Disable iPhone Calls Ringing in Mac OS X Yosemite

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Jennifer Zelazny November 13, 2014
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After upgrading one of the three computers in my office from Mac OS X 10.9 to Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite) I thought to myself – wow – I like the option to answer my phone using my MacBook Pro.

A few days later – when I had the other computers upgraded as well – any time I got a phone call – my office sounded like a call center (2 bluetooth cordless phones, 3 computers, and the actual iPhone itself were all ringing at the same time.

Thankfully – you can easily turn off this feature in the FaceTime app by simply unchecking one thing in the FaceTime preferences (see screenshot). So if you are like me – and do not need this or prefer to not use it – the fix is easy!

2 thoughts on “Disable iPhone Calls Ringing in Mac OS X Yosemite”

  1. Erik

    Yay! Thank you. Just about made me crazy on the first day alone. Your post saved the hospital another mental patient.

    Reply

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