I have a Imac Mid 2011 , imac12,2 , i believe i should have Airplay mirroring but i cant find the option to turn on/off etc , i have followed the guides to where it should be .Im currently running Mountain lion 10.7.5 , if i upgrade to latest version of lion or Mavericks will that give it me .
I have a ATV 3 on my network which my iphone & ipad can see , so i know its on the correct network etc.
About AirPlay and Airplay Mirroring
AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer). For non-qualifying Macs you can try using Air Parrot.
Several Apple Articles Regarding AirPlay
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd gen)- How to use AirPlay Mirroring
How to set up and configure AirPort Express for AirPlay and iTunes
iTunes- Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd gen)- Understanding AirPlay settings
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
iTunes 10- About playing music with AirPlay
Troubleshooting AirPlay and AirPlay Mirroring
Thanks to the $15 Beamer, AirPlay streaming is still possible on Macs that do not support Airplay and mirroring.
Other solutions are the Air Parrot, StreamToMe, and AirServer.
Thank you for your reply , but as stated my imac is a (Mid 2011) as you listed but it doesnt show airplay mirroring in the displays , can some mid2011 have it & some not ?
Are you using 10.8.5 or later? Did you install iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.9? Beyond that I couldn't tell you. I don't use the feature. As far as I'm aware if the feature is available on Mid 2011 iMacs, then it's available on all of them.
No I'm still running 10.7.5 and I have not done the firmware update either ? Will that then give airplay mirroring ?
I believe so. Try reading the links I provided.
This is interesting that you say you have Mountain Lion 10.7.5. Mountain Lion is a 10.8.# and Lion is 10.7.5. You obviously have Lion, not Mountain Lion. Lion does not support airplay where Mountain Lion or Mavericks does support airplay. I'm not sure about the hardware, but will find this out shortly after I upgrade this computer to Mavericks from Lion.
Should My Imac have Airplay Mirroring
