Alternatively, use Spotlight Search to quickly find the app. Step 1: Launch QuickTime Player on your Mac by clicking its icon in the Dock or double-clicking the app in your Mac’s Applications folder. How to send video from QuickTime Player on your Mac to your TV In this example, the iPhone 6s ad is playing on my Apple TV labeled “Chris-Apple TV”. Step 4: If all goes well, the video should start playing on your big screen TV, with your Mac letting you know where the video is playing. Step 3: Now select your Apple TV from the menu. It’s just to the left of YouTube’s full screen icon and looks like this: Step 2: With the video playing, click the AirPlay icon in the lower right corner of YouTube’s video player. For the purposes of this tutorial, I’m going to visit YouTube to watch Apple’s iPhone 6s ad. To wirelessly beam any video playing in Safari on your Mac (Chrome isn’t supported) to an HDTV, do the following: How to send video from Safari on your Mac to your TV If you don’t see the option to “Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available,” your Mac doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for AirPlay. To check whether or not your Mac supports AirPlay, go to Apple menu → System Preferences and click Displays. In addition, your Mac and Apple TV must be connected to the same local network in order for you to be able to use AirPlay.
To use this feature, you’ll need the following: There was just one slight problem: you couldn’t stream individual videos without mirroring the whole screen.Īpple has solved this annoyance with OS X 10.11 El Capitan, which introduced richer AirPlay support permitting you to send video from Safari and other apps to the Apple TV. Since OS X 10.9 Mavericks owners of the Apple TV have been able to wirelessly mirror their Mac screen to the big screen TV with an AirPlay feature called AirDisplay.
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