family sharing

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family sharing

I signed into my sons mac under his account and into iCloud under his account. I tried to send an iMessage from his computer and it still came from my phone number. Is there a way for him just to use his iCloud account for texting and FaceTime?

Posted on Jun 14, 2016 6:47 PM

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Answer 1

alex_oz

Community Specialist

Jun 17, 2016 7:32 AM in response to kevinfromtrumbull

Hello Kevin,

I know it's nice to be able to properly manage how you send and receive iMessages and FaceTime calls. I'll be happy to provide you with some resources to assist with this.

For Messages on the Mac:

Open Messages
In the menu bar open Messages > Preferences > Accounts
Click on the Apple ID on the left
At the bottom of the Settings tab change "Start new conversations from" from the phone number to the email address
Uncheck the phone number under "You can be reached for Messages at"

For FaceTime:

Open FaceTime
In the menu bar open FaceTime > Preferences > Settings
Again change the "Start new calls from" from the phone number to the email address
Uncheck the phone number under "You can be reached for FaceTime at"

This will disassociate your phone number with the FaceTime and Messages apps on the Mac.

Cheers!

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Answer 2

Jun 17, 2016 7:33 AM in response to kevinfromtrumbull

Thanks. That worked.

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