Path: csiph.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!peer01.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: SMS "pings" on iPhone long after received on Mac Date: 6 Dec 2016 15:17:29 GMT Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <582ba589$0$34694$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> <5844833f$0$20862$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net TDL3fXTpnBY2eEens7d3IQUJh2H9I+gjZemuGXtf5L9yDzJX20 Cancel-Lock: sha1:+E6ZMil/o+imvowcbx3txoYbdSI= sha1:qeqlBH5eXwHcX9A9Mwkhvl35U6g= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) X-Received-Bytes: 3669 X-Received-Body-CRC: 5748159 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:97607 misc.phone.mobile.iphone:95294 Chris wrote: > 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? > > why no notification? It could quite easily pop up a notification warning > you there's a ft call That's what it already does, yes. > but you've no Mic; you could choose to accept or > forward to iPad/iphone. You already have the ability to ignore the call on the computer too. Have you actually *used* this feature? I have, plenty of times. -- 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