May 25, 2012 - 05:30 PM EDT — AAPL: 562.29 (-3.03, -0.54%) | NASDAQ: 2837.53 (-1.85, -0.07%)

RUMOR: Apple prepping AirPlay Mirroring, iMessage app for Macintosh

Monday, October 31, 2011 · 9:00 am · 22 Comments

“Sources familiar with the future of Mac OS X say that AirPlay Mirroring and an iMessage application are currently in development,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac. “Although neither project may see the light of day, they are definitely on the table for release in future versions of OS X Lion.”

“AirPlay Mirroring for the Mac will allow a user to wirelessly mirror exactly what is shown on their Mac’s display to an Apple TV connected to a projector, television, or external monitor,” Gurman reports. “Sources are saying that a decision on whether or not iMessage will be released as a standalone product or as an integrated featured into iChat has not been finalized.”

Read more in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lynn Weiler" for the heads up.]

Categories: Rumor

Tags: AirPlay Mirroring, iMessage, mac, Macintosh

Thank You for supporting MacDailyNews!

♥ Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended for Mac - Student and Teacher Edition DVD (65171323) only $249!
♥ Blowout: Apple 15.4" MacBook Pro i7/4Core/2.0GHz/4GB/500GB (MC721LL/A) only $1,549.99 + Free Shipping from MacMall
♥ Mac Madness Save 25% on Parallels Desktop 7!
♥ 15% Off Compatible Ink. 10% Off All Others (excludes OEMs). Free Shipping over $55. Coupon: 123BLOSSOM, Expires 6.18.12
♥ Save up to 60% at the Hammacher Schlemmer Special Values Sale-While supplies last.
♥ Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5 - New! Simply Smarter Speech Recognition
♥ Up to 30% OFF Accessories from Verizon Wireless
♥ Limited Time Offer: Get free ZAGGsmartbuds when you buy a ZAGGsparq!

Comment Feed

22 Comments

TheloniousMac

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:03 am · Reply

I was wishing for that all day yesterday.
breeze

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:08 am · Reply

““AirPlay Mirroring for the Mac will allow a user to wirelessly mirror exactly what is shown on their Mac’s display to an Apple TV”

Just what the doctor ordered !
- silverhawk1
  
  Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:18 am · Reply
  
  Just what my cataracts ordered!
botvinnik

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:14 am · Reply

needs to be standalone.
- observer
  
  Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:17 am · Reply
  
  I would love to see iMessages and FaceTime combined on OS X.
  - nciceman
    
    Monday, October 31, 2011 - 4:07 pm · Reply
    
    I agree. iChat, FaceTime, iMessage….please just combine them all.
Stephen

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:36 am · Reply

I hope iMessage is part of ichat, otherwise it probably won’t be scriptable
terpax

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:40 am · Reply

The fragmentation of Apple chat clients has baffled me for a long time. iChat, FaceTime, iMessage… They really need to bring them all under one umbrella that does voice, video, text and even document and screen sharing.
- Chaz
  
  Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:46 am · Reply
  
  Amen!
- Indiemuppet
  
  Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:46 am · Reply
  
  Absolutely! I mean if anyone can do it cleanly, it should be Apple – right?!
  
  Whilst we’re at it, could an Airplay for the Mac also mirror what’s on your mobile device on your Mac screen? Or would that be treading on the toes of developers who release versions of their mobile Apps on the Mac App Store?
mxnt41

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 9:53 am · Reply

Normally I would prefer to have everything under one app, but unless they’re going to add iChat features to iMessage on iOS, and in turn replace iChat with iMessage on Macs, I would prefer that functionality correspond to the same apps across the platforms.
- DMac
  
  Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:23 am · Reply
  
  Hmmm… I would like to see everything bundled into one app. With iMessage, they combined iMessage with the Text Message app, and the app knows to switch back and forth. Also, when I have had poor data coverage, I’m able to “Resend as text message”, so they have the technology to combine functionality into a single app. I am very curious to see what they do with it on the Mac. I think that it’s a very safe bet to assume that iMessage is coming to the Mac. And soon.
Figurative

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:14 am · Reply

Why wouldn’t these see the light of day? These seem so obvious.
SamLowry

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:16 am · Reply

… an iBooks app for Mac, please!
jimtiv

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:26 am · Reply

Maybe I’m missing something… but OS5 already does this for your iDevice as long as the projector or TV is connected to an Apple TV with an HDMI cable.
macromancer

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:33 am · Reply

Airplay will probably artificially hamstrung to run only on Macs that have been purchased within the last 6 months. At least that’s what my iPad 1 thinks.
Laughing_Boy48

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:54 am · Reply

I don’t see why AirPlay Mirroring for Macs is taking as long as it is. I’d figure that most Intel Macs certainly have enough processing power to handle it. I’d been using a long A/V cable for years and now maybe I can dump it.
doggonetoo

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:05 am · Reply

Definitely could do with this. My MacMini is my media center and is hooked up to the TV. It also is my DVD player since my BluRay player stopped playing DVDs. Now the Mini DVD is not working (Forgot to extend warranty!). Therefore it would be great to be able to stream to my Apple TV from my MBP or wife’s MB.
This is a slam dunk unless Apple have an ulterior motive for not doing so.
- Already there
  
  Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:35 am · Reply
  
  You can already do this via Home Sharing. If all devices are signed into the same AppleID and Home Sharing is turned on, you can stream content from other device’s iTunes Libraries to AppleTV. This includes Macs, iDevices, MacBooks, etc.
Tack

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 12:38 pm · Reply

This has already taken too long!!!!
Mac Addict

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 2:06 pm · Reply

They already had the name iChat. I never understood why messages, FaceTime, iMessage were not all part of iChat. iChat seemed like the perfect name for ios and mac messaging.
marko

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:12 pm · Reply

What about Keynote using Mac as presenter screen… with TV as presentation screen… streamed over TV