Could not connect to Apple TV (2015) on Yosemite (10.10.5) Macbook Pro (Early 2015)

My "Block all incoming connections" in my firewall was off.. but I turned it on. .then turned it off again and vwalla! Airplay now works! Man that was bugging the **** out of me for at least 2 weeks...

What happened to "Just Works" Apple? ;-/

Environment variables:

- wired lan to rule out Wi-Fi issues.

- MBP 2014 15" w/ macOS v.10.12.2

- AppleTV gen 4, tvOS 10.1 (14U593)

Hope this works for everyone else.

@Graham Dombkins - thank you, thank you, thank you! I saw the same thing that you saw. The issue of AirPlay not working with our new ATV4 in a classroom was limited to 10.10 Yosemite Macs. El Capitain 10.11 Macs were fine. I turned OFF the PASSCODE, a 10.10 computer connected, reenabled the PASSCODE, and that same 10.10 computer was still able to connect. A different 10.10 computer tried to connect and got the '"Could not connect to "AppleTVName"' message. Again, we turned OFF the PASSCODE, the other 10.10 computer connected, and then reenabled the PASSCODE. I had already removed keychains at /Users/[UserName]/library/keychains and deleted NetworkInterfaces.plist at /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ and rebooted, but neither of those suggestions fixed my issue. I was getting frustrated. Thank you again for taking time to post the fix, Graham Dombkins!

Hi

Have you got home sharing enabled on all your Apple devices

Including apple tv .

You also need cloud sharing on all devices to be enabled .

Cheers

Brian

Similar issue here. MBP will correctly stream iTunes music/videos to my ATV4, however it will not connect using screen mirroring function. It will, however, connect and mirror to my earlier version ATV. All other devices (MB Air & iPhone/iPad) stream and mirror properly to the ATV4.

I Have seen others who disabled firewall on the MacBook having success overcoming the AirPlay issue...

I've seen that as well, however my firewall is off.

I am having this problem too and cannot find any solutions.

I have the same problem. Apple help!

Update the Apple TV OS and then see if it works. Should be 9.1.1 I believe.

Tried all of above, still says "Could not connect to Apple TV".

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

OS Yosemite 10.10.5

Apple TV

Model A1625

tvOS 9.1.1 (13U717)

This must be a legitimate problem because my situation is identical. I am in Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies

All problems are legitimate. But if you mean it's a problem with the software, no it's a problem with your network/set-up.

Has anyone here restored the tvOS using iTunes? Try that. I had computers show they were still connected to ATV when they weren't and all I had to do was restore the ATV via iTunes.

Means you have to set it back up but it's better than not working at all.

Restore your Apple TV through iTunes - Apple Support

nmblookup 'allow incoming connections' has to be enabled in the Privacy & Security (Firewall) Preferences for the apple TV and computer to connect.

I had the same problem and it was bizarre because my other devices worked fine, but not the Macbook Pro. Now all working fine. Try it out...

By the way I didn't need to tick the 'automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections' for it to get working, but maybe that's just luck 🙂

I replaced my apple tv in a shop for a new one and still the same. It has to be something wrong with my macbook.