Cannot Use AirPlay On Mac OS X 10.7.5

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Cannot Use AirPlay On Mac OS X 10.7.5

Hello, my family and I have bought an Apple TV today and we figured out how to use AirPlay on our iPhones, and we have three computers in use. Only one of them is able to use the AirPlay Mirroring feature. The two that can't are OS X 10.7.5. If I am correct, I need version 10.8 of OS X Mountain Lion. My issue is that the two computers are saying everything is up to date. Would I need to go an Apple store to physically update the computers? Any help would be appreciated!

Apple TV, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 30, 2014 6:52 PM

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Kappy

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Mar 30, 2014 6:55 PM in response to JacobAGMN

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

iTunes- Using AirPlay

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

Using AirPlay

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.

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vazandrew

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Mar 30, 2014 6:57 PM in response to JacobAGMN

Updates are done via the Mac App Store. I don't believe they sell 10.8 anymore, you can update to 10.9 for free. Just make sure your computer meets the requirements.

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