Wirelessly Mirror

AirPlay Mirroring lets you send what’s on your Mac to an HDTV wirelessly with Apple TV.

If your Mac supports AirPlay Mirroring, an AirPlay Mirroring status icon appears in the menu bar when an Apple TV is on the same network as your Mac.

For information about Mac and Apple TV requirements to use AirPlay Mirroring, see:

About AirPlay Mirroring

1. Make sure your Mac and your Apple TV are on the same network.
2. Choose your Apple TV from the AirPlay status icon in the menu bar.
3. Choose This Mac or your Apple TV depending on how you want to match the desktop size of your Mac.

OS X automatically detects an Apple TV when it’s on the same network, and displays the AirPlay icon in the menu bar. When AirPlay Mirroring is active, the status icon is blue.

The Dock on Multiple Displays

In Mavericks, the Dock can automatically appear on a secondary display if you drag your mouse to the bottom of the screen on the secondary monitor (this will cause the Dock to switch displays from the primary display).

Unfortunately, this can get annoying if you’re not used to this behavior. A simple fix is to move your Dock on the primary display to one of the sides (left or right). When the Dock is positioned on the side of the screen, it will not jump between displays. You can change the positioning of the Dock in System Preferences > Dock.

Quickly Turn Off Notifications

Notifications are great, but sometimes they can really be annoying. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to ensure that you get no notifications for the entire day. All you have to do is hold down the Option key on your keyboard while you click the Notification Center icon in your Menubar. Optionally, you can open the Notification Center by clicking on the icon in the Menubar and sliding the “Do Not Disturb” switch to “ON.”

Turn off Away Notifications

Notifications in Mavericks now appear on your lock screen to show you items that happened while you were away. This new feature can be annoying, especially when you open your MacBook in a meeting, only to see multiple Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus notifications appear on your screen.

Fortunately, you can correct this by opening System Preferences > Notifications. Here, select an app that supports notifications, and then uncheck the box labeled “Show notifications on lock screen.”

Turn off App Nap

App Nap is a brand-new feature of Mavericks that reduces resources for apps in the background, in hopes that they will reduce power consumption. However, some apps may behave poorly with this new feature. If you notice erratic behavior from your backgrounded apps, you can turn off App Nap on a per-app basis by opening the Get Info panel for an app in your Applications folder. Here, uncheck the box labeled “Prevent App Nap.”

Fixing Multiple Menubars and Spaces

One of the biggest potential annoyances with Mavericks and a second connected display is that the OS X Menubar is available on all displays, and not just the primary one. Fortunately, Apple has included a way to turn this off, and it fixes a second annoyance.

To do this, visit System Preferences > Mission Control, and uncheck the box labeled “Displays have separate Spaces.” You may be required to log out after making this change.

So, what does this change do? Well, besides the obvious change of making each display share the Spaces instead of giving each display its own set of Spaces, this will also remove the Menubar from all displays except for the primary one. You can always change this preference back to its original settings by checking this box again.

Locating Thunderbolt and display adapters

Thunderbolt or display accessories may be packaged in your new computer’s document folder. This is the case if your computer is listed below and you ordered it from the Apple Online Store:

• MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch and 15-inch, Early 2013)
• MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Mid 2012)
• MacBook Air (11-inch and 13-inch, Mid 2013)
• MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch and 15-inch, Late 2013)

To locate the Thunderbolt or display adapters:

1. The document folder is located underneath the computer. Written on the front of the box is “Designed by Apple in California.” Use the pull tab to fully remove the folder from the plastic tray.
   
2. Open the folder. It includes the QuickStart Guide for your computer and other regulatory documentation.
   
3. Look below these documents to find your Thunderbolt or display adapters. If you ordered more than one Thunderbolt or display adapter, they will be located side by side inside the custom shaped document folder.
   

Additional Information

These are the Thunderbolt and display adapters that will ship inside the document folder:

• Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
• Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
• Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter