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Mac OS X 10.8 AirPlay Mirroring Not Yet Working On All Mac Models

February 17, 2012 by Guest 59 Comments

Following a report that not all Macs will run the new version of OS X 10.8, it has been discovered by 9to5Mac that apparently even those that will run Mountain Lion won’t have all the features available.

Airplay Mirroring Not Working

As shown in the picture, the option for AirPlay Mirroring is not available on the right hand screen which is a 2010 MacBook Pro with a 2.66 GHz processor and 4GB of RAM – not exactly a slow machine. It seems the feature is being limited on some Macs and not others, and the dependancy for this restriction seems to be unknown at present.

Do you have OS X 10.8 beta installed? Is AirPlay Mirroring enabled on your Mac? Let us know in the comments section below.

Note: Remember that you need Apple TV 5B2 firmware on your Apple TV for this to work.

Comments

  1. Jeremy Frick  says

    February 17, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    2011 MBA 4GB RAM i5 AirPlay is working on mine

  2. Chris F-Stop Tessarolo says

    February 17, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    2011 MBP 2.7ghz i7 8gb ram working. need appletv 5.1b2 though can anyone send me the file?

  3. Denzelvrp says

    February 17, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    Apple said Airplay Mirroring is only available on 2nd generation Intel Core processors.

  4. jon says

    February 18, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    imac 2009 – airplay not working

  5. Roman says

    February 19, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    MBP 2010 i7 2,66 8Gb not working (

  6. si k says

    February 25, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    MBP 6,1 (i7 2.66 8GB) option not available either!

  7. Isidoros Sklivanos says

    February 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    imac i7 2010 not available!!!

  8. Altechnik224 says

    March 1, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    MacBook Pro 2010 i5 is not available! 

  9. Mikaël Theimer says

    March 24, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    imac 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3 ==> not available

  10. guy says

    March 28, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    yeah macbook pro 13 inch intel airplay option not available..i have the latest appletv running iOS 5

  11. smitty25 says

    April 1, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    iMac 27″ late 2009 i7 2.8ghz not working.

    apple can suck it with their planned obsolescence

  12. seeafish says

    April 23, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    iMac 2010 i3 3.06. I have the option to enable AirPlay, but it doesn’t detect the ATV, Works on friend’s MBAir, so the ATV seemingly has the correct iOS installed.

    Kinda pissed off about this. There are only minute differences between Sandy Bridge and Naehlem (or whatever the previous gen was called). And AirParrot works fine… don’t really see why Apple have added this restriction!
    Hopefully it’s only for the preview…

  13. Amir Din says

    April 23, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    Macbook air 2012 Available, woohooo

  14. Amir Din says

    April 23, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    “I’m his vvv friend”

  15. matte says

    April 27, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    imac I3 3.2 GHz not available

  16. Nader_88_88 says

    June 3, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    mac book pro 2.4 intel core 2 memory 4 GB is not available.

  17. Rutger_apple says

    June 13, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    macbook pro 2,4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB > not available

  18. Nader_88_88 says

    June 15, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    I think we have to wait Apple release it after that we will knoe exactly

  19. Duh says

    June 19, 2012 at 1:09 am

    nobody read the tech specs on Apples site for ML it seems? mid 2011 and newer macs are the only models supported. Highly doubt this will change for release.

  20. Fofer says

    June 19, 2012 at 1:39 am

    And you don’t read the dates on this article and its comments? They are from months ago. Those spec requirements just went up last week.

  21. Untraceablehack says

    July 15, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    same story i have the same macbook pro late 2010 and gm mL so apple tv3 all not working may it work public release thanks

  22. John Hryniuk says

    July 21, 2012 at 12:47 pm

    I’m running Mac OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion ( latest beta ) with an IMAC 2.8 GHZ intel Core i5. The airplay feature will NOT work. What is up with this? I think Apple is becoming like Microsoft… greedy. Is this apple’s way of saying I should buy a new computer ? A computer that in my mind works well.. is fast enough and SHOULD have the airplay option. Anyone know if I’m doing something wrong? When I go to the settings in display there is no option for turning airplay on.

