Apple Tv Tips

How to send video, games, FaceTime and more from your new iPad to your TV with AirPlay

By Chris Parsons, Friday, Mar 23, 2012 a 12:42 am

Back when iOS 4.2 was released, Apple introduced a new feature called AirPlay. Although limited at the time, AirPlay allowed any video using Apple’s standard media control to beam image and sound over a local Wi-Fi network to an Apple TV for viewing on the big screen.

Later on, iOS 4.3 brought more functionality to the service by adding support for Apple’s Photo app and various other 3rd party apps. Now with iOS 5, AirPlay mirroring lets any screen of any app to be displayed on an Apple TV over Wi-Fi including games and yes, even FaceTime.

Daily Tip: How to turn on AirPlay Mirroring

By chrissyboy6969, Monday, Oct 17, 2011 a 2:04 pm

Wondering how to turn use AirPlay Mirroring on your new iPhone 4S or iPad 2? Air Play Mirroring is one of the great features of iOS 5 and enables you to mirror your screen on your second generation Apple TV. Here's how to get it started.

First off we need to make sure AirPlay is enabled on the Apple TV

Go into Settings
AirPlay
Turn on AirPlay

Now we have done that, grab your iPhone 4S or iPad 2

Tip: How to manually "mark as watched" on Apple TV

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 a 10:54 am

Wondering how to manually force your movies, TV shows, and podcasts to be "mark as watched" on your Apple TV? You might be considering the current Apple TV (2010) is really, really buggy about doing it automatically. Watch something and it's a coin toss as to whether or not Apple TV realizes it. Hopefully Apple will fix it in the upcoming iOS update. Either way, when Apple TV fails, we'll show you how to do it yourself after the break.