Airplay blacks out menus

[graley]

have 3 year old Macbook pro., latest Sierra. Apple tv gen 2.
When i start airplay to connect by wifi to Atv 2 the menu ar and sidebar items of applications eg Safari, preview, mail, are blacked out. I have reset Atv, restored software of atv and macbook.
I even borrowed an Atv gen 3 and got the same result.
Any ideas welcome.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Is this occurring on the TV screen, the Mac screen, or both? It sounds to me like the Apple TV simply can't handle the resolution the MacBook Pro is giving it.

 

[graley]

Is this occurring on the TV screen, the Mac screen, or both? It sounds to me like the Apple TV simply can't handle the resolution the MacBook Pro is giving it.

[doublepost=1482636559][/doublepost]The blacked out menu items show on mbp and Tv Screen.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

[doublepost=1482636559][/doublepost]The blacked out menu items show on mbp and Tv Screen.

So my initial guess was incorrect. The root cause could be any number of things, but I think the most likely cause is a GPU driver bug, slipped through the cracks because so few Mac users have 2nd-gen Apple TVs, even fewer with the specific Mac you have. Since you have Sierra, I suggest generating a screen shot of the issue on your Mac and submitting feedback to Apple. That'll increase the odds of this getting fixed. If you're a developer, head to the usual bug reporting channel instead.

 

[fieldtech]

I agree with the resolution issue. You could also try change the resolution on the ATV, though it should be set to default. At any rate, I believe it is under General settings, Audio/Video, TV resolution. This has worked for me in the classroom with a projector.