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

I called them also  and basically got nothing out of them........ Could not explain anything, had no answers or reasons , I even mentioned the 10.00 Airparrot  app works and why couldn't APPLE and he just said " I HAVE NO ANSWERS NOT SURE WHY" THANKS APPLE!

What a shambles seems my really old iMac (less than 2 years) which is labelled a mid 2010 can't use the feature I bought Mountain Lion for "Mirroring to my apple TVs" I have been swindled want my money back I have lost confidence with apple remember Netflix forgot about its loyal customers too  

Is it me or have they stripped airplay from iTunes too?! Really Apple?! Your reasoning for needing the new processors is poor enough, but stripping out features I used just yesterday is really, really shameful. No excuses for this apart from money grabbing.

you do the airplay audio via the audio settings now, you don't need it in itunes.

omg.  I just got taken by the same issue.  Mirroring to my apple tv was the only reason I upgraded and it won't work on my computer.  Why wasn't this made clear.  I want a money back downgrade.

Ofcourse you are right when you say that we should take the responsibity ourselves......BUT never before did Apple keep a big thing like this unspoken. Everybody was waiting for this feature and it would have been fair from Apple if they had mentioned the fact that it was a feature for only the menority of mac-users.

The fact that so many people come to this forum and feel betrayed does say something about the trust they had in Apple. We all thought we were smart consumers, because we bought Apple. Apple gave us the feeling that we could trust them, so it wouldn't be of big importance to read al the small letters. I watched the whole keynote about ML and it wasn't mentioned. So with me, the majority of mac-users trusted Apple on their word and bought full enthousiasme ML. And no, we did not read, but we also did not hear!

So stricktly spoken you are right in what you say, but that does not take away the bad taste that Apple leaves.

Nobody can prove it, but it shure as **** tasts like a very tastless, yet commercial way to force us to buy new equipment.

Apple grew this big because of all the consumers, but somewhere along they forgot this. What a shame.

Very, very disappointd.  My late 2009 iMac is still a great machine, so I have no need to upgrade it just yet.  Maybe in a year or so, but not now.  There's nothing wrong with it - except it can't use one of the best features of the new operating system.

Not good enough Apple.  How can a brand with such a loyal and active following, making it the most valuable brand in the world, just totally stomp on those that have made them who they are.

Does Apple even listen to our complaints?  For a company so embedded in everything new and innovative in this modern world, they are probably the most closed and least engaged of all the brands.

I stand corrected on Airplay over itunes!  My Apple TV couldn't access my network for some reason. A quick restart leaves egg on my face and at least the one feature of Airplay I use the most still able to work.

LOOK AT THE NUMBERS APPLE THEY DONT LIE..............

Total bumer...

I went and read the whats new page on mountain lion again. Nothing here that states model requirement to run airplay mirroring, and nothing in fine print. BOOOOOOOOOO!

http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/

"It’s a big deal for your Mac. And for everyone around it."

NO COMMENT!!!!!!!

1. iCloud requires iOS 5 on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation), or iPad; a Mac computer with OS X Lion or later; or a PC with Windows Vista or Windows 7 (Outlook 2007 or 2010 or an up-to-date browser is required for accessing email, contacts, and calendars). Some features require a Wi-Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices.
2. Location-based reminders on iPad requires iOS 6.
3. Power Nap requires a Mac notebook with built-in flash storage. May require a firmware update.
4. Facebook integration coming this fall.
5. Game Center is available on iPad, iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd generation and later), and Mac computers with OS X Mountain Lion. Game Center works with games that have been developed to work with the Game Center service. Game Center may not be available in all countries or regions, and the available games may vary by country or region.
6. iCloud Tabs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch requires iOS 6.
7. Testing conducted by Apple in July 2012 using SunSpider 0.9.1 JavaScript performance benchmark on a 21.5-inch iMac 2.7GHz Intel Core i5 system with 4GB of RAM. Safari 6.0, Chrome 20.0.1132.47, and Firefox 13.0.1 tested on OS X v10.8. Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 tested on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit). Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors.

• Apps shown in Game Center for demonstration purposes only. The Real Racing 2 feature shown will be available this fall.
• Some features require apps developed to work with Mountain Lion.

HMMMMM. Am I missing somthing here. I think Apple forgot a line.

I feel your pain, I have a mid 2009 iMac, and it works fine too.  You pretty much said what I'm feeling right now.  I'm going to spred the word on Facebook; lawsonhousei'm using your picture too it's pretty funny.