 PM in response to jcetheredge

    As a loyal Apple customer for the past 8 years, this has been the worst disapointment I have every had to deal with. When upgrading to ML, nowhere did it say that you needed a specific computer to use AirPlay mirroring. I feel cheated and robbed. Apple better fix this or they're in for a ride with other competitors. And don't make it 6 months from now when we all purchase 3rd party apps to do such a thing...

  • by Rok79,

    Rok79 Rok79 Jul 25, 2012 11:44 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:44 PM in response to jcetheredge

    I was excited about M. Lion release all day today, came back from work, downloaded… 1.5 hrs later, now I’m VERY DISSAPOINTED. I just purchased Apple TV recently, believing it'll mirror with my mid 2010 iMac.

     

    I'm a loyal Mac user for over 16 years, but never been disappointed about Mac as much as today. They should have explained upfront it'll only work with less than 1 yr old devices... What a shame!!! iPad mirroring works fine for video content, but it won't let use applications like Adobe CS. Two of my friends are also thinking to buy Apple TV solely because of AirPlay feature.  I’d better stop them...

  • by deoson,

    deoson deoson Jul 25, 2012 11:56 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:56 PM in response to jcetheredge

    very displeased. nowhere does it indicate that you have to have a "new" mac to use this.

     

    this is a huge feature to just leave out for such a large user base.

  • by ChUukEy,

    ChUukEy ChUukEy Jul 25, 2012 11:56 PM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:56 PM in response to jcetheredge

    Seriously?? This is so not cool. I've only had my iMac for 1 1/2 years.... how can it not be compatible?? Fix this apple or give us all a refund. This is the ONLY feature I was looking forward to with ML! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!! FALSE ADVERTISING!

  • by keerthi2006,

    keerthi2006 keerthi2006 Jul 25, 2012 11:59 PM in response to PaulArcher
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    Jul 25, 2012 11:59 PM in response to PaulArcher

    Same here the only reason I spent $20 on ML is for Airplay mirroring and now its not working. I feel ripped off and cheated Bad Apple shame on  you. I'm not upgrading my iphone this time.. trying to move away from apple coz of deceptive practices

  • by deoson,

    deoson deoson Jul 26, 2012 12:03 AM in response to jcetheredge
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    Jul 26, 2012 12:03 AM in response to jcetheredge

    actually i'm sure somebody else has posted this somewhere in here but here it is again.

     

    http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/

     

    I still think it's bogus that they disabled this for even slightly older Macs ( 27-inch, Mid 2010 here ).

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