As you may already know, the arrival of Yosemite and the release of iOS 8.1 today are going to change a lot of things in the Apple world. And I say world because with these two operating systems, the company's devices appear more connected than ever. And if at the time we taught you to take advantage of the function that allowed you to start tasks on one device on the block and then finish them on another, today we want to explain what you should do to enjoy iPhone calls on your Mac.
To begin with, it should be noted that you will need a Mac OS X in which you have installed the new Yosemite version, and an iPhone mobile terminal of the newest running with iOS 8 or higher. If you meet both requirements, then you can now go on to configure your computer so that calls that come in through your mobile phone end up being answered within your computer. Although the procedure is really simple, it is not activated by default, so you can waste a lot of time trying to see where to configure this possibility.
Within FaceTime preferencesOn both iOS and Mac, you should look for the option that allows you iPhone Phone Calls and activate it. From there, you just have to select the Audio tab on your computer to be able to call and receive calls from your contacts and those who are not. Even if it is for users who use Android.
In any case, with the recent launch of Yosemite, and the first tests, some users report that a native version of Bluetooth 4.0 is necessary to carry out the call process. received and sent from Mac via iPhone. And of course, that both devices are in range of this network to each other. We will see in the coming days what more news there is in this regard. Have you already tried it?
You do not explain the problem of configuration of the accounts of iCloud and FaceTime must have the same? I can't get it to work
Do you have the phone number also configured in these services? If you don't have it and you only have the apple id, there you have the problem, since that happened to me
I get an error, which will be just because I do not have bluetooth 4.0
I have an imac from the end of 2009 that does not have bluetooth 4.0 or joke, and the calls work, I tried it this afternoon
Calls and messages work for me with the bluethooth disabled, I tested it with a Macbook Pro from mid-2012 and with an iPhone 5s
Another thing that was read by the network is that you had to have the iPhone unlocked for this to work, well I have tested it with the device locked and everything works perfectly, both calls and sms.
I don't know where the iphone is configured so that the mac can make calls, how have you done it?
Good night Ines
The configuration is very easy:
iPhone with iOS 8.1 -> Settings–> FaceTime–> Activate the option «Phone calls. of the iPhone »
Mac with Yosemite -> Open FaceTime–> Preferences–> Activate the option «Phone calls. of the iPhone »
* Tell you that the part of the Mac I did not have to do.
** As an observation, check that you have FaceTime configured on your iPhone with your phone number and apple id, because if you only have it with the id it will not work for you.
I can't put the number on the mac, it only gives me the option to put the email
That option does not exist
Hello, I deactivated FaceTime on the iPhone and turned it on again, so I wonder if I wanted to link my phone number with FaceTime and it set itself up. The next time I tried to call a contact from the Mac (with Yosemite) I was able to make the call and the error message did not appear.
I hope it works for you.
Nowhere do I have the option of Phone calls. of the iPhone neither in iOS 8.1 nor in Yosemite, the strange thing is that even before updating to 8.1 if it worked well and came by default, but now everything disappeared. Does anyone know something?
The same thing happened to me. I did what Arturo exposed and working
Apparently the problem is with the 5G networks of some routers, when returning to the normal network and the same Wi-Fi, the options to make calls are automatically enabled, thank you.
It tells me that the iPhone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network, even though they (iPhone, iPad and Mac) are on the same network all the time. I have read something of two channels in the 2.4Ghz and 54Ghz modem, and that they must be in the same but no idea how to configure this.
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I have a problem in the FaceTime of the iphone, I go to settings / facetime, I hit the activate button, but it remains with the text: «waiting for activation». In the FaceTime of the iphone I have configured both my Apple id and my phone number, but I don't know what the problem may be. When I want to make a call from my mac, I get a notification sign that says: "the iphone must use the same iCloud account and face ..", it does not show the complete message (Apple error).
I hope you can help me! Thank you.
