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Q: My 2015 macbook air will not mirror to apple tv

I have already checked my firewall preferences to make sure connections are allowed in. I even turned my firewall off, and it still does not work. And I am on the same wifi network with both devices. My wife's macbook air mirrors just fine, and so does our iphones. I can play Itunes music from my computer to apple tv, but it will not mirror.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 21, 2015 11:57 AM

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  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Nov 21, 2015 1:52 PM in response to jcombs88
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    Nov 21, 2015 1:52 PM in response to jcombs88
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    jcombs88 jcombs88 Nov 21, 2015 7:13 PM in response to sberman
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    Nov 21, 2015 7:13 PM in response to sberman

    Yes, it is up to date. I also reset all of the apple tv settings even though it was right out of the box yesterday. So far I am still stumped as to why only my computer will not work with it. When I hit the air play button I can see both of my apple t'vs listed, (one upstairs, one in the living room) But I get a message immediately after clicking it saying "Could not connect to living room apple tv."

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    jcombs88 jcombs88 Nov 21, 2015 8:48 PM in response to jcombs88
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    Nov 21, 2015 8:48 PM in response to jcombs88

    Well I found the solution.. After spending about 3 or 4 hours of searching and trying to find answers I decided to restart my computer. 30 seconds later, I can mirror now. Not sure why all of my other devices including my wife's macbook air worked and mine didn't.. but it fixed it. If you set up apple tv and a device isn't working.. try restarting the device that isn't working. I started to feel dumb for such a simple fix, but not one site anywhere mentioned restarting the computer. I hope this saves the next persons time.