Airplay mirroring

[Liquinn]

Do I need Mountain Lion to mirror my iPad 4 to a HDTV via an Apple TV?

Thanks

 

[Buckeyestar]

Do I need Mountain Lion to mirror my iPad 4 to a HDTV via an Apple TV?

Thanks

Nope.

 

[Liquinn]

Nope.

AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion takes advantage of the hardware video encoding capabilities of 2nd and 3rd Generation Intel Core processors. Hardware video encoding allows AirPlay Mirroring to efficiently deliver high frame rates while maintaining optimal system performance. The following Mac models have processors that support AirPlay Mirroring:

Why does the Apple site mention Mountain Lion?

 

[hyteckit]

What do you need Mountain Lion for?

You don't. Your iPad runs iOS.


If you want to Airplay mirroring on your Mac, then you need Mountain Lion.

 

[Buckeyestar]

What do you need Mountain Lion for?

Just Macs, it allows them to mirror via AirPlay. The iPad and iPhone don't need anything else to mirror to an Apple TV.