If it puts you waiting for activation, that is why it does not work
ARIEL I DID THIS ON THE SAME WI FI, HAVING CONFIGURED THE FACE TIME WITH YOUR TELEPHONE, FIRST TEST CALLS FROM THE MAC THAT WORKS ALWAYS, THE ACTIVATION IS FOR MESSAGES, CLOSE THE APPLICATION, FROM THE MAC, TICK THE OPTION TO RECEIVE AND SEND MESSAGES FROM THAT MOBILE, AND ON YOUR IPHON SAME AND SEND AGAIN THE MESSAGE ALWAYS HAVING CREDIT I SEND IT AS 8 TIMES AND THEN IT ARRIVES FAST
Personally, I have been using OS X Yosemite since the betas and since they activated the calls (I think in beta 2) it works very well for me, I have an MBA from 2013 and an iPhone 5, and I have also used it from my iPad mini (1 gen.) and no problem.
They must configure as the comments say and have iCloud well configured between the devices and it will work knobs.
My iCloud account is linked with my MacBoobk Pro and my iphone 5s using the same WIFI network and I can't make calls….
When I try to make a call from the mac I get a notification sign that says: "the iphone must use the same iCloud account and face ..", it does not show the complete message (Apple error).
Do you know if this works on an iPhone 4s? And on the iPad 3?
Too many questions that I think should be clarified in the article. It is not specified which devices are compatible, both iPhones and Macbooks because I think there will be restrictions as Apple always does. Cristina, can you tell us a little more? For example, I have an iPhone 6 Plus but a Macbook from the end of 2008. Thanks, Greetings!
IF SERGIO WORKS, EVEN ON AN OLD MAC YESTERDAY, PROBE WITH 4 MACS, YOU ONLY MUST HAVE YOUR MOBILE REGISTERED WITH THE COUNTRY CODE, IN FACETIME AND IMESSEGE AND READY, CLOSE THE ABRIS APPLICATION FIRST USE FACE TIME WITH THE SAME WI FI NETWORK, AND THEN WITH ACTIVATION, ALWAYS HAVING IMESSEGE CREDIT
Hello, I had the problem that when trying to call from the MBP it told me "the iphone must use the same iCloud account and face ..".
Problem: from iPhone with iOS 8.1 when going to -> Settings–> Messages–> Despite being activated (green button) below, I received a gray text that said something like: activation error, try again. Of course, as the button was green, I didn't realize it until I read that text carefully.
SOLUTION: deactivate and activate Messages again (and pay for the corresponding sms delivery to the UK).
And ready. Calls from the Mac running.
Maybe, if it is not with Messages, it may also be happening if there is an error in the activation of FaceTime.
I hope it helps someone ...
Slds!
Correct friend, if it is not correctly activated on the iPhone it will not work on the Mac
I have the same problem as Luis, but when I go to the iPhone, to the messages app and I activate it, it throws me "activation error, try again later" and then it waits for activation, the truth is that it is working very badly and I do not know why.
The same thing happens to me in the faacetime app.
I have a problem that I really have not been able to solve, and it started to happen in mavericks and now in yosemite it has not been corrected. when entering facetime or messages and wanting to enter my id, everything is perfect until it asks me "facetime wants to use your confidential information stored in" IDS: adri @ ###. com-authtoken "on your keychain, you want to allow the access to this item? » , I give it "always allow, allow or even deny" and nothing, it throws an error that says that at the moment my id does not work to activate facetime and that it is not necessary to create another id, but it is necessary to call support ...... I call support and it's an odyssey, they don't answer me, they don't answer me and I still can't activate facetime and messages on my macbook pro mid 2011. Has this happened to anyone?
Has someone given you a hand? I have the same problem as you, and I can't find a solution
HELLO, the same thing happened to me, and I just had to change the time of my mac since it was early,
I have managed to make calls from the macbook but they cannot be heard. It won't let me bt link the iphone 6 and the macbook. Does anyone know why?
hello, I get a message that says "The iphone and the Mac must be on the same Wi-Fi network." They are on the same network, how can I solve it?
The same thing always happens to me, but the help they gave me here so far has not solved anything, I don't know why it works so badly.
