

#How to use phone number for imessage mac code
If your phone number has an odd area code or your email address isn't very indicative that you're the one asking for a FaceTime audio or video call, you may want to change the caller ID to an email address with your name in it so recipients won't reject your calls. So it's up to you to make sure the one showing is the right one for your privacy.
#How to use phone number for imessage mac update
Reasons You May Want to Update Your Caller IDīy default, on all iOS versions, your phone number or email address will display on a recipient's device when starting a FaceTime call, even if you have caller ID turned off. This guide works with iOS 7 through iOS 13. Only a phone number would show up in iOS 6 and lower, but all iOS version after that allow for selecting an email address instead. However, if you're FaceTime calling someone fresh, they will see either your phone number or email address instead of your name. If your phone number or email address is already in the person's contact list, you'll likely only show up as " would like FaceTime" or " FaceTime Audio" on their Mac or iOS device, so changing the caller ID in this instance isn't necessary. But what if you'd rather it be a different identifier?

So when someone that you're calling sees the incoming call, they'll see it's from your phone number or email address. Whenever you make FaceTime audio or video calls from your iPhone, Apple automatically uses your phone number or Apple ID email address as the caller identification.
