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How to AirPlay Mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV 4/3/2 Full Screen?

Written by Kaylee Wood | Last update: April 28, 2020

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Part 1: Why Do We Mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV?

As we all know, Apple’s AirPlay technology only support to AirPlay video format in MP4, MOV and M4V currently, if you want to AirPlay videos in MPEG, MKV, AVI from iPad Pro/Air/mini to Apple TV, there are two options: one is to convert the video format to AirPlay compatible format with video converter and the other one is to use AirPlay mirroring to mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV full screen. With the second option, even the pictures, games, online TV shows and iTunes music you can mirror from iPad Pro/Air/mini to Apple TV, let alone that you can mirror any videos from iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to play on Apple TV, anything you do with your iPad Pro 2/Air/mini: writing, gaming, watching YouTube, strolling on Facebook/Twitter, etc. will be streamed on your Apple TV to show on a much larger screen HD TV or 3D TV.

Part 2: Tutorial of How to Mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV

Mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV can be easy, just like AirPlay from iPad Pro to Apple TV except you have to turn on the “Mirroring” button. Before mirroring iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV, you need to turn on your TV and Apple TV and make sure your Apple TV is connected on the same Wi-Fi as your iPad Pro/Air/mini.

Step 1: Enable the AirPlay function on your Apple TV: go to Setting > AirPlay.

Step 2: On your iPad Pro/Air/mini, swipe the multitasking bar from left to right to find the strip which controls your iPad’s volume, brightness, camera and AirPlay.

Step 3 : Tap the AirPlay icon and choose to connect with Apple TV from the appeared devices.

Step 4 : Switch the “Mirroring” button to “On” position. Now your iPad Pro 2/Air/mini is mirrored to Apple TV.

Warm Notice: Apple’s native AirPlay technology supports mirroring iPhone/iPod/iPad Pro (running iOS 5.0 or later) to Apple TV 4/3/2, if you want to mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Mac, or Mac to Mac, you will need 5KPlayer ‘s free help. 5KPlayer is a free AirPlay sender and Airplay receiver running on both Mac and PC which previously support AirPlay video music from iPad Pro to Mac/PC/Apple TV . AirPlay mirroring function has been added on 5KPlayer since the version 3.0 for Mac, now you can stream, beam, project and mirror Mac and iPad Pro/Air/mini full screen to Apple TV for free and you can enjoy simultaneous visual and aural experience of game, music, video, photo, presentation mirroring from iPad Pro/Air/mini to Mac or between two Macs without jailbreak.

Part 3: Solve Mirroring iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV Not Working

Even if mirroring iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV seems very easy to operate, there are still some problems that frequently happen while users are trying to mirror iPad Pro/Air/mini full screen to Apple TV. Here below listed the typical problems and corresponding solutions of mirroring iPad Pro/Air/mini to Apple TV not working, hope it may help you.

1. AirPlay icon missing.

It is a common problem that when you upgraded your iOS but ended up with missing AirPlay icon. If you can’t enable AirPlay on iPad Pro/Air/mini, you won’t be able to mirror iPad Pro 2/Air/mini to Apple TV.
Solution: One effective way to solve AirPlay icon missing is to simply change language settings – this solution is proved to be very viable to solve iPad Pro/Air/mini AirPlay icon missing: Navigate to Settings > Gerneral > International > Language and change to a different language. Your iPad Pro/Air/mini will go through a language switch/reset process. After resetting, the AirPlay icon should be restored. And then go to the settings and switch back to your original language.

2. iPad Pro 2/Air/mini won’t connect to Apple TV.

Solution: For this kind of problem, make sure the iPad Pro/Air/mini and Apple TV are connected on the same Wi-Fi, AirPlay on both ends are properly enabled. If your iPad Pro/Air/mini still not mirroring to Apple TV, or the “Apple TV” selection not showing, try to restart your Apple TV by removing all the cables for 30 seconds, reboot your router by cutting power for 30 seconds, and restart your iPad Pro/Air/mini to reconnect to the Apple TV, now you should be able to mirror iPad Pro/Air/mini to Apple TV.

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