Change General settings in FaceTime on Mac
In the FaceTime app on your Mac, use General settings to change default options for using FaceTime.
To change these settings, make sure you’re signed in with your Apple ID, choose FaceTime > Settings, then click General.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Sign Out | Stop receiving FaceTime calls or phone calls on your Mac. You need to sign in again to use FaceTime. See Sign in to or out of FaceTime. Note: Instead of turning off FaceTime, you can change or turn off notifications to prevent notifications from disturbing you. | ||||||||||
Enable this account | Turn on your FaceTime account and start making and receiving FaceTime calls or phone calls on your Mac. | ||||||||||
You can be reached for FaceTime at | Choose the email addresses and phone numbers that other people can use to call you in FaceTime. You can update this list on the Apple ID account website. See Choose how people can call you in FaceTime. | ||||||||||
Calls from iPhone | Allow your Mac to use your iPhone to make and receive phone calls. This option only appears when you set up your iPhone and Mac for phone calls. | ||||||||||
Upgrade to Wi-Fi Calling | Allow your Mac to use your iPhone to make and receive phone calls in FaceTime. This option only appears when you select Calls from iPhone and your iPhone is turned off or on a different Wi-Fi network. | ||||||||||
Update Emergency Address | Update your address so that if you make an emergency call that uses Wi-Fi instead of mobile data, the address helps emergency services locate you. This option only appears when you set up your iPhone and Mac for phone calls. | ||||||||||
About Wi-Fi Calling & Privacy | Learn how Wi-Fi Calling services work with your network provider and how you can control what data is shared when you make and receive Wi-Fi calls. This option only appears when you set up your iPhone and Mac for phone calls. | ||||||||||
Automatic Prominence: Speaking | Allow the tile of the person speaking to become larger during a Group FaceTime call. | ||||||||||
Live Captions (Beta) | Have conversations transcribed on the screen. | ||||||||||
Allow Live Photos to be captured during video calls | Allow the other person to capture a Live Photo from your Mac, iOS device or iPadOS device during a FaceTime video call. See Take a Live Photo. | ||||||||||
Start new calls from | Choose which email address or phone number others see when you call them. This option only appears if you have more than one email address or phone number set up. | ||||||||||
Ringtone | Choose the sound that is played when you receive a call. See Change FaceTime ringtones. | ||||||||||
Location | Change the country or region that your FaceTime account is registered as being in to ensure your calls use the correct telephone number format. | ||||||||||
Default for calls | Choose the default app to start calls from. This also includes calls started from URLs in a telephone format. This option only appears if you have more than one calling app on your Mac. | ||||||||||
About FaceTime & Privacy | Learn how FaceTime is designed to protect your information and allow you to choose what you share. | ||||||||||