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I have a friend I like to do FaceTime with pretty often. We've been
having lots of trouble getting connections between our Macs, FT keeps
trying to use our iPhones. Like I'll call him in the FT app on my
MacBook and it says "Using iPhone," so I end the call and try again. Or
I start a FT and it starts from my Mac but then my friend's iPhone
alerts him instead of his iMac.

Somehow we always finally end up on the Macs but does any body know how
we can do that right away and keep the iPhones from being used on either
end?


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On 2024-09-08, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a friend I like to do FaceTime with pretty often. We've been
having lots of trouble getting connections between our Macs, FT keeps
trying to use our iPhones. Like I'll call him in the FT app on my
MacBook and it says "Using iPhone," so I end the call and try again.
Or I start a FT and it starts from my Mac but then my friend's iPhone
alerts him instead of his iMac.

Somehow we always finally end up on the Macs but does any body know
how we can do that right away and keep the iPhones from being used on
either end?

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert you o
the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you want. Just
because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one device doesn't mean
they have to answer it on that device.
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On 9/9/24 7:49 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-08, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a friend I like to do FaceTime with pretty often. We've been
having lots of trouble getting connections between our Macs, FT keeps
trying to use our iPhones. Like I'll call him in the FT app on my
MacBook and it says "Using iPhone," so I end the call and try again.
Or I start a FT and it starts from my Mac but then my friend's iPhone
alerts him instead of his iMac.

Somehow we always finally end up on the Macs but does any body know
how we can do that right away and keep the iPhones from being used on
either end?

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert you o
the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you want. Just because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one device doesn't mean
they have to answer it on that device.

Hmmm, we'll check again but I'm pretty sure only the iPhone has been
rining and there hasn't been anything to answer on the Macs.


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On 11. Sep 2024 at 00:50:38 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert you o
the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you want. Just
because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one device doesn't mean
they have to answer it on that device.

That´s the theory.

Hmmm, we'll check again but I'm pretty sure only the iPhone has been
rining and there hasn't been anything to answer on the Macs.

And that´s where theory differs from reality. (I had those incidents where only one device of 3 was ringing too)
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On 2024-09-10, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 9/9/24 7:49 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-08, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a friend I like to do FaceTime with pretty often. We've been
having lots of trouble getting connections between our Macs, FT
keeps trying to use our iPhones. Like I'll call him in the FT app on
my MacBook and it says "Using iPhone," so I end the call and try
again. Or I start a FT and it starts from my Mac but then my
friend's iPhone alerts him instead of his iMac.

Somehow we always finally end up on the Macs but does any body know
how we can do that right away and keep the iPhones from being used
on either end?

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert
you o the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you
want. Just because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one device
doesn't mean they have to answer it on that device.

Hmmm, we'll check again but I'm pretty sure only the iPhone has been
rining and there hasn't been anything to answer on the Macs.

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

Otherwise, check FaceTime settings on the Mac in question by opening the FaceTime app and choosing Settings from the FaceTime menu in the menu
bar at the top of the screen. This goes without saying, but naturally
the Mac must be signed into the same iCloud account as the iPhone for
you to receive FaceTime calls there.
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On 9/11/24 7:38 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-10, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 9/9/24 7:49 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-08, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a friend I like to do FaceTime with pretty often. We've been
having lots of trouble getting connections between our Macs, FT
keeps trying to use our iPhones. Like I'll call him in the FT app on
my MacBook and it says "Using iPhone," so I end the call and try
again. Or I start a FT and it starts from my Mac but then my
friend's iPhone alerts him instead of his iMac.

Somehow we always finally end up on the Macs but does any body know
how we can do that right away and keep the iPhones from being used
on either end?

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert
you o the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you
want. Just because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one device
doesn't mean they have to answer it on that device.

Hmmm, we'll check again but I'm pretty sure only the iPhone has been
rining and there hasn't been anything to answer on the Macs.

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

We were sitting right in front of our Macs with FT open waiting for the
call!!

Otherwise, check FaceTime settings on the Mac in question by opening the FaceTime app and choosing Settings from the FaceTime menu in the menu
bar at the top of the screen.

Okay what do I do with the settings? Turn off the phone number so I can
only be called with my email address? Turn off Calls from iPhone? Some
other setting to force calls to the Mac?

This goes without saying, but naturally
the Mac must be signed into the same iCloud account as the iPhone for
you to receive FaceTime calls there.

Well it must be b'cuz I'm signed in for other Apple things and also
eventually we get a Mac to Mac connection just a lot of times not on the
first try.


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On 14.09.24 23:24, Connor Shannon wrote:

Okay what do I do with the settings? Turn off the phone number so I can
only be called with my email address? Turn off Calls from iPhone? Some
other setting to force calls to the Mac?

Correct. That is the way to go.
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On 14.09.24 23:24, Connor Shannon wrote:

Okay what do I do with the settings? Turn off the phone number so I can
only be called with my email address? Turn off Calls from iPhone? Some
other setting to force calls to the Mac?

Open FT. Menu Face Time - Settings - Deactivate "Calls from iPhone" (i
have a German UI. Might differ slightly).

