HT201343: Use AirPlay to display video from your Mac on an HDTV

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tigerlnw

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Q: will this be expanded to older mac models?

i believe my macbook pro is a 2009. should i just download the airparrot app or will air tv pick this up in the near future?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Aug 27, 2012 2:15 PM

I have this question too

Q: will this be expanded to older mac models?

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by Winston Churchill,Helpful

Winston Churchill Aug 27, 2012 3:03 PM in response to tigerlnw
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Aug 27, 2012 3:03 PM in response to tigerlnw

Welcome to the Apple Community.

Mirroring requires QuickSync, which is a technology built into CPU's from mid 2011 only. So there is no way theft will ever get mirroring to work on older devices.
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by Alley_Cat,

Alley_Cat Aug 27, 2012 4:39 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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Aug 27, 2012 4:39 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill wrote:

Mirroring requires QuickSync, which is a technology built into CPU's from mid 2011 only. So there is no way theft will ever get mirroring to work on older devices.
theft?

I assume voice recogniton has failed
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by Alley_Cat,Helpful

Alley_Cat Aug 27, 2012 4:40 PM in response to tigerlnw
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Aug 27, 2012 4:40 PM in response to tigerlnw

Your computer is too old for Apple to support hardware Airplay.

By all means try airparrot and report back.

AC
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by Winston Churchill,

Winston Churchill Aug 27, 2012 4:53 PM in response to Alley_Cat
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Aug 27, 2012 4:53 PM in response to Alley_Cat

Oddly enough, I typed that.
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by Alley_Cat,

Alley_Cat Aug 27, 2012 5:10 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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Aug 27, 2012 5:10 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill wrote:

Oddly enough, I typed that.
I od taht lla eht tmie!
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by Winston Churchill,

Winston Churchill Aug 27, 2012 5:27 PM in response to Alley_Cat
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Aug 27, 2012 5:27 PM in response to Alley_Cat

There are times when I do it ore than others.
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by tigerlnw,

tigerlnw Aug 27, 2012 6:42 PM in response to tigerlnw
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Aug 27, 2012 6:42 PM in response to tigerlnw

lol. smooth typing, guys.

airparrot is a $10 easy app i found when originally looking up info on 10.8 and airplay. airplay, according to AC, will never work and im pretty sure they're right after looking into it even more. but airparrot is essentially the same thing with perhaps a few more options for specialization based on the project. works great, too. a little lag on the tv's part, but even with running a couple giant applications, my computer itself didnt have an issue with lag and latency.
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by Alley_Cat,

Alley_Cat Aug 28, 2012 2:46 AM in response to tigerlnw
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Aug 28, 2012 2:46 AM in response to tigerlnw

Good to hear it's working well for you.

There are mixed views on Airparrot, I downloaded it a few weeks ago but really haven't played with it too much - looked ok to me.

Ultimately, if it does the job well enough for you, it's better than no Airplay at all.

AC
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