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Q: Continuity - Choosing the iPhone to call from

Hello everyone,

I got stuck on this problem between my MacBook Pro and our home iPhones.

We have three iPhones with three different numbers, all under the same Apple ID, which is the same of MacBook Pro. My 6S, my 5S, wife's 5S.

I set up as I want, when one of my phones rings, the second one and MBP ring too. Wife's iPhone is excluded from call from other devices. Despite this, when I try to make a call from MBP, there's no option to choose the iPhone to call from. MBP decides that the call must be made thru my wife's number and the call drops. If I activate on her phone the calls from other devices, it's possible to make a call thru her phone. But I want to call thru MY 6S!! Only my 5S has the wifi calling active, so I think it's excluded from this game.

Hope that was clear, thank you in advance for any help!!

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Feb 18, 2016 1:33 AM

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Q: Continuity - Choosing the iPhone to call from

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Feb 18, 2016 10:43 AM in response to artorivs
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    Feb 18, 2016 10:43 AM in response to artorivs

    Phone calls - Use your Mac to make and receive - Yosemite

  • by artorivs,

    artorivs artorivs Feb 18, 2016 2:44 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Feb 18, 2016 2:44 PM in response to Eric Root

    I read this, even many times, but it doesn't explain how the computer chooses which iPhone, from the suitable ones existing at home, must be used for calling...

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Feb 19, 2016 10:43 AM in response to artorivs
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    Feb 19, 2016 10:43 AM in response to artorivs

    If the article is correct, you should get a choice to select which phone by clicking in the appropriate place. You don't have this option?

     

    Make calls

    From FaceTime: Click Audio to see your past phone calls, or enter a phone number in the search field, then click the Audio button .

    From Contacts: Select a contact, move your pointer over a phone number, then click the Phone button .

    From Safari: Select a phone number in a webpage, click the pop-up menu , then choose which iPhone you want to use to make the call.

    From Mail: Place the pointer over a phone number in an email, click the pop-up menu , then choose which iPhone you want to use to make the call.

    From Maps: When you find a place of interest, click it, click the Info button , place your pointer over a phone number, then click the Phone button .

    From Spotlight: Enter the name of a person or place in the Spotlight search field, then select the matching search result. Move the pointer over a phone number, then click the Phone button .

  • by artorivs,

    artorivs artorivs Feb 20, 2016 9:01 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Feb 20, 2016 9:01 AM in response to Eric Root

    Apparently, Safari and Mail should make you choose the iPhone. It isn't so. Acting as by instructions, it only says "call from iPhone", and tries to call from the wrong one...