Hi Daniel and thank you. I have already done the things you suggest for FaceTime. That’s what frustrates me a little.
But I guess having the same Apple ID brings a couple of trade offs. > On 12 Nov 2019, at 11:37 am, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Stephen > > You can’t really “Decide” who gets the calls coming in. Do you both get each > others iMessages as well? Or just the calls? > But one “work around” you can use is the following - > Go to Settings - FaceTime. Under “You can be reached by FaceTime at”, untick > your wife phone number. - you can do the same on hers for your number too if > her’s rings for yours. > You can also do this in iMessage as well if you get the same text messages. > Settings - Messages - “Send & Receive” will show a number of addresses. Tap > that. Deselect the one you don’t want to show. > > That’s a quick and nasty way to do it if sharing the same AppleID. > There’s a “better” way you can have seperate ones….but it’s quite involved to > set it u (kinda). > But you can both have seperate ones and still have access to shared Contacts > and Calendars. > > When sharing the same AppleID you can’t iMessage or FaceTime each other - as > you’re both on the same AppleID so it naturally assumes you can’t call > yourself :) > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone XS > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > >> On 12 Nov 2019, at 9:23 am, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you Peter. >> I will take a look at Family Sharing. >> >>> On 12 Nov 2019, at 8:34 am, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 12 Nov 2019, at 8:02 am, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Peter. >>>> I assume iTunes = iCloud. >>>> >>>> Yes we do … and I figured that could be the reason. >>>> But we do this so that we don’t keep (and update) two separate Contacts >>>> and Calendars. >>>> >>>> If this is the reason, is there no way around both iPhones receiving the >>>> same FaceTime calls ? >>>> Seems crazy to me ! >>> >>> Well, not really, because the call is coming to the account, not the >>> device. And sorry - I should have said Apple ID rather than iTunes or even >>> iCloud. You want to share the Contacts and the Calendars, but Facetime >>> calls come in the same bag. >>> >>> I’ve never used it, but you might want to look at the options available in >>> Family Sharing. Others might have more useful advice in that regard. >>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>> Perth, Western Australia >>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape
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