  23. John Norrby says

    July 25, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    MCP late 2010 i7 2,66 ghz not working. :-(

  24. Stefan Ravn says

    July 25, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    MCP late 2010 i7 2,66 GHZ. 8 GB RAM, SSD HD, ETC. not worikng, apple suck it! :-(

  25. John Hryniuk says

    July 25, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    ITS CLEAR… Apple wants you to upgrade your computer. They have become everything I hated about other companies. GREEDY…. I predict a bad fall for this company. Arrogance is never rewarded. I was going to buy a new iphone but went with the Samsung Galaxy which upgrades its OS 5-6 times a year ! 

  26. Amg_01 says

    July 25, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    Mid 2010 27″ i5.  Complete BS that this option is not avail.  At lease ML was only 19bucks.  Debating weather it was even worth it.  Should have been posted on the “Advertisement Page” properly.

  27. Amg_01 says

    July 25, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Apologize for misusing the proper word for whether.  

  28. Josh says

    July 25, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    I really don’t think Apple’s being “greedy” here and deliberately excluding models from AirPlay just to compel upgrades (and I say that as someone who’s mid-2010 MBP with 2.66 Ghz Intel Core i7 is narrowly excluded.)  That seems too… simple-minded.  The feature apparently relies on QuickSync which is only available in Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors.  Apple won’t include a feature if they can’t guarantee it will operate on the best level, and perhaps they were disappointed with it’s performance on older models.  They’re offering iOS 6 for 3GS iPhones, ferchrissakes!  Maybe they’re not being greedy and they’re just being sticklers for perfection like they always have been, and has directed them towards such success.  I feel like Apple would have *liked* to say that all features work on all machines that are ML-compatible, but couldn’t, when they couldn’t get AirPlay Mirroring to work on the older CPUs as well as it worked on the Sandy Bridge ones.

    All those affected by this disappointing news can find solace in AirParrot. I’m using it here and it works pretty well.  Quells the desire to buy a whole new laptop just for that one feature alone, at least.

  29. Abdulrahman says

    July 25, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    macbook pro late 2010 , 2.66GHz, intel core i7, 8GB RAM,

    airplay mirroring NOT AVAILABLE : – / so disappointed honestly…

  30. Mitchell says

    July 25, 2012 at 11:03 pm

    Mac Book pro 17 inch Mid 2010
    Processor  2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
    Memory  8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MBAirPlay.. Not working :(This is BS

  31. Ronaldo says

    July 25, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    iMac i3 4GB RAM – Not working :/

  32. MacAddict says

    July 25, 2012 at 11:43 pm

    Just installed Mountain Lion, and there’s no support for Airplay on my MBP (2008). The apple website says only models 2011 or newer will work.

  33. Sunlovesmoon09 says

    July 26, 2012 at 1:12 am

    I have a mbp Dec 2010 model and mountain lion installed on it.. Still i am unable to use airplay.. Any suggestions or solutins will be appreciated…

  34. Possumhead30 says

    July 26, 2012 at 1:15 am

    2.53GHz intel core 2, 4 GB ram, purchased Jan 2010, no airplay

    wife has a 2.3 GHz intel core i5, 4 GB ram, purchased August 2011, has airplay

  35. Linda says

    July 26, 2012 at 4:18 am

    mac book pro 2.4 intel core 2 memory 8 GB is not available.

  36. Josh says

    July 26, 2012 at 4:09 am

    This is because “Dec 2010” is earlier than “Jan 2011” so your Mac isn’t new enough.  Didn’t make the cutoff.  Try AirParrot instead.

  37. Kanamy says

    July 26, 2012 at 5:07 am

    Check website:
    AirPlay MirroringRequires 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)

  38. Victor Potasso says

    July 26, 2012 at 10:05 am

    iMac 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo don’t work :s

    Is there a way to enable this option by the terminal?

  39. Raf Feliciano says

    July 26, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    macbook white mid 2009 does not work too :-(

  40. Kostsis says

    July 26, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    macbook pro mid 2010 2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo…not working   

  41. Ryan Ragle says

    July 26, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    A 12-Core 2010 MacPro with a 1GB ATI 5870 Video Card & 24GB of RAM doesn’t support mirroring as of 10.8.0. Seriously? 

  42. Acvrt says

    July 26, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    Not working on an early 2008 Macbook Pro =(  I bought 10.8 specifically for mirroring! 

