Mirroring from Macbook Pro to ATV2

I hope someone can help me...  from what I read everywhere my macbook pro should give me the option to turn on mirroring.  but sadly I can't do it..
I have Macbook Pro - Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) - Late 2011
When I go to my System Preferences>Display...  I don't have option to turn on mirror for my ATV2 (I have a ATV3 as well)
Any thoughts?

Actually disregard that.
You will need to update to OS X Mavericks. Since mirroring requires OS X 10.8 or later.
Message was edited by: Tlix

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