I have 'Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available' checked. I have my Apple TV 3 switched on & both devices are on same network. Apple TV streams movies okay from iTunes, so why can I not get the AirPlay icon on my menu bar?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion
AirPlay is also switched on my Apple TV.
My Mac does support AirPlay as it is a late 2011 version & I have Home Sharing enabled on both my iMac & Apple TV 3.
Have you checked the items is this post? There is also a troubleshooting section on that link.
I already checked this post, including the trouble shooting section. I tried the suggestions, but to no avail.
Hi there
I had this problem today with no icon for airplay on my iphone also I had no airplay icon on my macbook.
I switched off my router and left the power off for about 30 sec to a minute, switched it back on after a reboot everything worked.
Give it a try
Hope this helps
So if I buy Mountain Lion, will airplay work? I don't want to spend the $20 if not! lol
Try turning off bluetooth on the device youre trying to play from
If you are still having trouble try going to your router and disable multicast streaming and save, then re enable multicast streaming and save.
Then re-start iTunes, this worked for me.
its the router, restart it problem solved, but....
surely the £6000 apple "robbed" from me can go towards fixing a simple thing such as this???
everything else in my home network works fine without having to restart my router???
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Hey Asgard, I had the same problem, try this:
1. Open your network preferences
2. Select WiFI and the "Advanced" button
3. Select the WiFi your apple tv or mac is connected to
4. Go to the TCP/IP tab and on the CONFIGURE iPv6 tab selec Automatically
5. Click OK and then Apply
If needed, restart your computer but it was automatic for me.
I have 2 laptops, one running OSX Yosemite and another OSX El Capitan.
My HDTV is on the same wifi as the laptops and the Airplay Icon shows and works as expected on Yosemite but **not** on El Capitan.
Enough said.
AirPlay icon missing
