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If a passcode appears on your Roku screen, enter the code on your Mac.

At the top of your screen, click the AirPlay button in the menu bar and select your Roku device from the available devices list.

On the Displays page, check “the box next to Show mirroring options in the menu bar when available”.

If the AirPlay icon in the menu bar at the top of your screen is not visible, open “System Preferences” and click on “Displays”.

You can mirror your entire screen to your Roku from the menu bar on your Mac.

Enter the passcode on your Mac if it appears on your TV screen.

Now from the available list, choose your Apple TV.

Now on your Mac go to the top menu, click System Preferences and then “Display” and click the “Show Mirroring Options in Menu Bar when available”.

First, connect your Mac to the same Wi-Fi network as your Apple TV.

Here is how to AirPlay from a Mac to a TV. With Apple TV you can use your TV as an extra screen or mirror the entire display of your Mac. You can adjust the size accordingly on your computer screen. If you’re looking for where to tweak scaling and other options for the mirrored or extended desktop, that’s where to find them.If you want to mirror your Mac to TV, simply activate AirPlay at the right place, and it will begin mirroring. Monterey also adds a Display Settings button that reveals a list containing each directly connected or AirPlay streaming display to manage those settings. While possible previously, it was more complicated to figure out how to set up.

This makes it easier if you have two displays or more on a Mac and want to mirror one of your external displays.

Mirror for display name: Like in earlier releases, this enables mirroring from the display you select from to the display listed.

Extend Display: Available when mirroring is disabled, you can change the primary screen (the one treated like the main display in terms of menus and other system elements) by selecting it.

Main Display: Make this the primary display, always chosen the first time you enabling AirPlay streaming to a target to the internal or primary display of the Mac.

These options are a little different from previous versions of macOS, too. In either case, you can click a display name and choose an option to change extending or mirroring. They either appear side-by-side for an extended desktop or overlapping for a mirrored one, as shown in the figures below. Now in the Displays preference pane (if you’re not already there), there’s a new visualization, which shows an proportionately sized outline of the displays part of or connected to your device and that of the AirPlay destination. Alternatively, select the destination from the Add Display menu in the Displays preference pane.) In the Control Center, click Screen Mirroring and select your AirPlay destination.