How do I get FaceTime for Mac to stop ringing after answering an incoming call on my iPhone?

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How do I get FaceTime for Mac to stop ringing after answering an incoming call on my iPhone?

I have iPhone Cellular Calls enabled for iPhone and FaceTime and am able to make and receive calls splendidly with FaceTime. However, when I answer an incoming call on my iPhone, FaceTime will not stop ringing. This is a significant, loud, annoying issue for me, my caller, and everyone in my house. It rings for eternity, long after the call has ended, until the call notification on my Mac is either accepted or declined. FaceTime needs to know when the call is answered on another device and stop ringing. Is there any solution for this?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Nov 18, 2014 6:26 PM

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Answer 1

frindley

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Nov 26, 2014 3:56 AM in response to iamatleast13yearsold

This works for me:

To turn off Phone Calling on your iPad or iPod Touch, go to FaceTime under Settings and switch off iPhone Cellular Calls. On your Mac, open the FaceTime app, then go to Preferences under FaceTime, and tap Settings. From there, switch off the iPhone Cellular Calls option.

Found it here:http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131449-why-s-my-mac-taking-my-iphone-calls-how-t o-turn-off-apple-continuity

I realise it doesn't quite solve the issue of FaceTime "knowing" whether the call has already been answered on another device, which I agree is a flaw. But in my case, I don't want to receive regular phone calls on my Mac at any time. Only the very rare FaceTime call. So turning off cellular calls is a solution of sorts.

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Answer 2

Nov 26, 2014 12:23 PM in response to frindley

frindley, thank you for your thoughts. It doesn't solve the problem as I definitely do not want to turn off the ability to receive FaceTime calls on my Mac or my phone. The new feature is awesome. Unfortunately, though, this bug makes it unusable in practice. It really should not have been released with this major flaw.

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Answer 3

Jun 20, 2016 1:26 PM in response to iamatleast13yearsold

Exactly! We want the feature, just not the annoying, uncontrollable loud ring.

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Answer 4

Jun 20, 2016 2:22 PM in response to dplessard

Consider the following link. Not perfect but does the job. N.B.: You will have to download separately the silence.m4r but it can be found easily for free.

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/facetime-how-to-stop-iphone-ipad-and-mac-rin ging-simultaneously.1844631/

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