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Re: Facetime on Macintosh

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On 2015-10-14, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> Having recentlty evolved to this century (gone from Snow Leopard to
> Yosemite) I decided to give Facetime on my Mac a test drive.
>
> Instead of doing its internet thing to reach a friend via Facetime
> Audio, the mac Facetime app insisted on placing a long distance legacy
> voice telephone call via my iPhone.  (my mobile carrier has a message
> before a long distance call is placed.
>
> So in the end, I had to use my phone to place the Facetime call (where
> the Facetime app had no problem establishing the internet connection.
>
> Is this normal ? Is there a way to force Facetime/Mac to establish a
> Facetime audio call instead of routing stuff via the Phone's cellular
> voice connection ?

Are you sure the number you supplied is the same one that works from
your phone? What format are you using for the phone number for this
person in your Contacts list on the Mac?

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JR

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Facetime on Macintosh JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-14 16:11 -0400
  Re: Facetime on Macintosh Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-14 20:54 +0000
    Re: Facetime on Macintosh JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-14 17:51 -0400
      Re: Facetime on Macintosh Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-14 21:34 -0700
        Re: Facetime on Macintosh JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-15 03:55 -0400

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