I can't mirror my mac to apple tv, what should i do?

hi all
im trying to mirror my mac to apple tv but the airplay icon isnt showing in my mac bar. can anyone help please.

saffar87 wrote:
hi all
im trying to mirror my mac to apple tv but the airplay icon isnt showing in my mac bar. can anyone help please.
Hi,
Airplay mirrowing in OS X Mountain Lion is supported only on 2011 Mac models or later. Any model made before 2011 will not support Airplay mirrowing. So if your Mac falls under the 2010 or earlier model category, then it is not supported by OS X.
Alternatively, there is an app called AirParrot (website here) which supports older Macs (dating back to 2008 models) and gives them the ability to transmit their signals to your Apple TV.
You can also learn more about the OS X Airplay feature on the following Apple KB article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404

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