Geek Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/airplay-mirroring-mac.jpg" alt="AirPlay Mirroring on a Mac " title="airplay-mirroring-mac" width="620" height="361" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27381" /></p> <p>Apple TV owners have an extra incentive to try out <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/16/mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-developer-preview-released/">OS X Mountain Lion Dev Preview</a>; AirPlay Mirroring. With AirPlay Mirroring, you can stream the Mac desktop and whatever application is on screen to an HDTV wirelessly through the Apple TV, making it easier than ever to watch videos from a Mac or play games on a much larger TV screen from a couch. It’s a great feature that finally came to the Mac with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, here’s what you’ll need to use it:</p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/ios-5-1/">iOS 5.1</a> beta 2 or later installed on the Apple TV</li> <li>OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installed</li> </ul> <p>Until the public release, these two requirements need developer access, without iOS 5.1+ being on the Apple TV you will get a device error. Most Macs that match the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/02/16/os-x-10-8-mountain-lion-system-requirements/">OS X Mountain Lion system requirements</a> should support AirPlay Mirroring, but <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2012/02/17/os-x-mountain-lions-airplay-mirroring-apparently-not-supported-on-all-macs/">9to5mac</a> has noticed that some 2010 model Macs don’t have the feature enabled yet, so don’t be shocked if the earlier OS X 10.8 builds are more restrictive than the shipping version.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Using AirPlay Mirroring on a Mac</h2> <ol> <li>Open System Preferences and click on “Displays”</li> <li>If the Mac supports AirPlay Mirroring, you will find an “AirPlay Mirroring” option near the bottom of the Displays preference panel, click this and select “Apple TV”</li> </ol> <p>At this point OS X 10.8 will detect the Apple TV, resize the screen if necessary, and start mirroring what is on the Mac to the HDTV. </p> <p>If you’re having problems or don’t want to try it yourself, <a href="http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/02/16/os-x-mountain-lion-airplay-mirroring-hands-on/">iDownloadBlog</a> put together a great video showing off AirPlay with a MacBook Air and an Apple TV, it’s embedded below: <iframe width="620" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXQI15_9s4U?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>iDB points out that all video worked perfectly, including YouTube and Hulu, which should ultimately make AirPlay much more valuable.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vNaNhTnRN7WDTs_RyOzo-MtoQY0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vNaNhTnRN7WDTs_RyOzo-MtoQY0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vNaNhTnRN7WDTs_RyOzo-MtoQY0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vNaNhTnRN7WDTs_RyOzo-MtoQY0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=zcIBMcBlElA:LKoF5iVCfD0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/zcIBMcBlElA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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