HT201343 AirPlay on MacBook Air

I have a MacBook Air mid-2012 with recently purchased Apple TV, and I don't get the Airplay icon on my menu bar. I'm able to use AirPlay from iTunes on the computer, but not for other applications. Any suggestions?

It is your OS, you show OS X 10.7.5 and you need OS X 10.8 or newer Mountain Lion which you need to purchase from the app store.
Jules

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Airplay on MacBook Air

I DON'T HAVE AN APPLE TV
WHAT I HAVE ARE
1. MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
2. iPhone 5
     Model = MD297HN/A
     Version = 6.1.4 (10B350)
I have a broadband connection with a wifi Modem to which I connect both my devices.
I want to see the iPhone mobile screen on the Mac
What I do:
1. I log on to the wifi router from my iPhone
2. I logn on to the wifi router from MacBookAir
WHAT HAPPENS
@ iPhone: AT TIMES THE IPHONE SHOWS THE "Airplay" icon when the home button is pressed. (THIS IS ANYWAY ARBITRARY. I TRIED DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS AND COULD NOT DEDUCE WHEN IT SHOWS AND WHEN NOT "EVEN WHEN IT IS SEAMLESSLY CONNECTED TO THE ROUTER AND LIVE ON INTERNET"
@ MacBookAir: Does not show the "Airplay" icon in the menu bar NOR in itunes.
MY QUESTION:
EVEN AS I AM HAVING AN iPhone AND A MacBook Air WHICH ACCORDING TO APPLE WEBSITE CAN COMMUNICATE THROUGH "AirPlay" WHY AM I NOT ABLE TO DO IT?
NOTE: THIS IS WHAT "APPLE SUPPORT " WEBSITE TOLD ME
Requirements for AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
An Apple TV
Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation) with software update v5.0 or later. See How to update Apple TV software.
Supported MacsAirPlay 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:
iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
Which Mac do I have?
A network
AirPlay Mirroring requires either a Wi-Fi (802.11 a/g/n) connection or an Ethernet connection to the same local network that your Apple TV uses.
HUMBLE REQUEST   With the information given above, experts are humbly requested not to ask me
1. What is your Apple TV Model (I don't have one)
2. Are you connected to the same router on both the device (expalined above)
3. Have you checked whether the devices are compatible (Apple support tells me they are, as above)
4. You have to slide past the music play buttons beyond the "portrait lock screen icon" to see the Airplay button (All that and more have already been done.)
5. Look at the iTune screen on your MacBook Air to see the Airplay (I have already clarified these above)
The problem is very serious. If I am not able to MIRROR MY IPHONE SCREEN ON TO MY MACBOOKAIR in spite of having devices as per Apple specifications, and performing as per Apple instructions, then Apple is cheating me.

Hi there NJAviles!
I have an article here that can tell you all about AIrPlay Mirroring on your MacBook Air running Mountain Lion:
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X Mountain Lion
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5404
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

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It is as Mirror is a function of Mountain Lion.
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I am having this same problem and cannot seem to find the solution anywhere. Everything has been attempted: Router reset (even though mirroring works fine on my iPhone and iPad 3), Software is up to date on both apple TV 3 and 2012 Macbook Pro, MBP has been rebooted and so has the Apple Tv. The support link from above is of no help because it suggest that my computer/software is not compatible, but all the prerequisites have been met. Someone please advise.
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Hey there,
I've been, for what seems like forever, experiencing very stuttery Airplay streaming. Strangely this only happens when streaming music via iTunes. Airplay Mirroring and Airplay-Video work fine. There is no difference between streaming to an Apple TV (3rd gen) and an Airport Express (older gen, the plug-into-outlet-thingy). The reasons why I find this strange:
- only iTunes seems to be affected.
- cannot be a bandwith issue since AirPlay Mirroring work well
- iPad, iPhone, Windows Laptops are not affected
- the MBA 2013 has WiFi-issues, but those are related to bluetooth being in the same 2,4 Ghz band. Bluetooth is disabled.
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- no WiFi-pollution. Suburbs.
When streaming, sometimes the audio will stutter, sometimes stop for a few seconds, sometimes stopping completely (iTunes however says music is still playing) forcing me to either pause and resume in iTunes or, if that does not work, reconnect the AirPlay device.
One additional thing: Using iStat Menus I can see how much traffic is currently being used. Mostly this issue only happens when upload is over 120KB/s. Well that's weird.
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I realised I had the same problem after buying a lovely new Bowers and Wilkins A7. I was devastated.
The symptoms were very similar to yours - frequent dropouts when streaming audio only. Good, strong wifi signals between devices that could 'stream' hi def video without problem and no problems when streaming from an iPad.
However, i seem to have remedied the problem and haven't had one dropout since.
I am no techie but I think airplay sends audio and video in different ways;
Video is sent and cached - in any video sent to Apple TV, you can see the white bar grow along the bottom of the screen and, as long as this stays ahead of the point you are watching, you should never have any stuttering issues. I assume the file is downloaded and temporarily stored in the apple tv's memory. I know we use the term 'streaming' for this but it is more like a straightforward download.
I am guessing that Audio is genuinely streamed (and not cached). I imagine that the protocol had to be written like that as not all airplay speakers are going to have internal memory to download the temporary file to.
i was also assuming that, although I had a strong wifi connection between my devices, any wireless technology is vulnerable to interference from a variety of sources. This doesn't necessarily manifest itself as a weak signal but rather may cause momentary interruptions.
My iTunes library was on a Mac mini on the same floor and near to the airplay speaker. The router is on the floor below. This set up meant that the Mac mini was wirelessly uploading data next to the speaker that was downloading from the router. I believe the Mac mini was polluting the wifi causing interruptions in the signal.
I moved the Mac mini to the floor below and connected it to the router with an Ethernet cable. I don't know if this improved the connection but I assume it did as well as stopping the Mac mini pumping out wifi.
You mention that your problems are worse when you are uploading - could it be the device that you are uploading from is interfering with the wifi signal?
As I said above, i have not had one dropout since moving the Mac mini away from the airplay speaker.
I hope you are able to do the same.

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AirPlay Mirroring requires a second-generation Apple TV or later, and is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer). For non-qualifying Macs you can try using Air Parrot.
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Hey vazandrew,
Thanks for the update on the encryption piece. I didn't know that. I thought you meant something like using a VPN.
And yeah, 4 years is a while. I just figured if the drive was still humming along all should be well. I didn't think that performance could be affected in this way just from using an old router.
The issue does occur on both Apple TV's. Near the Apple TV's are just my TV sets. One ATV also has speakers nearby it. The ATV's are not sitting inside of a closed space. They're on top of the entertainment unit. The rest of the appliances are below and inside the unit.
Near the Time Capsule is the Uverse Gateway modem for my cable tv, a Motorola SB6141 modem for my internet with Atlantic Broadband (I mistakenly mentioned initially that my internet was with Uverse), an APC battery backup, my HP printer, a USB hub, a power strip, and a couple of unplugged external hard drives.
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