{"id":19188,"date":"2015-12-30T02:01:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2015-12-30T16:11:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T06:11:58","slug":"mac-os-x-and-ios-facetime-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/mac-os-x-and-ios-facetime-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac OS X and iOS FaceTime Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/FaceTime-3of.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Mac OS X and iOS Facetime Primer Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/FaceTime-3of.jpg\" title=\"Mac OS X and iOS Facetime Primer Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" id='ioft' onmouseover=\" this.src=this.src.replace('-1of.jpg','-2of.xjpg').replace('-2of.jpg','-3of.xjpg').replace('-3of.jpg','-1of.xjpg').replace('.xjpg','.jpg');  \"  \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mac OS X and iOS Facetime Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We happen to own a MacBook Pro laptop (circa 2011 &#8230; which pans out to be significantly &#8220;old&#8221; for a later blog post) and an iPad.  As you&#8217;d expect, there are benefits to having two Apple products like this, and we&#8217;ll try exploring some of the communication and software synergies that result from this.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, you should bear in mind that the MacBook Pro is running an operating system (<a target=_blank title='Mac OS X information from Apple' href='http:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/osx\/'>Mac OS X<\/a> Yosemite) which is quite different look to the iPad&#8217;s <a target=_blank title='iOS information from Apple' href='http:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/ios\/'>iOS<\/a> 9.1 and so, things being things &#8230; <font size=1>let me just ponder that<\/font> &#8230; <font size=2>okay, if you&#8217;re in a rush<\/font> &#8230; the communication smarts you thought might be a doddle, are not always a &#8230; a &#8230; a&#8217;doddle.<\/p>\n<p>When we say &#8220;communications&#8221; above you can talk about &#8220;networking&#8221; as well, and let&#8217;s just set the scene for some terms in this series of communication based themed &#8220;Maccy iOSsy&#8221; (ie. son of Cy nee Individualized Flightless Bird) blog postings with some terminologies explained by Apple and Wikipedia below (thanks) &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Wi-Fi information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wi-Fi'>Wi-Fi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Bluetooth information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bluetooth'>Bluetooth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Airplane Mode information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airplane_mode'>Airplane Mode<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Cellular Data Network information from Apple' href='https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-au\/HT201673'>Cellular Data Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Apple ID information from Apple' href='https:\/\/appleid.apple.com\/'>Apple ID<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='iCloud information from Apple' href='https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/icloud\/'>iCloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='File sharing information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File_sharing'>File Sharing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Samba and SMB information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samba_(software)'>SMB (networking protocol)<\/a> &#8230; we talked about this one with <a target=_blank title='Windows File Server and File Sharing Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/windows-file-server-and-file-sharing-primer-tutorial\/'>Windows File Server and File Sharing Primer Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Apple Filing Protocol information from Wikipedia ... thanks' href='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Filing_Protocol'>AFP (networking protocol)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Handoff information from Apple' href='https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-au\/HT204681'>HandOff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='AirPlay information from Apple' href='https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-au\/HT204289'>AirPlay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='AirServer AirPlay receiver' href='http:\/\/www.airserver.com\/'>AirServer<\/a> (AirPlay receiver &#8230; information from airserver.com) &#8230; we first talked about this one with <a target=_blank title='AirServer on Mac Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/airserver-on-mac-primer-tutorial\/'>AirServer on Mac Primer Tutorial<\/a> &#8230; and take a look at <a target=_blank title='Apple TV information from Apple' href='https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/support\/appletv\/'>Apple TV<\/a> as well<\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='AirDrop information from Apple' href='https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-au\/HT204144'>AirDrop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Messages app information from Apple' href='https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/support\/mac-apps\/messages\/'>Messages<\/a> (Mac OS X and iOS application) &#8230; we first talked about this one with <a target=_blank title='Mac Messages Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/mac-messages-primer-tutorial\/'>Mac Messages Primer Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Mail app information from Apple' href='https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/support\/mac-apps\/mail\/'>Mail<\/a> (Mac OS X and iOS