Airplay Dual Monitors?

[middi]

Just wondering if this has been discussed. I've searched and found nothing.

Do you reckon airplay will support dual monitors. I.e my macbook as desktop 1 and appletv as desktop 2?

that would be great just to sit on my desk and not have to plug in a wire to my macbook

 

[peraevum]

Just wondering if this has been discussed. I've searched and found nothing.

Do you reckon airplay will support dual monitors. I.e my macbook as desktop 1 and appletv as desktop 2?

that would be great just to sit on my desk and not have to plug in a wire to my macbook

I am very curious about this too. I usually plug my Macbook Air into the TV and use dual screen/dual monitor mode to play movies in the TV's native resolution. The new AirPlay feature in the upcoming Lion update would not be as cool if I had black side bars on the TV because it only did mirroring.

Anyone with the developer preview able to answer this question?

 

[heisenberg123]

Just wondering if this has been discussed. I've searched and found nothing.

Do you reckon airplay will support dual monitors. I.e my macbook as desktop 1 and appletv as desktop 2?

that would be great just to sit on my desk and not have to plug in a wire to my macbook

i think they refer to it as Airplay mirroring, so im only guessing but wouldnt the TV with appleTV just mirror whats on your macbook display?

 

[peraevum]

i think they refer to it as Airplay mirroring, so im only guessing but wouldnt the TV with appleTV just mirror whats on your macbook display?

You are right. I just did some searching and found that there is no "extended" or dual desktop. You can, however, tell your Mac to match the resolution to the TV.

"Several options are displayed in when you hit the AirPlay menu bar icon as follows:

AirPlay mirroring off
AirPlay mirroring set to one of the Apple TV boxes in range
Match desktop size to AirPlay Device
Match desktop size to This Mac"


http://www.chriswrites.com/2012/03/how-to-screen-share-to-your-tv-using-airplay-in-mountain-lion/

 

[Jamie0003]

You are right. I just did some searching and found that there is no "extended" or dual desktop. You can, however, tell your Mac to match the resolution to the TV.

"Several options are displayed in when you hit the AirPlay menu bar icon as follows:

AirPlay mirroring off
AirPlay mirroring set to one of the Apple TV boxes in range
Match desktop size to AirPlay Device
Match desktop size to This Mac"


http://www.chriswrites.com/2012/03/how-to-screen-share-to-your-tv-using-airplay-in-mountain-lion/

That's a massive shame, it makes the feature somewhat pointless if you like to use extended desktop via a cable.

 

[heisenberg123]

That's a massive shame, it makes the feature somewhat pointless if you like to use extended desktop via a cable.

i don't think its "pointless" what were your options to display your mac on your tv before? you had to plug it in now you can do it wirelessly

 

[Jamie0003]

i don't think its "pointless" what were your options to display your mac on your tv before? you had to plug it in now you can do it wirelessly

Because I don't have a need to mirror what's on my mac, I want to use it as an extra screen as I only have a small screen (13").

You can do it with videos on iOS, so why not from the mac?

 

[heisenberg123]

Because I don't have a need to mirror what's on my mac, I want to use it as an extra screen as I only have a small screen (13").

You can do it with videos on iOS, so why not from the mac?

can you explain what you can do on iOS

 

[Ricky Smith]

You can't dual screen with iOS what are you smoking? It mirrors what shows on the iOS device.

 

[Tmelon]

Don't we already have a 3rd party app that does just that? It's like AirDisplay or something like that.

 

[Jamie0003]

You can't dual screen with iOS what are you smoking? It mirrors what shows on the iOS device.

That's not what i'm saying, you can send video on its own which is different to mirroring

 

[Ricky Smith]

And while that video is playing I'm pretty sure you can't do anything else

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

Any update if this feature is possible with the latest version of ML?

Dual monitors would be FANTASTIC!

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And while that video is playing I'm pretty sure you can't do anything else

On iOS you can. Not sure about ML

 

[ungeziefer]

Very disappointing

Yeah, I can't believe it only allows mirroring, not dual display. Had I realized this I probably would not have purchased Mountain Lion since this was the only reason I upgraded.

I find it hard to believe that something I can do with my (old) iPhone can't be done on a Mac.

Until they get this fixed I'll continue to use Air Video instead ( http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html ).

(And I can use Air Video with my old iMac with no problems. Whereas this new AirPlay feature works on my MacBook Pro only.)

Mirroring is still a cool new feature -- would be great for a PowerPoint/Keynote presentation or something like that. But if that's the only option, it's is of very limited use. Pretty disappointing.

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

has anyone discovered any apps/workarounds to allow dual monitors using the apple tv and a Mac?