  43. Grovercarey says

    July 27, 2012 at 1:05 am

    Very annoyed.  I’m running a MacBook Air that I bought in August 2011.  Airplay works beautifully.  My iMac (2.93 GHz Intel Core i7) bought in January 2011 does not.  This was THE major reason to upgrade.

  44. Brian Bezanson says

    July 27, 2012 at 5:10 am

    Actually you needed some newer features that Intel added to their processors in 2011. Blame Intel more than Apple.

  45. Ahmed Attia says

    July 27, 2012 at 9:56 am

    Just installed OS 10.8 Mountain Lion on my and my wife MacBook Pro. Airplay works fine on mine (15″ i7 2.00 GHZ) but not shown on the toolbar on my wife (13″ Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ). Any idea why?

  46. Toco says

    July 27, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    Not working.. mac book white 13″ and my os x 10.8 buying en app store 

  47. Hans Nygaard from DK says

    July 28, 2012 at 7:08 am

    I have a MacBook Air from late 2010 and it’s not to enabled on this!!! 
    This is very bad for Apple, i think!!! IT SUKS

  48. Losers > Fanboys says

    July 28, 2012 at 3:54 pm

     Funny how apple couldn’t make it work yet you’re suggesting to use AirParrot.  This is clearly a money making scheme and only the fanboys are defending apples position here.  If MS did something similar we would be hearing about the EVIL M$ corporation ripping everyone off.  I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the same thing as the iPhone 4 Siri exclusion even though its been proven that siri works on the iPhone 4.

    Apple can make airplay work from my iPad 2 and iPhone 4 but not my mid 2010 MacBook Pro???  Sorry fanboys, this is Apple being a greedy company.

  49. Dreamwinder says

    July 28, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    I’m very upset about this. My MBP is actually a bit better equipped than what you’re showing in the blog post. (2.66 i7 + 8Gb RAM + 7200rpm HDD) In fact I have the higher resolution model that came with extra dedicated memory on the discreet graphics, and it’s worth noting I can quite easily run Diablo III at 30fps on that mobile card. Why mother Apple thinks that’s not enough to do AirPlay but is plenty to do 1080p (and 5.1 audio simultaneously) over HDMI is beyond comprehension.

  50. Sef1924 says

    July 28, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    I have mountain lion in (2010 Dec. 26th)iMac 27″ i7 2,99Ghz (8cores)16Gb RAM 2Tb HDD and I can’t use Airplay,… No coments about this S****

  51. Bruce says

    July 29, 2012 at 4:52 am

    This is BS. My wife’s iPad 2 does airplay mirroring Why can’t my 2010 MBP i7 2.66 (240gb  SSD, 8gb ram, 512mb graphics card)

  52. Bruce says

    July 29, 2012 at 4:58 am

    Your an idiot. It’s pure greed. All of us didn’t pay for ML to find solace in AirParrot.

  53. Chris Cleary says

    July 29, 2012 at 11:20 am

    I agree with what you are saying here and i am also disgusted, disappointed and frustrated but i don’t think air parrot works the same as airplay as it creates a local server on your computer and streams the image across your network, but you do make a valid point that if the iPhone 3gs can airplay why can’t the iMac 

  54. martin says

    July 29, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    Imac half 2010, 4mb ram, 3.2 Ghz Intel Core i3, airplay mirroring NOT AVAILABLE 

  55. Bob says

    July 29, 2012 at 4:55 pm

    macbook late 2009 not working

  56. Annoyed says

    August 22, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Damn Apple to H… with their screwed up business strategy of planned obsolescense. You’re screwing your customers – bought the Mountain Lion specifically for mirroring, but it does not work because of a desk decision. Such BullSh…

  57. Me says

    August 23, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    MacBook Pro 2010 Intel Core 2 Duo Airplay NOT WORKING
    Mac Mini 2.3 i5 8GB RAM Working like a charm!

    Kinda pissed off the one I use air play for is my laptop and I stream iTunes to my ATV all the time they should have not done that! I really don’t need it for my Mac Mini since I have a 27 inch Thunderbolt display….. FIX THIS APPLE LIKE NOW!!!!

  58. andres says

    August 24, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    we should sue apple because of it for all its fortune… lol

  59. Eyder Borges says

    October 31, 2013 at 12:20 am

    iMac i3 late 2010, 12GB RAM airplay mirroring NOT AVAILABLE. Deeply disappointed… :'(

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