AirPlay Mirroring and iMessage Coming to Mac OS X Lion

[MacRumors]

AirPlay Mirroring and iMessage are reportedly coming to OS X Lion, according to 9to5Mac's sources.

Airplay Mirroring demoed on an iPad 2​

AirPlay Mirroring is a feature that first made its appearance on the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. It allows you to wirelessly stream whatever's on your iPad or iPhone display to your HDTV via Apple TV. The Mac implementation is reportedly going to be similar, allowing broadcast of your desktop to your TV.

AirPlay Mirroring for the Mac will allow a user to wirelessly mirror exactly what is shown on their Mac's display to an Apple TV connected to a projector, television, or external monitor. AirPlay video streaming is also being integrated into QuickTime X.

Meanwhile, iMessage is again being said to be coming to the OS X Lion. We had previously reported on iChat strings that have suggested work was already underway. Though it seems the decision to make iMessage a separate app or a part of iChat has reportedly not been finalized.

iMessage is Apple's new messaging solution for the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone found in iOS 5. It allows customers to send SMS-like messages over standard data connections rather than expensive text messaging plans. OS X Lion integration with iMessage would allow you to send iMessages to friends and family with iOS 5 devices from your Mac.

Article Link: AirPlay Mirroring and iMessage Coming to Mac OS X Lion

 

[spectre51]

Wish I could airplay my iPhone to a Mac's display. Would work great since my macmini is my htpc connected to my TV.

Looking forward to imessage on the desktop.

 

[Cougarcat]

I think the reason they made FaceTime a separate app was so you could receive calls in the background, without the app open. Presumably, iMessage would need this capability as well.

They should integrate iMessage with the FaceTime App instead. Sometimes I've wanted to send the person I'm FaceTiming a link.

 

[Cartaphilus]

This would be great for iChat video conferences since FaceTime images don't seem to fill an HDTV screen very well.

 

[adder7712]

Psyched for iMessage on Mac. I've been using it quite often since iOS 5.

 

[8CoreWhore]

Expect Siri, too.

 

[phyzics101]

Thank ya!!!

 

[Slurpy2k8]

Yes!!!

 

[Peace]

This sounds good and all but to me it seems it would only be useful with a laptop.

If I have my Mac in my office and mirror it to my HDTV in the living room how do interact with it ?

Unless they update the remote app to control the computer also. There's a thought.

 

[kuwisdelu]

This would be incredible, as it would eliminate the need for a standalone HTPC if one wants to run Plex or XBMC.

 

[iRobby]

Expect Siri, too.

I'm hoping Siri will be on the iPad 3

 

[ImperialX]

Words cannot express how long I've waited for this.

 

[kuwisdelu]

This sounds good and all but to me it seems it would only be useful with a laptop.

If I have my Mac in my office and mirror it to my HDTV in the living room how do interact with it ?

Use an iPhone or iPad as a remote over WiFi.

 

[Peace]

Use an iPhone or iPad as a remote over WiFi.

Ya. See my edit.

This might partially explain the IOS type layer in OSX.

 

[Screwtape]

Come on Apple, you MUST make this all one application. It's stupid to have Facetime, iMessage and iChat all be separate.

 

[isoMorpheus]

I'm hoping Siri will be on the iPad 3

It must.

 

[Cougarcat]

Expect Siri, too.

They'll probably want to make Siri an upgrade incentive for 10.8. At least by that time, it'll be out of beta.

 

[jonohayes]

iMessage + FaceTime + iChat = Messenger.app

I really hope Apple make 1 application for iMessage, FaceTime, and iChat.

I'm sick of having 2 and soon to be 3 applications that do that same thing on the mac.

they could even open it up so yahoo, MSN maybe even Skype could tap into it! (dreaming i know)....

 

[nutella69]

Wish I could airplay my iPhone to a Mac's display. Would work great since my macmini is my htpc connected to my TV.

Looking forward to imessage on the desktop.

Try this... http://www.airserverapp.com/

Is doing exactly what you want

 

[burnout8488]

There is no reason to worry about iMessage being separate from iChat.

iChat will probably be renamed iMessage, actually. And, it will probably use the same auto-detection that the iPhone does when determining if an e-mail or phone contact is iMessage capable.

Three separate apps would suck - it wouldn't happen.

 

[ChandraNM]

iMessage & Mail

it might be integrated with Mail...

I've been getting this message ever since upgrading to Lion...

 

[dgalvan123]

Airplay Mirroring from the Mac

This is great news for people using their computers to watch TV shows via the network websites, especially those only available with Flash. Now you can start a show in a browser window on your mac in one room, and Airplay it to any ATV2 in the house.

I had originally planned to get a mac mini to hook up to my TV, but the way they are rolling out the Apple TV connectivity, that is no longer necessary. Instead of another $600 + (for a mac mini), I can just use my current Macbook Pro and Airplay to however many Apple TV's I want!

(I hope Airplay mirroring on the mac comes with audio. It does on the iPad 2, so I'd expect it to.)

 

[coolbreeze]

Anything to sell Apple TV's. Lol.

 

[sennekuyl]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/9A334)

@ImperialX: Will dates work? After all, we know how long airplay mirroring and Siri have been around.

 

[goMac]

it might be integrated with Mail...

I've been getting this message ever since upgrading to Lion...

They mean the Message framework. Not some secret new app.