Change Caller ID info?

Can the Caller ID info be changed? Right now it uses my last name, first name and phone number. I'd like to change it to Dennis' iPhone and my phone number. All I can find in the settings is turning Caller ID Off or On

iMac (G5, G4, G3), Powerbook, iPhone, iPod, Mac OS X (10.4.10), Mac OS 10.3.9, Mac OS 9.2.1

Posted on Oct 16, 2007 9:58 AM

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Oct 16, 2007 10:58 AM in response to romad

Actually and names it shows you are names from your contact list. If they are not in your contact list, it will just show the number.

If you want to swap first and last names then go to Settings, then Phone. Where it has contacts you can tell it how to sort and display your names. If you choose First, Last for Display Order, that is how the name will look when they call. It has nothing to do with AT&T as the caller ID on phones only sends the number, the phone does the matching to names you have saved.

Oct 16, 2007 12:14 PM in response to Ansuz82

Caller ID information is strange. If I call my house from my mobile phone, it shows up on the caller ID unit as Cell Phone MA with my number below it. If I call my parents house in Maine, it comes across their caller ID as my Last Name First Name with my number underneath. My parents use Verizon for their andline, and I use RCn Communications. It gets even stranger, becuase my cousin is also an AT&T mobility customer, and when she calls my landline, it comes up as her Last Name First Name with her number below.

So I don't know what's going on, and who is controlling what, but if it was AT&T then it would be consistent everywhere.

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