I can not receive faceTime calls on my Mac but I can on my iPhone

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I can not receive faceTime calls on my Mac but I can on my iPhone

If I receive a FaceTime call, it rings on every device I have in my house apart from my Mac. My iPhone, iPad and my iPod Touch all start ringing, but my mac doesn't. Is there any way I can get my Mac to ring when i receive a FaceTime Call? My Mac is turned on and connected to WiFI with FaceTime enabled so I don't understand why it is not working. I can, however, make FaceTime calls on my Mac. Please help! Thanks.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10), Late 2013 13 inch MacBookPro11,1

Posted on Oct 25, 2014 2:44 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Oct 25, 2014 4:09 PM in response to iMacApplpro7

Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage

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iMacApplpro7 Author

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Oct 26, 2014 1:21 AM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks for the reply. I use my Apple ID instead of my phone number to make and receive FaceTime calls instead of my phone number. I think it is linked with my iMessage but could you tell me how to do that in case it isn't?

Thanks

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Linc Davis

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Oct 26, 2014 6:37 AM in response to iMacApplpro7

That's a link. Click it and follow the instructions.

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iMacApplpro7 Author

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Oct 28, 2014 9:06 AM in response to Linc Davis

the problem is on my mac not my iPhone. I do not use my phone number to be reached for FaceTime calls so people FaceTime me by my Apple ID e-mail address. On my Mac, I have that one e-mail address listed under "You can be reached for FaceTime calls at...". Can you give me some more help on this? Thanks.

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Sep 8, 2016 7:20 AM in response to iMacApplpro7

I had this question for the past 9 months. I have a MacBook Pro and an iMac, calls would forward to my MacBook Pro's FaceTime but not to my iMac, after spending frustrating months not being able to find an answer, I finally went to System Preferences, Notification and checked all the boxes for FaceTime along with banner and lo and behold I called my cell phone from my house phone and it forwarded to both Macs, so just go to System Preferences and have Notifications turned on for you FaceTime...

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