![]() If you have more than one AirPlay device, however, note that your Sound menu currently shows only the most recently selected AirPlay device. That’s because - once the Sound icon appears - you can Option-click it in the menu bar to choose an output device (whether an AirPlay device or not). While you’re in the Sound preference pane, you may wish to select the “Show volume in menu bar” checkbox, if it’s not already enabled. To test your settings, select a sound file in the Finder and press the Spacebar to start playing it via Quick Look. Stream Audio - To stream audio from your Mountain Lion Mac, simply select your desired AirPlay device in the Sound pane of System Preferences, in the Output view. For details, read on, and also be sure to check Apple’s support article on using AirPlay. Audio output can be directed to any appropriate AirPlay-savvy device, with third-party speaker systems joining Apple’s own AirPort Express and Apple TV. Specifically, you can now make AirPlay your default sound output destination for system audio and send your entire screen to an Apple TV. With the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Apple has brought AirPlay Mirroring to the Mac, enabling you to output audio or video via AirPlay from sources other than iTunes. For basic, if old, details, see “ Airfoil Plays Home Audio Wirelessly,” 10 March 2008) (For those who want more flexibility with sending wireless audio between devices, Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil can send audio to any AirPlay-capable device or any device running the companion Airfoil Speakers app for Mac OS X, iOS, Windows, or Android. In its most feature-rich mode before the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, AirPlay could output not only audio but also the entire screen from newer iOS devices (the iPad 2 and later, and the iPhone 4S, and now the iPhone 5) through a second- or third-generation Apple TV, a capability called AirPlay Mirroring. Times changed, as did the name of the feature, redubbed AirPlay in 2010. When Apple added AirTunes to the Mac in 2004, the feature made it child’s play to send “tunes” from iTunes over the “air” to any AirTunes-savvy device on your local network, most notably an AirPort Express that you had connected to a stereo system with a cable. ![]() ![]() #1650: Cloud storage changes for Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive quirky printing problem. ![]()
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