How to make and take phone calls in OS X Yosemite<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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iOS 8 and
OS X Yosemite wherever it makes sense. One of those places is in making and taking phone calls on your Mac, a feature of
Continuity. All you've got to do is enable it and you're good to go!</p> <!--break--> <p>Continuity is the word Apple uses to describe this blurring of the lines between devices. If you have an iPhone running iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite installed on your Mac, you can make and take phone calls as long as they're on the same Wi-Fi network.</p> <p>The secret to the feature — the thread that binds them both together — is FaceTime. FaceTime sports the preference that both the Mac and the iPhone need in order to get this to work.</p> <h2>How to enable calling on the Mac</h2> <ol><li>Double-click on the <strong>FaceTime icon</strong> in your Mac's dock — if you don't have one, just <strong>search for it</strong> via Spotlight Search instead.</li> <li>Click on <strong>FaceTime</strong> in the top menu.</li> <li>Click on <strong>Preferences...</strong></li> <li>Make sure the box labeled <strong>iPhone Cellular Calls</strong> is checked.</li> </ol><p><a href='
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