How to get the airplay icon to pop up on the tool bar

i just bought apple tv 3rd gen and for some reason idk y but my airplay icon isnt coming up on my tool bar i was wondering if anyone could tell me more about why its not or tell me who i can get it

You have OS X Lion, not Mountain Lion. You can do two things:
1. Make a Time Machine backup and/or a clone with Carbon Copy Cloner, open App Store and purchase Mountain Lion, so you will get the AirPlay icon on your Mac to use AirPlay Mirroring.
2. Keep OS X Lion and use AirParrot > http://www.airparrot.com
I recommend you to upgrade to Mountain Lion because you will get new features apart from AirPlay Mirroring for your Mac

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