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Beamer 2 review: Drag and drop to stream any video to an Apple TV

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<p>Early last year, I reviewed Beamer 1.5.3 (http://www.macworld.com/article/2023617/mac-gems-beamer-streams-video-from-older-macs-to-apple-tv.html), an app that lets you easily stream any video file from your Mac to an Apple TV. It’s a great app if you want to watch Mac-hosted videos on your TV instead of physically connecting the computer to the TV using cables.</p><p>As I explained in that original review, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and OS X 10.9 Mavericks include AirPlay mirroring (http://www.macworld.com/article/1167893/up_close_with_mountain_lion_airplay_mirroring.html), but that feature mirrors your Mac’s entire screen to your Apple TV, rather than just your video file, and it’s available only on recent Macs. You can stream video to an Apple TV using iTunes, but only if iTunes supports the format of the video file—and sometimes you don’t want to add a video to your iTunes library just to watch it once on your TV.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2149980/beamer-2-review-drag-and-drop-to-stream-any-video-to-an-apple-tv.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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