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Video Walkthrough of AirPlay and Other Features in OS X Mountain Lion

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This mirroring is a sweet feature. I hope it works flawlessly.
 
I'm digging everything except the fat tabs in Safari.
I hate it on the iPad and I definitely hate it here.
 
I cannot wait for mountain lion. this summer is shaping up to be a good one with this, possible iPhone 5 and possible iOS 6 right?
 
Was the TV an Apple device or just an Apple sticker logo and ATV2 plugged in ?
 
I'm definitely gonna buy a Macbook Air this summer so that I can use this AirPlay feature. That along with being able to use AirDrop with my iMac is gonna present a lot of great oppurtunities.
 
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One of the main reasons I bought the Apple TV 2: AIRPLAY

To soon be able to stream/AirPlay one's computer desktop to one's TV is going to be a sweet interaction indeed! This will get around some of the video incompatibilities encountered with the iDevices, such as the iPad.

(My wife likes to watch missed TV show posted on a TV's website, but some networks still post video in the 'archaic' Flash format!).

And no need to convert non-iTunes compatible video formats such as DivX and MKV into the AppleTV readable version - simply mirror directly from the computer.

Great stuff.

Very happy!! ;)
 
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Looked good, but I'd have to make sure there's no quality degradation before replacing my Mac Mini with an ATV (and putting the profit towards the next iPhone). Fingers crossed! :D
 
Desktop Airplay mirroring = hulu (and avi, mkv, etc) on apple TV without having to jailbreak and install XBMC and the hulu add-on!
 
LFMNX said:
Was the TV an Apple device or just an Apple sticker logo and ATV2 plugged in ?
Click to expand...

I was wondering the same thing. It looks like an iMac. Their displays don't have that big of a base with an apple logo. I didn't think these things had hdmi inputs for an appletv to connect to.

He's probably running software to make the mac appear as an appletv on the network.
 
I hope theres an option to turn off versions and more importantly:

an option to ungroup application windows in mission control while showing all other application windows. bring back expose.
 
Hey

First time posting on these forums after months of reading. Airplay Question: with the update should we be able to mirror the video of Hbogo/ESPn3 from my mac to my apple tv? right now you can only get the audio through mirroring from those sites from an iPhone/ipad.

thanks
 
Desktop mirroring to Apple TV 2 available today with airparrot

airparrot272571.jpg

if you're interested in the desktop mirroring to your apple tv 2, check out http://www.airparrot.com

Mountain Lion will require a second-generation Intel Core mac while AirParrot works on 10.6 and 10.7 regardless and it's available right now.

You can watch a demo/review I made about it here:
http://youtu.be/S-Tse43lLLE

*note: audio syncing coming in a future update.

- evan
 
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Address Book & iCal

Please make Address Book look and function better in Mountain Lion. The Lion versions suck bad. Flipping pages for Groups is horrible, and the Disney Wild West aesthetic to iCal is the most un-Apple Apple design ever. Perhaps at least give us a few skins to pick from... but I'll setting for better function and layout of Address Book. Please.
 
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