application) &#8230; we (first specifically) talked about Mac OS X with <a target=_blank title='Apple (Mac) Mail Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=3167'>Apple (Mac) Mail Primer Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='Photos app information from Apple' href='https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/support\/mac-apps\/photos\/'>Photos<\/a> (Mac OS X and iOS application) &#8230; we talked about iOS with <a target=_blank title='Camera and Photos iPad Full Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/camera-and-photos-ipad-full-primer-tutorial\/'>Camera and Photos iPad Full Primer Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=_blank title='FaceTime app information from Apple' href='https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/mac\/facetime\/'>FaceTime<\/a> (Mac OS X and iOS application)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today we are going to show just a bit of FaceTime, for which you&#8217;ll definitely need to get yourself an Apple ID, have access to Wi-Fi, and if using an iPhone have the Phone application to make video or audio calls to\/from an iOS device like our iPad from\/to a MacBook Pro (Mac OS X) or some other iOS device.<\/p>\n<p>The basic steps we did were &#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>on the iPad made sure in Settings that Wi-Fi was enabled and connected to a router &#8230; the same as &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>on MacBook Pro in Settings -&gt; Network made sure that that same router was enabled and connected &#8230; so that &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>back at iPad started up FaceTime and logged in, as necessary, using the Apple ID (as mentioned above) &#8230; and &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>back at MacBook Pro started up FaceTime and logged in, as necessary, using the Apple ID (as mentioned above) &#8230; so that &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>back at iPad we touched the Audio (phone) icon to start a communication session &#8230; which caused &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>back at MacBook Pro an <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/FaceTime-1of.jpg\"><\/img> Accept\/Decline (of FaceTime Audio session (from that Apple ID username)) window for that session is offered to which we clicked Accept &#8230; which &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>established an Audio communication between users on the iPad and MacBook Pro <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/FaceTime-2of.jpg\"><\/img> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/Mac\/FaceTime-3of.jpg\"><\/img> (which can later have Video added as required) &#8230; until &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>users End their FaceTime sessions on iPad and\/or MacBook Pro<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> &#8230; and so, we hope you see that this can be a &#8220;Maccy iOSsy&#8221; <a target=_blank title='Skype ... now with Micrsoft' href='http:\/\/www.skype.com\/en\/'>Skype<\/a> (we talked about with <a target=_blank title='Skype Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/skype-primer-tutorial\/'>Skype Primer Tutorial<\/a>) if you like.  Others in this genre are <a target=_blank title='GoTo Meeting landing page' href='http:\/\/www.gotomeeting.com.au\/\u200e'>GoTo Meeting<\/a> (we talked about with <a target=_blank title='GoToMeeting Primer Tutorial' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/gotomeeting-primer-tutorial\/'>GoToMeeting Primer Tutorial<\/a>) and <a target=_blank title='WebEx landing page' href='http:\/\/www.webex.com.au\/'>WebEx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is all pretty great for a product &#8220;out of the box&#8221; with the newer iOS and Mac OS X operating systems and definitely worth the mention in <a target=_blank title='Operating System Software \u2026 The Best Things in Life Are Free \u2026 ish' href='https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/operating-system-software-the-best-things-in-life-are-free-ish\/?rjmwp_body-background=green&#038;rnx=4210115'>Operating System Software \u2026 The Best Things in Life Are Free \u2026 ish<\/a>.  Makes me feel like Jack Lord, all of a <a target=_blank title='Twitter' href='http:\/\/twitter.com'>twitter<\/a>, towering over some villains on Nuuanu Avenue saying, &#8220;<a target=_blank title='FaceBook' href='http:\/\/facebook.com'>FaceBook<\/a> &#8217;em, <a target=_blank title=\"Book 'em, Danno!\" href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uVz_kJpv-Fs'>Danno<\/a>!&#8221; <font size=1>&#8230; and that dream sequence reply &#8230; &#8220;<a target=_blank title='FaceTime' href='http:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/mac\/facetime\/'>FaceTime<\/a> me, Steve!&#8221; &#8230; boom, boom.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Sorry about no actual faces in FaceTime today, but we did look back at ourselves, and missed?!<\/p>\n<p>If this was interesting you may be interested in <a title='Click here to see topics in which you might be interested' href='#d19188' onclick='var dv=document.getElementById(\"d19188\"); dv.innerHTML = \"&lt;iframe width=670 height=600 src=\" + \"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/tag\/apple\" + \"&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"; dv.style.display = \"block\";'>this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<div id='d19188' style='display: none; border-left: 2px solid green; border-top: 2px solid green;'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We happen to own a MacBook Pro laptop (circa 2011 &#8230; which pans out to be significantly &#8220;old&#8221; for a later blog post) and an iPad. 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