Airplay icon appears, no devices detected

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Airplay icon appears, no devices detected

Hi,

An Airplay icon appeared today in the status bar. There is no devices in my network with activated mirroring. The same is shown in the display settings. The icon is still there even when I turn off the wi-fi connection. So, the Macbook is completely cut off from the network. It is still displayed after reboot. Uncheck/Check "Show mirroring options" also doesn't help.

This is a bit annoying for me, even though it doesn't really hinder my workflow. This already happened several times (after Yosemite upgrade), and the icon disappeared just as suddenly as appeared.

There are no extra devices in my network according to the router statistics, so it is unlikely that someone hacked my network and now looks at my screen. Or is it? 🙂

Thanks for any help.

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 14, 2014 8:28 AM

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Answer 1

SergKL Author

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Nov 19, 2014 8:35 AM in response to SergKL

Up. The icon is on my status bar again. 😕

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Answer 2

Nov 20, 2014 5:11 PM in response to SergKL

I see this problem sporadically in Yosemite. I do not have any AirPlay devices on my network and I never saw this icon in Mavericks. Most recently, I saw the icon when my computer woke from sleep, and it went away on its own after a few minutes. It does not happen every time I wake the computer from sleep.

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Answer 3

Dec 24, 2014 8:57 AM in response to SergKL

Hey, I'm having this exact same problem with my MacBook Air as well. I made a post about it here:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1820767

I can't for the life of me figure out what the cause is and it has me a little paranoid. Aside from me, this was the only mention of this problem I could find. I wouldn't be so worried about it if it were a known bug / a little more common.

Anyway, I'm just curious if there have been any updates or if anybody else has noticed this recently.

Thanks

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Answer 4

Jan 1, 2015 11:44 PM in response to shoehornhands

same issue here... all of the sudden it appear and I do not have any other devices that would be able to connect. this is indeed a weird situation

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Answer 5

Jan 5, 2015 6:41 PM in response to 3isacharm

this icon popped up on me as well and i don't own an Apple TV. how do i get rid of the icon?

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Jan 23, 2015 2:16 AM in response to SergKL

me having the exact same problem starting a week ago. While others are bothering about the missing AirPlay icon, but mine just hop-in from no where. really frustating.

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Answer 7

r.dave

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Aug 6, 2015 8:25 PM in response to SergKL

Any solutions , i agree with people, what if some one is watching my screen at some remote location. ( just a thought but yea that icon is enough to provoke it)

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