Can´t connect to my Apple TV with my Mac Book.

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Have you restarted your router.

The following article(s) may help you.

Troubleshooting AirPlay

Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections

Recommended Wi-Fi settings

Wifi Diagnostic Software (for Mac users)

You may also find some help on this page, where I’ve collected some of the more unusual solutions to network issues.

I'm having exactly the same problem with my ipad. Everything was working fine until I upgraded the software on my Apple TV . Now I just get the same connection error. I've rebooted everything - even ran a speed test on my internet connection. Everything is in good working order... except the Airplay. Frustrated :(

Same problem here! Seems to be an issue with the new mac book (late 2013, MB Pro, 13" Retina).

My old MB Pro (early 2011) connects just fine....

Message was edited by: madde84

I just found out the same in this moment and wanted to tell you guys...

it seems to be a firewall problem. just turn it off fixed it here

That was listed in the help articles I linked to.

I have the exact same problem. My mac worked connected with no issues the first time now whenever I click to connect to the Apple TV it comes back with 'Could not connect to "Apple TV"'. My phone connects with no issue and i have tried the above steps in reseting my router, checking my internet connection is the same on both devices and checking my firewall, but to no avail.

I am not sure if this is a common problem but any assitance would be greatly appreciated.

Just setup my Apple TV and trying to AirPlay from my Mac. Getting the error 'Could not connect to "Apple TV"'

I have tried all below:

- restarting my wifi router (Airport Express)

- restarting my Apple TV

- restarting my MacBook Pro

- turning off my Firewall

Altough it AirPlay works seemlessly from iPhone and iPad but not from my MacBook Pro.

How is the networking done? Apple TV connected to Router by LAN-cable or also WIFI? What happens when you play around with different installations: Also connect the Mac by cable. Just to zero in on the problems.

It would be interesting if your Mac connects to the Apple TV by cable but doesnt by WIFI.

I have an Airport Express and my Apple TV was plugin to it via Ethernet when I last posted.

After your suggestion I tried to unplug the Apple TV and make it connect to internet through the same Wifi as my MacBookPro. It would still not take AirPlay request from MBP with the same error message 'Could not connect to "Apple TV"'.

All this time my firewall is off.

Anything else that I can try?

I want to thank you for posting about the fire wall. I have been having this issue with my Macbook(early 2011) not being able to go to Apple TV. It would just say "couldn't connect to Apple TV." I even went into an Apple Store asking them yesterday about it since that it's been almost a year since I got my 3rd Generation Apple TV and I wasn't able to mirror(only worked through Itunes which is weird). I could mirror from my Iphone without an issue, it was just something with my Mac. I had turned off the firewall like you said. Turned the mirroring on and it went from my Macbook to my Television without issue. Turned the firewall back on and it worked. So thanks very much.

Repost since my problem is still not fixed.

I have an Airport Express and my Apple TV was plugin to it via Ethernet when I last posted.

After your suggestion I tried to unplug the Apple TV and make it connect to internet through the same Wifi as my MacBookPro. It would still not take AirPlay request from MBP with the same error message 'Could not connect to "Apple TV"'.

All this time my firewall is off.

Anything else that I can try?

Well mine works, sort of. I have to turn off the fire wall. Push the mirrioring to the tv and close the firewall and everything works. I've had to do that this whole time. So anytime that I want to mirror, I have to turn off the fire wall, turn on the mirroring and then turn back on the fire wall. I am not sure why this is. I haven't figured the fix out. Now I just annoyed with it.

I'm having the same issue and it's very frustrating.

I have review all of your Churchil's articles, but I couldn't make it work. (my iMac's firewall was already off also)

Within my moments of desperation, I turned OFF NAT at my router and it started to work very good (a little bit slow but it was working), but when the NAT is OFF, I can't connect to the Internet.

I'm not good with networks, so I don't know what I'm doing.

Could this lead someone to another solution for this problem??

Thanks!

Note: my router is a linksys E2500, witch I have read it does not work very good with airplay :s