HTH, Jörg
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On 2024-09-14, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 9/11/24 7:38 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-10, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 9/9/24 7:49 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-08, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a friend I like to do FaceTime with pretty often. We've
been having lots of trouble getting connections between our Macs,
FT keeps trying to use our iPhones. Like I'll call him in the FT
app on my MacBook and it says "Using iPhone," so I end the call
and try again. Or I start a FT and it starts from my Mac but then
my friend's iPhone alerts him instead of his iMac.

Somehow we always finally end up on the Macs but does any body
know how we can do that right away and keep the iPhones from being
used on either end?

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert
you o the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you
want. Just because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one
device doesn't mean they have to answer it on that device.

Hmmm, we'll check again but I'm pretty sure only the iPhone has been
rining and there hasn't been anything to answer on the Macs.

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

We were sitting right in front of our Macs with FT open waiting for
the call!!

Otherwise, check FaceTime settings on the Mac in question by opening
the FaceTime app and choosing Settings from the FaceTime menu in the
menu bar at the top of the screen.

Okay what do I do with the settings? Turn off the phone number so I
can only be called with my email address? Turn off Calls from iPhone?
Some other setting to force calls to the Mac?

The "You can be reached for FaceTime at" section should have all of the
ways you want to be reached by someone calling you with FaceTime. If you disable the phone number in that section, you will prevent people from
being able to reach you on this device with your phone number. Same
thing goes for the email address(es) listed there. If you have some
options disabled there, and your friend called you at one of the
disabled addresses, that would explain you not seeing the call come in
on your Mac.

The "Call From iPhone" setting allows you to place and receive calls on
your Mac through your iPhone whenever your iPhone is within range of the
same WiFi network to which your Mac is connected. I have had this
enabled for many years and receive and make calls on my Macs without
issue. I can't think of a reason you should disable this.

The "Start new calls from" setting tells FaceTime to always start new
outgoing calls on your Mac from the phone number or email address you
specify. Recipients will see calls coming from that phone number or
address.

This goes without saying, but naturally the Mac must be signed into
the same iCloud account as the iPhone for you to receive FaceTime
calls there.

Well it must be b'cuz I'm signed in for other Apple things and also eventually we get a Mac to Mac connection just a lot of times not on
the first try.

Is it possible the Mac in question has spotty internet connectivity?
That would also explain the symptom you are describing.
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On 14. Sep 2024 at 23:24:31 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

We were sitting right in front of our Macs with FT open waiting for the call!!

Same here just last friday.
iPhone and iPad where ringing, MacbookAir wasn´t (while beeing locked into
the same facetime account).

If there is a "magical" setting I´d sure like to know where to find it.
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On 16.09.24 08:41, Bernd Froehlich wrote:

On 14. Sep 2024 at 23:24:31 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

We were sitting right in front of our Macs with FT open waiting for the
call!!

Same here just last friday.
iPhone and iPad where ringing, MacbookAir wasn´t (while beeing locked into the same facetime account).

If there is a "magical" setting I´d sure like to know where to find it.

Works here perfectly. Tested 10 seconds ago.
All devices have to be logged in the same Wifi and the same iCloud
account. In addition everything has to be activated on FT on the Mac. FT
as standard application for calls.
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On 2024-09-16, Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:

On 14. Sep 2024 at 23:24:31 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

We were sitting right in front of our Macs with FT open waiting for
the call!!

Same here just last friday. iPhone and iPad where ringing, MacbookAir wasn´t (while beeing locked into the same facetime account).

If there is a "magical" setting I´d sure like to know where to find
it.

What you are both describing isn't normal.

Which model Mac and what version OS is running on it?
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On 11.09.24 10:47, Bernd Froehlich wrote:

On 11. Sep 2024 at 00:50:38 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

When someone calls you on FaceTime, all of your devices will alert you o >>> the call and you can answer the call on whichever device you want. Just
because your friend sees/hears the call ring on one device doesn't mean
they have to answer it on that device.

That´s the theory.

Hmmm, we'll check again but I'm pretty sure only the iPhone has been
rining and there hasn't been anything to answer on the Macs.

And that´s where theory differs from reality. (I had those incidents where only one device of 3 was ringing too)

Do you allow incoming connections for FT in the Mac firewall?
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On 9/16/24 8:03 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-09-16, Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:

On 14. Sep 2024 at 23:24:31 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> >> wrote:

You probably just didn't notice the notification on the Mac.

We were sitting right in front of our Macs with FT open waiting for
the call!!

Same here just last friday. iPhone and iPad where ringing, MacbookAir
wasn´t (while beeing locked into the same facetime account).

If there is a "magical" setting I´d sure like to know where to find
it.

What you are both describing isn't normal.

Which model Mac and what version OS is running on it?

Mine is a MacBook Air I just got it last year or maybe late 2022. It has Sonoma, I just got the notice about Seqoia but I haven't updated it yet.

I turned off my iPhone phone number in FT on the MacBook, my friend and
I will be doing FT this weekend so we'll see if that helps.

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On 19. Sep 2024 at 20:05:18 CEST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

Mine is a MacBook Air I just got it last year or maybe late 2022. It has Sonoma, I just got the notice about Seqoia but I haven't updated it yet.

2022 MacBook Air (M2) here also.
Just updated to Sequoia.

Can´t imagine that it is a MacBook Air problem, but who knows...
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