No AirPlay On 2010 Imacs

[robbone]

What a joke so i call apple today and they say airplay dont work on the 2010 model imacs just the 2011 and up computers, the least they could do is tell you that when hyping it up so now i need to get a new imac to use the airplay feature so lame

 

[GGJstudios]

They hid that information in plain sight, for anyone to read:

Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.

AirPlay Mirroring
Requires a second-generation Apple TV or later. Supports the following Mac models:

• iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
• Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
• MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
• MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

 

[trssho]

Why wouldnt they support my 2010 iMac with a quad core processor?

 

[harrisonw1998]

Gizmodo wrote about this. http://gizmodo.com/5929249/why-your-old-mac-cant-use-mountain-lion-mirroring

 

[moulevay]

Same issue. It s a scandal! I hope they ll find solution or i ll ask for a refund

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Same issue. It s a scandal! I hope they ll find solution or i ll ask for a refund

Your post is a scandal. The feature is hardware dependent (Intel processor generation), and no, it is not Apples fault.

 

[NewbieCanada]

Why wouldnt they support my 2010 iMac with a quad core processor?

Same reason my quad-core 2012 rMBP doesn't play DVDs - it lacks the necessary hardware.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Same reason my quad-core 2012 rMBP doesn't play DVDs - it lacks the necessary hardware.

*lol*
A fitting comparison.

🙂

 

[lordofthereef]

Forgive my ignorance, but how is this a hardware limitation? I have airplay working on my HTPC through XBMC. It most certainly isn't sporting a current generation quad core processor...

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

Forgive my ignorance, but how is this a hardware limitation? I have airplay working on my HTPC through XBMC. It most certainly isn't sporting a current generation quad core processor...

On the Intel-side only Sandy Bridge IGPs (or newer) can encode H.264 streams in realtime. XBMC uses probably another hardware accelerated video encoder. Many ARM-based processors have a realtime H.264 encoder.

 

[lordofthereef]

On the Intel-side only Sandy Bridge IGPs (or newer) can encode H.264 streams in realtime. XBMC uses probably another hardware accelerated video encoder. Many ARM-based processors have a realtime H.264 encoder.

AHA! That's the ticket. Thanks for clearing that up for me. 🙂

In theory, would upgrading to a Sandy Bridge + processor do the ticket?

 

[moulevay]

Try the AirParrot App!

It works very well.

 

[PlasticaxBonina]

It works very well.

So...
Then hence the question why can a 3rd party developer do it? And apple not?

(and the price is also expensive compared to a whole package of upgrades and new features =P )