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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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Posted on Jul 25, 2012 9:16 AM

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


AirPlay will only work for mid 2011. 😟

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Jul 25, 2012 10:25 AM in response to jcetheredge

I agree, what is the point of making an operating system compatible with a particular computer and then arbitrarily disabling the most meaningful features. It seems like Apple is once again forcing us to wastefully update equipment through less than honest means. Any update they have should have a clear list of what will not be relevant to you with te equipment you are using. I would not have purchased Mountail Lion if I had been aware that AirPlay would not work. And before someone tells me that I just needed to check to look and it was clear. I went so far as to make sure my graphics card was compatible. Which is really the only thing I can see being a reasonable excuse for disabling a feature such as this.

Jul 25, 2012 11:18 AM in response to jcetheredge

First time I've ever left a mesage about Apple....this should have been made clear, I would not have upgraded to MLion if had known AirPlay required max 12month old mac.


Third party apps can stream from Early 2009 MBP to PS3 via DLNA, why not to ATV2?


Feels like strongarm tactics into upgrading hardware.....v unlike Apple ethos....then again obviously not.

Jul 25, 2012 11:35 AM in response to jcetheredge

I, too, am outraged by this. I feel a little misled by Apple!


I have a mid 2010 iMac with AppleCare, so I decided to call apple support. The agent I spoke with was very helpful, however, he delievered some bad news: I was told you need an i5 processor or higher to run Airplay. Mac computers from mid-2010 have i3 processors, so I'm outta luck. Frotunately, however, the rep chatted with someone from the app store and refunded my purchase and allowed me to keep Mountain Lion! So, this kinda worked out, I guess....

Jul 25, 2012 11:34 AM in response to jcetheredge

This is outrageous! I even bought Apple TV only because of this feature. Btw, video streaming works well even from my 2 years old iPod touch, so I can't believe this is a hardware problem. The publicity was very unclear. I was misleaded. It would be ok if they clearly explained in which cases one could use this feature. What a shame!

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