facetime claims no reachable addresses
When I try to connect to FaceTime using my MacBook Pro, I input my AppleID and password correctly. (If I intentionally put in the wrong password it rejects the log in. ) With the correct credentials, FaceTime thinks for about 30 seconds and it responds with a red-font error message stating: "This account has no reachable addresses. Please sign in to appleid.apple.com" in order to add one.
I log in to the apple ID website. It lists all sorts of information that is correct. However, there is no option for "reachable addresses". I do see "contactable addresses", and there is my primary gmail and my phone number listed in that list. So, FaceTime isn't lying. I do not have any reachable addresses. Instead I have contactable addresses.
Some questions:
- Is a "reachable address" different from a "contactable address"? Seems like the same thing but why does Apple use two distinct words?
- Maybe this will never work because I do not have an iCloud account?
- Maybe this will never work because I do not have an iPhone?
Thank you.
MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.15