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AirPlay icon on MacBook Pro

On a MacBook Pro, there is a AirPlay icon at the top of the screen. When you use that, is there a way to view just the video that is playing on the computer so it appears on my Apple TV? I don't want a screen mirroring effect when it displays the entire computer screen. I want just the video to appear on my TV. Is this possible?

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), iOS 11.2.2

Posted on Mar 3, 2018 10:40 PM

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Posted on Mar 4, 2018 9:29 PM

Compatible (MP4?) embedded (Vimeo, YouTube, JW Player, …) video on web pages on Safari [sample] may have their own AirPlay icon, sending just that video to the Apple TV, full screen. Even if the web controller lacks this icon, sometimes you can Ctrl-click the video to ‘Enter Full Screen’ and get a different controller that has a working AirPlay icon. [And on certain sites the web controller suggests AirPlay availability, but doesn’t work (spinning loader on the tv).]


QuickTime Player also has its own AirPlay icon in the floating controller.

iTunes has its own AirPlay icon.

Non-Apple applications seem to be excluded, though.


So don’t use the upper-right menu bar icon if you want something different that mirroring or separate display. But use the other AirPlay icons elsewhere.

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Mar 4, 2018 9:29 PM in response to bendmitchell

Compatible (MP4?) embedded (Vimeo, YouTube, JW Player, …) video on web pages on Safari [sample] may have their own AirPlay icon, sending just that video to the Apple TV, full screen. Even if the web controller lacks this icon, sometimes you can Ctrl-click the video to ‘Enter Full Screen’ and get a different controller that has a working AirPlay icon. [And on certain sites the web controller suggests AirPlay availability, but doesn’t work (spinning loader on the tv).]


QuickTime Player also has its own AirPlay icon in the floating controller.

iTunes has its own AirPlay icon.

Non-Apple applications seem to be excluded, though.


So don’t use the upper-right menu bar icon if you want something different that mirroring or separate display. But use the other AirPlay icons elsewhere.

AirPlay icon on MacBook Pro

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