Airplay Mirroring Not Working on iMac

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Airplay Mirroring Not Working on iMac

I have a latest-generation iMac (27") running 10.8, and an Apple TV 2 running 4.4.4, and Airplay Mirroring will not work.

My iMac and Apple TV are both on the same wifi network, a 5ghz network through a latest-gen AEBS.

I can Airplay from iTunes, and mirroring works from my New iPad.

There is an icon in my menubar. When I click it, the only option is "Open Display Preferences." When I open the prefrences there is a section that says "Airplay Mirroring:" and "No Devices Selected" is greyed out.

OS X Mountain Lion, 3.4ghz, 12gb RAM, 1TB HD

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 4:26 PM

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Answer 1

vazandrew

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Aug 1, 2012 9:58 PM in response to fadetowhite

You need to update your Apple TV to 5.0.2

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fadetowhite Author

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Aug 3, 2012 2:53 PM in response to vazandrew

Ah, okay. Grrr. That is not mentioned anywhere that I have seen.

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vazandrew

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Aug 3, 2012 3:23 PM in response to fadetowhite

It is mentioned here

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404

You should always have your device up to date in any case

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Answer 4

Nov 14, 2015 11:39 PM in response to vazandrew

Check it out... I have had the same airplay issue for over a year; however, it worked on my MacBook so I gave up on fixing it. Until today, several other discussions mentioned Air Display and Air Parrot, which I have never used; however, I forgot that I had tried Duet Display once. When I deleted it, I simply went to my application and moved it to the trash as you do with Apple Certified Apps, I also forgot that Duet Display was not downloaded from the App store it was done from a website.

IF YOU HAVE EVER USED DUET DISPLAY AND HAVE THIS ISSUE DO THE FOLLOWING!!!

THE FIX... Go to Duet Display's website, and reinstall the application. Once installed the D will be next to the airplay button. Click the D then click the option button (GEARS) and final click uninstall DUET. It will tell you that MAC will need to restart, say yes do it now... After restart your Airplay should work just fine. Took me less than 10 mins...

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