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How to AirPlay only audio from your Mac

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Sending audio from your Mac to a nearby AirPlay device can be a useful tool for presentations, as well as another way to listen to music. Mirroring AirPlay was first introduced in Mac with the release of OS X Mountain Lion, 2012. The feature makes it possible to take everything on your Mac screen appearance to a nearby TV connected to an Apple TV . But what if you want to share audio without someone else watching your screen, or you simply want to use a service AirPlay speaker to listen to music? You can use AirPlay on your Mac to only send the dings, beeps and any other sound to AirPlay device. This feature comes in especially handy when listening to the radio station Beats 1 of Apple Music, because Apple AirPlay off in iTunes when you start the flow channel (for some reason I still have to figure out). To do this you must have a Mac that was built in 2011 or later, running OS X Mountain Lion or later. Remember, you will need an Apple TV or AirPlay compatible speaker conne

Instagram's now going to show you how many people watch your videos

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Was your video a flop or success? Instagram will soon show you. Your video on Instagram a day at the beach was much likes, but in reality, how many people saw it? Instagram will soon let you know. In the next several weeks, you will begin to see the number of views below each video you share. Below the video in your feed shows the number of screenings, as well you can see how many people liked the video and who they are. Instagram measures a viewing at any time a video is playing for more than 3 seconds, so when fragments a video, it will not count. Most of us will not care about how many people view our videos, but do brands and celebrities. The count of views will let them see how well they do their videos with their fans and potential customers as you can do today on YouTube. It's all part of the global Instagram push to get more companies to advertise on photo-centric social app, since it began to show ads in 2013. We expect more tools and measurements like this i