10.8 Airplay not recognising Apple TV3

[jny2012]

Hi

I have downloaded 10.8 primarily for Airplay. Situation is:

1. Apple TV 3 with 5.0.2(4250)
2. Apple TV can see my Macbook Pro
3. I have checked 'Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available' in Settings/Display

But there is no icon in the menu bar?

I found a Youtube video 'OS X Mountain Lion AirPlay Mirroring How To and Hands On' that has an extra option that I don't and a slightly different option:

1. Airplay Mirroring - off/on
2. Show display options in the menu bar - automatically

What am I missing?

Thanks
John

 

[Intell]

What Mac do you have?

 

[jny2012]

Macbook Pro 17"

 

[Intell]

What year?

 

[Mal]

Macbook Pro 17"

Need more detail in order to know whether it works with AirPlay. Go to the Apple Menu -> About This Mac, and click More Info… It will tell you the model in the form of MacBook Pro 17-inch Early/Mid/Late 20xx. That will be enough info to go on.

jW

 

[jny2012]

Mid 2009

 

[Intell]

Your Mac is too old to do AirPlay mirroring.

 

[Mal]

Your Mac is too old to do AirPlay mirroring.

Unfortunately true. To be more specific, the video card lacks a feature called QuickSync that is used by Apple to support AirPlay.

jW

 

[jny2012]

Your kidding!!! No one at the Mac store mentioned that possibility to us when we purchased Apple TV 2 months ago. Mirroring was what we wanted but we were told we would have to wait for 10.8 for it to work which we have done. Any workaround?

 

[Peace]

Apple clearly stated what machines supported mirroring

 

[Pompiliu]

http://airparrot.com

 

[jny2012]

Thanks Pompiliu


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Apple clearly stated what machines supported mirroring

Just like they promoted iPad 4G here in Australia.