WWDC: Mountain Lion OS X Enables AirPlay Mirroring to Your TV

  • At Monday’s WWDC event, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a new MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6, a Google Maps replacement, Facetime without Wi-Fi and more. However, it was a new mirroring feature that caught the attention of many.
  • “A potentially disruptive feature of the upgraded OS X enables Mac users to mirror their laptop’s display on their TV sets with one click, via Apple TV and AirPlay,” notes Lost Remote. “Until now, porting video to your TV set outside iTunes required running a cable from your laptop to your TV. But now, if you’re watching a clip on Hulu or a TV website (or playing a game, editing a document, etc.), just click and watch it on the big screen.”
  • “That alone may be worth the $99 for Apple TV, which becomes a wireless receiver, to boot,” adds the post.
  • “If you have an Apple TV, you’re going to love Apple’s new AirPlay Mirroring, which allows you to mirror what’s on your Mac in a 1080p stream to your Apple TV, allowing everybody to look at what you’re working on,” reports 9to5 Mac in a related post. “This feature is perfect for meetings, getting rid of the need for expensive projectors.”
  • SlashGear adds: “…the introduction of Game Center on OS X Mountain Lion also means that games can be streamed or mirrored. With AirPlay and Game Center now integrated into the Mac, users can play against other Mac users or even iPhone and iPad users.”
  • The new Mountain Lion OS X will be available in July.

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