Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio from your iPod touch to a Mac

You can use a nearby Mac to watch videos, view photos, and play audio streamed from your iPod touch. You can also mirror your iPod touch screen to the Mac. (macOS Monterey 12 or later required.)

Set up a Mac to allow streaming from your iPod touch

On a Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Sharing, then select AirPlay Receiver.
Choose AirPlay Receiver from the service list, then if AirPlay Receiver isn’t on, select the checkbox.
Choose an option for “Allow AirPlay for:”
- To allow only devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID as on the Mac to stream to the Mac, select “Current user.”
- To allow others, select “Anyone on the same network” or “Everyone.”
To require a password to use AirPlay with the Mac, select the option, then enter a password in the text field.

If you choose the option “Anyone on the same network” or “Everyone,” and someone is signed in to their device with a different Apple ID than on the Mac, an AirPlay request initially requires acceptance on the Mac and verification on the other device. On the Mac, accept the AirPlay request. If the Mac displays an AirPlay code, enter the code on the other device.

Play video from your iPod touch on a Mac

While playing video in the Apple TV app or another supported video app on your iPod touch, tap the screen to show the controls.
Tap , then choose the Mac as the playback destination.

To show video playback controls on the Mac, move the pointer over the video playing on the Mac screen.

To change the playback destination, choose a different AirPlay option on your iPod touch screen.

Show photos from your iPod touch on a Mac

In Photos on your iPod touch, tap a photo, then tap .
Swipe up, tap , then choose the Mac as the playback destination.

To stop streaming photos, tap near the top of the iPod touch screen, then tap Turn off AirPlay.

Mirror your iPod touch on a Mac

On a Mac, you can view and listen to whatever appears and plays on your iPod touch.

Open Control Center on your iPod touch.
Tap , then choose your Mac as the playback destination.

To switch back to iPod touch, open Control Center, tap , then tap Stop Mirroring.

Play audio from iPod touch on Mac

On your iPod touch, open an audio app, such as Podcasts or Music , then choose an item to play.
Tap , then choose a playback destination.

To select the playback destination, you can also tap on the Lock Screen or in Control Center.

Note: AirPlay to Mac is available on MacBook Pro (2018 and later), MacBook Air (2018 and later), iMac (2019 and later), iMac Pro (2017), Mac mini (2020 and later), and Mac Pro (2019) and works with iPod touch (7th generation). Older models may share content at a lower resolution to supported Mac models when “Allow AirPlay for” is set to “Everyone” or “Anyone on the same network” in Sharing preferences on Mac.

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iPod touch User Guide