Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: SMS "pings" on iPhone long after received on Mac Date: 6 Dec 2016 00:36:19 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <582ba589$0$34694$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> <5844833f$0$20862$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net /NPhNFeE7syMOkWHtETSswMGc4hPB7n9hWupEF/ws0RP+g92b9 Cancel-Lock: sha1:xhZu1Om/NZzMd8MMXzFeDtOH7AA= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com misc.phone.mobile.iphone:95284 comp.sys.mac.system:97595 On 2016-12-05, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-12-05 18:21, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2016-12-05, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2016-12-05 13:04, Chris wrote: >>>> Lewis wrote: >>>>> In message >>>>> Chris wrote: >>>>>> Lewis wrote: >>>>>>> In message <5844833f$0$20862$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> >>>>>>> JF Mezei wrote: >>>>>>>> This week, I got a facetime audio call. It rang on my Macpro (which >>>>>>>> doesn't have a microphone) but not on my iPhone which was on my desk. I >>>>>>>> wanted to take the call on the iPhone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you're Mac Pro doesn't have a mic, then you are an utter moron to >>>>>>> enable Facetime on it. >>>>> >>>>>> Or Apple are utter morons for giving him the option on a Mac Pro - they >>>>>> should know it doesn't have a Mic ;) >>>>> >>>>> It can have a mic, obviously. >>>> >>>> Correctomundo! So, clearly, JF is not a moron for enabling FaceTime. >>>> >>>> Maybe FT should be smarter and only ring if there is an enabled Mic? >>> >>> The only way it could be smarter is to detect the mic. Not sure if all >>> mic types are detectable on a Mac. >> >> So if I had FaceTime enabled on my Mac, just because I didn't have a mic >> attached at the time, I wouldn't see a notification when someone called? >> No thanks! I enabled FaceTime on my Mac for a reason, and it should >> route calls to it when I am using it - period. JF Mezei is just being >> hist typical foolish self. Put this one down as user error. > > I wrote "be smarter". If it detected that you had no mic attached, it > could > - still notify you about the call > - alert you that you do not have a mic > - even (optionally) answer the call and tell the caller that > you will return his call as soon as possible (or please call > later, or take a voice message, or suggest sending a text ...) > Good ideas there. You should send that in to Apple as feedback. -- 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