Path: ...!news.nobody.at!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Solved (Was: Re: Trouble doing Mac-to-Mac FaceTime) Date: 22 Sep 2024 16:55:55 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net xXIzI80Q21TSSrFml/LQgAA0y9mglbSY1D1StgOIguAq4FxXRj Cancel-Lock: sha1:pyP9CWWX/yrD8qs8b5GV+SfcFmo= sha256:4jyax0R/1FVuhNDGA2DTOgmZHI7uw2F7XrZwLHn4Wss= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Bytes: 3912 On 2024-09-21, Connor Shannon wrote: > On 9/20/24 7:21 AM, Bernd Froehlich wrote: >> On 20. Sep 2024 at 08:29:22 CEST, "Bernd Froehlich" >> wrote: >> >>> Can´t imagine that it is a MacBook Air problem, but who knows... >> >> Spent some hours on the net and finally solved it. >> >> Two tips I found were to clear the DNS cache of the mac and to >> connect the Mac through a hotspot to the internet. Lo and behold: >> Facetime worked, I got the call on my Mac 8-) Then I reset my router >> and now Facetime works just fine. >> >> Not sure whether it was the DNS cache or the router reset that >> ultimately solved it but I hope it works for you too Connor. > > Gosh I don't want to go through my phone instead of my wifi. But I'm > glad it worked for you! You should read more carefully. He doesn't seem to be saying he had to connect to the hotspot to get it to work - that was just one of the suggestions he read. He does say he cleared his DNS cache and reset his router. Have you tried either of those things? > We just tried again. My phone was near my MacBook and it "rang" with > the FT call. I had phone number FT turned off on my MacBook like you > guys suggested That was a bad suggestion. Turn it back on. > but my name with my phone number was still in his FT call list so I > think when he clicked on it it called my phone number. I didn't answer > and sent my friend a text message (from my Mac) asking if he could > "call" my email address. So then he clicked New Facetime Call on his > Mac and typed in my email and it rang on my MacBook. (Also on my phone > but I ignored that.) That's precisely why you should turn the phone number back on on your Mac. Whoever suggested you turn it off was giving bad advice. > So I think the key is to force the computers to use email addresses > but No. Many of us receive calls to our cellular phone numbers on our Macs. That's how it's supposed to work. > since the FT previous call list includes phone calls it's easy for a > friend's phone number to be in the list and you have to make sure you > aren't using that. Anyway thats what I think is happening. No, you should be able to use any address or number listed in FaceTime Preferences > You can be reached at - including your iPhone's phone number. The problem you are having isn't due to FaceTime settings. Something else (probably your router) is getting in the way. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR