On Apr 21, 2013, at 2:48 PM, LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > On 20 Apr 2013, at 17:14 , mikecap <mike...@me.com> wrote: >> You could also just get AirServer (http://www.airserver.com) for the mini >> and make it your target for iTunes on your Pro. If you've got an iOS device >> you could then control it all from Apple's Remote app. > > Do you have any experience with this app? > > I'm curious what it would allow me to do that the built in Airplay does not > allow. It looks like sending audio or video from iOS to a computer, which I > can see maybe being useful, but is that it? > > The commuters I use most (minis and an iMac) support AirPlay, and it usually > works to send video and audio to the Apple TVs.
When I went to the AirServer web site, it sounded (to me) as if the software would only allow me to send audio or video from an iOS device to a Mac computer. But it seems to allow me to send audio (and hopefully video, though I have not yet tried) from one Mac computer to another Mac computer. If that was already possible without adding this third-party software, it was not obvious to me. As soon as I installed AirServer on the Mac Mini, it showed up as an Airplay target in iTunes on my Mac Pro. This was not the case before installing this new software, though perhaps someone else knows how to do that without extra software. So, basically, I was able to use the Mac Mini I already had (and which was already connected to my AV sound system) and I did not have to buy an Apple TV or add any more cables. I'm not saying that there might not be other advantages to using an Apple TV, but for now I am happy with this set up. Gregg _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
