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Airplay issue with El Capitan

Having a reliability issue while using airplay with el capitan to apple tv 3! it will either work after a long delay (and not turn off) or won't work at all. My iPhone 6S iOS 9.0.2 works fine with airplay and my home network is not an issue. Anyone else have this issue?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 1:55 PM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2015 1:31 PM

I have a similar issue with my MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) on El Capitan. I can connect to my Apple TV 3 (I copy the screen) but it's still not usable: slow framerate and the sound is "cut". I tried the old tips (disconnect the bluetooth for example) but nothing fix the problem.

Does Apple try their features?


PS: The AirPlay works fine with my iPhone 5s and my iPad Mini 2 Retina (both on iOS 9.0.2).

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Nov 1, 2015 7:26 AM in response to Mikemk100

Same issue here. MacBook Pro 15" mid 2014 running 10.11.1 and Apple TV 3 running 7.2

Everything is up-to-date. Firewall is off.

I can start AirPlay and see the other desktop in my TV. No problem with that... Also can AirPlay from iTunes.

But when I try to AirPlay audio/video from other apps, like VLC or even Photos, AirPlay crashes and stops.

Everything was working OK with Yosemite... I guess maybe upgrading was a mistake. Disappointed. 😟

I will appreciate any tip or help. Thanks.

Nov 1, 2015 8:06 AM in response to Mikemk100

Sort of same issue here: videos keep rebuffering, and sometimes it just stops playing randomly. Now here's the interesting kicker: I also have a Chromecast and it suffers from the same issues. Tried on my wife's laptop which is on Yosemite still and everything works without a glitch. My guess is that there's something going quite wrong with the network daemon or settings.


Do you guys have third-party VPN software running? I have the Private Internet Access OpenVPN client.


Hopefully someone will figure it out soon.

Nov 3, 2015 9:31 AM in response to Mikemk100

Adding to this matter...there seems to be a real issue with iOS 9 devices and talking to ATV3... over our school network.


What used to work flawlessly has been plagued with issues now. I do not have any screen codes or passwords to connect our iPads to the ATV3 and 8.4.1 devices all connect great...it's anything with 9.x that have issues and always ask for the screen code which is turned off.


I'm beginning to wonder if this has any bearing with El Capitan. Something to do with AirPlay security vulnerabilities?


Come on Apple...we've got 150+ iPads and MacBooks left in the lurch here...including my own personal devices.

Nov 6, 2015 10:46 AM in response to Puppysnuts

Here is a summary of my findings:


  1. iOS & OS X devices will “see” the ATV3 over the network, however the newly updated devices are now much slower at discovering any of our ATV3’s. Any attempt to connect to it will result in the iOS device “appearing to connect with the blue line at the top” but will NOT mirror.
  2. OS X “El Capitan” will have a window that states “Could not connect to ‘ATV3 Name’”
  3. At times, the ATV3s with no restrictions on connecting to them (no passcode to connect, no security and broadcasting on) seems to always ask for the “On Screen” passcode for devices with iOS 9.x and asking for absolutely nothing when connecting via iOS 8.4.1
  4. iOS devices with 8.4.1 connect seamlessly and quickly over the network to ATV 3…but iOS 9.x is a real random occurrence.
  5. If iOS 9.x connects it takes at least 90 seconds for it to do so. iOS 8.4.1 is instant.

Nov 7, 2015 9:37 AM in response to baldini75

Will definitely check out AirParrot 2 for Mac OS X. Seems like a real upgrade over AirPlay.


Worked this out yesterday:

1. Used "Configurator" to reinstall a fresh version the ATV3 software and found the following works. This could be a headache for a lot of schools. We have 20+ Apple TV devices at ours and mounted all over rooms. But!...


2. iOS 9.x = devices will now connect and function normally with AirPlay after the Apple TV onscreen password is entered. Takes around 5 to 10 seconds to connect initially. Entered the onscreen passcode from the AppleTV onto the iOS device. After that it's as smooth as butter. Finally...


3. iOS 8.4.1 = no on screen password required and mirroring via AirPlay is wonderfully fast.


4. OS X El Capitan 10.11.1 = nothing.


5. OS X 10.10 and previous versions totally work great.

Nov 10, 2015 11:24 PM in response to Mikemk100

Streaming Music via Airplay of an Airport Express is not working either when setting Sound Options in System Preferences to Airplay-devices. (It works with iTunes, but that´s not the only option to stream and listen to music - although apple might'd prefer and push it though).

Worked perfectly with Yosemite though.

But without Airplay my whole sound-concept doesn't make sense any more and i'd have to hardwire my house all over - not an option though: so better solve the problem Apple-Support - FAST!


/me 😠


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Airplay issue with El Capitan

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