“The next iteration of Mac OS X is coming. It doesn’t have a launch date yet, but it likely will by the time Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference wraps up next month,” John Paul Titlow reports for ReadWriteWeb.
“While most of the updates focus on the slow convergence of iOS with the desktop, one unsung gem is sure to delight those of us who rely on the Internet rather than cable for television: AirPlay for Mac,” Titlow reports. “Just as we already can with our iPads, iPhones and iPods, AirPlay for OS X will allow us to wirelessly mirror the screen of our Macs onto their televisions using Apple TV.”
Titlow reports, “What makes this so exciting for the cord-cutting crowd – and probably somewhat cringeworthy for the network executive crowd – is that there’s far more content available on the desktop Web than there is on iOS or any streaming set-top box.”
Read more in the full article here.
Sweet!!!
Finally! I have already cut the cord, so-to-speak, from DirecTV.
This may be the final straw, for me to finally buy into Apple’s little hobby. 😉
Yah, cuz the $99 price tag has been holding you back until now. rolls eyes.
Hey cable/sat CEO bums, I am so looking forward to airplay mirroring for Mac. If MLB ever opens up in market games, I will kiss your sorry asses goodbye forever.
So you have DSL? How fast is that?
My Comcast Internet is around 25Mb down and 3 up.
Just wondering…..
Time Warner has great numbers until real world use. Around 5 to 9:30 pm, it is sooo slow it become almost unusable. I can only imagine what will happen when Apple throws it weight in. Maybe the Mayan’s knew this on Dec 22, 2012. The day that Apple blows up the internet! A new world order will rise from the telecom ashes! 😉
Not Comcast. Couldn’t be happier with the speed and reliability. Everyone I know who has switched from Comcast to DSL comes right back within a month.
Sounds like they need to split your node to more evenly distribute bandwidth.
My 7 megabits down DSL isn’t fast, but fast enough for my needs. That’s not my issue. I don’t like paying for 1,000 channels I don’t want for just 2 or 3 that I do. Would gladly pay those people directly with some other arrangement.
No argument there. Problem, though, the 2 or 3 channels you like, if not on a basic package, are probably subsidized through the bundling.
Remember, more often than not, it is the broadcasters that require certain channels be carried with a certain number of subs for the cable provider to get the prices they can charge to make any money off them. I know, clear as mud.
Simply put, video is becoming a loss leader for cable. It may get cheaper and allow more selectivity, but the cost will rise on the ISP side to offset the loss in revenue. A city’s plant takes a set amount of money to maintain, regardless of what is going through the ‘tubes’….
DSL is worthless..as is satellite. Cable ftw. I consistently get 29mb/sec with Charter no matter what time it is. I need it too.. renting/buying movies on iTunes.. and downloading this 1-2+GB ML updates…
How do you mirror from a new iPad to your ATV?
seriously? Are you too lazy to google that for yourself?
Hold the home key down and scroll all the way to the left on bottom screen. You will see the icon.
I think you mean “double-click the home button”.
You’re correct… should have Googled it 😉
Yes. Thanks.
Airplay has been available on the Mac for several months already via third party solution called “Air Parrot” you blow hards.
Since I have a Mac Mini hooked through HDMI with Eye TV HD to my LR HDTV, I would settle for a return of Front Row.
This thread may help till they do
http://www.123macmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=30164
it likely will by the time Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference wraps up next month
WRONG. An entirely new phase of beta testing 10.8 is about to begin. It will NOT be completed by the end of WWDC.
This this happened:
AirPlay for OS X will allow us to wirelessly mirror…
This article is nothing more than a piggyback on top of a previous article that said THE EXACT SAME THING. IOW: FAIL. This TechTard journalist doesn’t know what he’s talking about and is using hearsay to say it. Bad show, John Paul Titlow of ReadWriteWeb.
2012: The worst year of stupid Apple rumors EVER. 😯