Then and only then can you opt to choose a mirroring option. To start AirPlay streaming, click the Control Center icon in the menu bar, click Screen Mirroring and then select the AirPlay destination. With the addition of the Control Center in Catalina, AirPlay streaming shifted there, though vestiges remain in the Displays system preferences Mirror over AirPlay in Catalina and Big Sur To end AirPlay streaming, choose Turn AirPlay Off from the Apple TV menu or choose Off from the Displays preference pane's AirPlay Display pop-up menu.Īt left, Mojave and earlier offers an Apple TV menu for mirroring and desktop extension at right, Big Sur's Screen Mirroring option only expands after display mirroring/extension has been started. From the Apple TV menu, you can then choose from beneath a grayed-out item noting AirPlay: Destination Name to mirror from your internal or any other displays (as Mirror display name) or choose Use As Separate Display to extend your desktop. Only after you pick an AirPlay destination and sharing starts can you then choose whether to mirror or not. You can also choose a destination from the AirPlay Display menu. In Mojave and earlier releases, if there's an available AirPlay screen destination and you checked Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available in the Displays preference pane, macOS puts an Apple TV icon in the menu bar. Mirror over AirPlay in Mojave and earlier Let's go through the three different macOS approaches across these sets of releases so you can find the option appropriate for your Mac. Apple made changes in 10.15 Catalina that remained in 11 Big Sur, and is about to unveil a totally different-and superior-process in macOS 12 Monterey, which is currently in beta testing. That adds the AirPlay destination as an additional monitor to your Mac.īut what if you want that display to mirror your screen (or primary display) instead of extending the desktop? The process isn't immediately apparent-partly because of the order in which you have to set up mirroring and partly because Apple now has three eras of how extending or mirroring the desktop.
It's a breeze to use: open the Displays preference pane in macOS and choose the target from the AirPlay Display or Add Display pop-up menu.
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