![]() ![]() It’s the perfect set up for showing video on the TV screen – perhaps something on All4 or another Catch Up TV channel – while using your Mac for something else. Remember that you won’t be able to continue using your Mac while someone else surfs the web on the TV screen (or rather you can, but there will be a battle over the mouse and keyboard).One reason why this feels more natural is that you don’t need to look at your Mac at all while surfing. Even better if you have a wireless mouse and keyboard. We find it preferable to use a separate keyboard and mouse because they feel less connected to your Mac and therefore you feel more like you are surfing the web on the TV.You can now use your mouse, or trackpad to scroll around the browser on your TV screen.Drag in that direction and the browser will appear on your TV screen. To figure our which display is which in the illustration under the Arrangement tab click on the screen and you will see a red outline on the one that represents the Apple TV. Now based on how you arrange the screens you can drag your Safari (or other browser) window over to the Apple TV screen.Deselect Mirror Displays, the screen will flash off and on again and you will no longer be mirroring.Open System Preferences > Display and click on Arrangement.However, if you want to surf on your TV screen, while leaving your Mac free to do something else, you can change the arrangement of your screens – this would be ideal if you wanted to stream video to your TV while typing into a Pages document on your Mac at the same time.You could mirror the Mac screen on the TV, in which case you will see everything on your Mac duplicated over on the TV. ![]() There are a few different ways you can set up AirPlay on your Mac and TV screen.Your Mac display may alter so that it is optimised for the Apple TV (this made everything smaller on our MacBook screen).This code will appear on the TV Screen attached to the Apple TV. You may be required to enter an AirPlay code for the Apple TV you are connecting too.Click on the AirPlay icon from the menu bar at the top of the screen (a triangle pointing into a box).On Apple TV (3rd generation), hold down Select on your remote for three seconds while a video is playing to see the Subtitles tab.How to view the screen of your Mac on your TV Learn how to turn on CC or SDH by default If you're using a smart TV or streaming device, go to Settings > General, then turn off Automatic Subtitles. If you don't want automatic subtitles and you're using an Apple TV, go to Settings > Video and Audio, then turn off Automatic Subtitles. To change the default subtitles language in Settings, go to Settings > Video and Audio > Audio > Subtitle Language, then choose the language that you want. Or use your smart TV, streaming device, or game console remote to navigate to the Subtitles button. Use your Siri Remote or Apple TV Remote to swipe up and select the Subtitles button.Or on a remote for a smart TV, streaming device, or game console, press the button that brings up the video timeline. On a Siri Remote or Apple TV Remote, press the Play/Pause button while watching a video to bring up the playback controls.
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