Well, it works for me, I just need the wifi, the only thing I had to deactivate the face time box and then reactivate and accept the notice that the use of the message can be paid and I already got the phone number from there I could already configure the mac and everything ok what I have not tried is SMS but it will surely work now
Both options work for me, I have an iphone 5 and a white mid macbook. 2010. What I can not do is the airdrop option between the mac and the iphone, I imagine it is because I do not have bluetooth 4.0.
Calls from a 2013 MacBook Air work for me, but not from a mid-2010 iMac. When I give the option to call, it appears as if I were calling and after a few seconds it throws an error. Will it be for the Bluetooth 4.0? The messages on both macs work perfectly fine.
For calls and sms it does not use the bluethooth, it does it through the wifi network
please!!! SOMEBODY? … .. Adrian Lara said: I have a problem that I really have not been able to solve, and it began to happen in mavericks and now in yosemite it has not been corrected. when entering facetime or messages and wanting to enter my id, everything is perfect until it asks me "facetime wants to use your confidential information stored in" IDS: adri @ ###. com-authtoken "on your keychain, you want to allow the access to this item? " , I give it "always allow, allow or even deny" and nothing, it throws an error that says that at the moment my id does not work to activate facetime and that it is not necessary to create another id, but it is necessary to call support ...... I call support and it's an odyssey, they don't answer me, they don't answer me and I still can't activate facetime and messages on my macbook pro mid 2011. Has this happened to anyone?
I have the same problem, but I can't even call support because there is no number for my country 🙁
I have the number set in facetime and in imessage but in gray, without the activation arrow I can receive calls both on my ipad and on the mac, but I cannot make them from either device, it is more when I try to configure in the mac the call exit does not give me the option of the telephone number, only the emails ... SOMEONE TO HELP ME
Deactivate the services on the iPhone, give it a few minutes and activate them again
I did what a colleague exposes and I find settings / messages to deactivate iMessage and to activate it again, a message appears on the mac saying that it will add the cell phone number ... accept and that's it, you can use it. Be careful, I got the same message that I had to have the same iCloud account and with this it was solved
the face time of my iphone 5s does not have the option to activate the calls how do I help ???
Do you have the phone number configured in FaceTime? If you don't have it, that's the problem
How do I configure my phone number in facetime
I have an error in the calls says that the iphone has to use the same account of iCloud and FaceTime, I can not make calls and update iOS 8.1
disconnect the face time on the iphone and activate it again and mark with tillde the number and the id account you want and voila you will see that you will already have the option rabien in mac preferences
When you say that you have to mark the phone number with a check mark in the iPhone's FaceTime, how do you do that? Because I enter and the phone number appears in gray, it won't let you dial a check mark. If he lets you do it with the mail of the Apple id, but not with the phone number.
Exactly the same thing happens to me, what is the solution for that? Does anyone know? I can receive calls on the mac, but not make them.
The same thing happened to me and what I have done is log into the Apple account and put the phone number correctly. It was all together and there is a specific box for the country code.
How did you get into the Apple account, from the web, from the iphone? With that you solved the problem?
I did it from the iphone. Settings-Face time. there I get «Apple id: xxx@xxx.com. Well click and it takes you to configure your account. I put the phone number right and it works.
Do not give it more laps, as several colleagues say, iPhone settings deactivate Face Time and reconnect it, the computer will ask you if you want to link your phone number, yes, and that's it, I have tried it right now.
It is perfect for me, nor did I get it, what they indicate to deactivate FaceTime on iPhone and activate it and that's it
it does not work for me, it tells me that I must have the same apple id in icloud and facetime and so I have it. I use an iphone 5s and a new mac book pro. I don't understand how it doesn't work
my feeling after 15 years of being a customer is that Apple is in absolute decline. IOS 8 is a disaster, the apps and Yosemite are reset, I don't understand what it brings back. And the worst thing is that together they get along pretty bad. For example, they cannot be linked via bluetooth. It's a disaster and it's getting worse every day.
go to system preferences log in to iCloud or put your password and then go to messages and in preferences you will get to activate phone calls
Sorry messages no, they go to facetime and in preferences there will come out the activation of calls
Important the automatic date and time in both devices