I want to set up a facetime call on my macbook pro so family members can call to talk with our mother. I believe I can let people join a call and let others drop off the same call. Is that correct or do I have to initiate a new facetime call for each person?
MacBook Pro
Hi Rossef,
Welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.
Re: I believe I can let people join a call and let others drop off the same call.
Apple support has a FaceTime User Guide for Mac - Apple Support online:
Eg:
Share a link to a FaceTime call on Mac – Apple Support
says:
"When you’re in a FaceTime call, you can share the link with others so they can join.
Note: You can invite anyone that meets these requirements to join you on a FaceTime call, even people who don’t have an Apple device".
Hope this helps :-)
Hi Rossef,
Welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.
Re: I believe I can let people join a call and let others drop off the same call.
Apple support has a FaceTime User Guide for Mac - Apple Support online:
Eg:
Share a link to a FaceTime call on Mac – Apple Support
says:
"When you’re in a FaceTime call, you can share the link with others so they can join.
Note: You can invite anyone that meets these requirements to join you on a FaceTime call, even people who don’t have an Apple device".
Hope this helps :-)
You are most welcome. Thank you for your reply, Rossef !
Re: "If I am in a faceTime call and another person calls can I simply add them to the call
Seems you have choices:
✽. Accept an incoming call: Click Accept.
✽. Accept a video call as an audio call: Click 
next to Accept, then choose Answer as Audio.
When you’re in an audio call or a phone call, the camera is automatically off.
✽ Accept a video or audio call and end a current call: Click End & Accept.
✽. Accept an audio call and put the current audio call on hold: Click Hold & Accept. When you end the new call, the call on hold resumes. You can pause one audio call at a time.
Above is from: Answer calls in FaceTime on Mac – Apple Support
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Re: FaceTime:
The way I understand it (and I'm no expert) for your scenario, either you:
(1) initiate one group call, (or maybe one in the morning, one in the afternoon ?) inviting people (eg via Messages) with a link generated from within the call. People with the link can join in. or drop out, as they wish for as long as you keep the call active ...
or
(2) you accept incoming calls as you wish. Calls arrive one by one ... seems you would need to end one call (or put on hold, receive other as audio) end first call, and use video again for the new call (ie: when the camera is free again after the other call).
Guessing you would be the best judge of what would be the most pleasing for your mother on her special day, and how much time you are willing to devote to "monitoring" FaceTime callers for her, on the day.
BTW: To any FaceTime experts out there:
please feel free to jump in, if there's a better way, or better suggestion!
All the best !
If I am in a faceTime call and another person calls can I simply add them to the call or do I have to send each one a link beforehand. I planned to send out a text with my contact info that they could use to call in.
What I am trying to do is to make it possible for family members to face time with our mother on her 102nd birthday in a few days. She is deaf and even with hearing aids it helps if she can see who is speaking so she can lip read. The problem is that I don't know which of her many children, grand children, great grand children or great great grand children will call or when.
Thank you for the help. This is more complex than I anticipated,
Is there a way to set up my devices,(iphone, ipad, macbook pro) so a facetime call comes into my Macbook only? Right now the calls come in mostly on my phone but sometimes on all devices.
Thank you for your help. Ross
If all three devices are receiving the FaceTime calls, you would likely be able to turn on "Do Not Disturb" on the iPhone and iPad, leaving just the Mac to receive them.
NB: To hand off a FaceTime call,
your devices need macOS Ventura, iOS 16, or iPadOS 16 or later.
How to set up: HandOff
Use Handoff to continue tasks on your other devices - Apple Support
If I want to have a facetime call that others can join do I need to call one of them or send them my link so they can join and then drop out as needed?
