How to Disable FaceTime Notifications on a MacBook [Tutorial]
42How to Disable FaceTime Notifications on a MacBook [Tutorial]
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
Before you can make or receive FaceTime calls or phone calls on your Mac, you need to sign in to FaceTime using your Apple ID and make sure FaceTime is turned on. (See FaceTime requirements.)
FaceTime is a great way to communicate with your friends and family, especially if a lot of your friends own and use Apple devices, too. It’s fast, high-quality, and convenient. But not everyone wants or needs FaceTime, and if you don’t want to use it, you may want to turn it off altogether. Not only that, but a pretty huge security bug was recently discovered in FaceTime that allowed callers to hear audio from the person they’re calling before that person picked up the phone, and while the bug has been fixed, you may still be wary about using FaceTime in general.
Tired of being interrupted by phone calls ringing through from your iPhone on your computer? Read along for how to turn off Mac phone calls, both temporarily and permanently.
If you’re seeing all your phone calls come through on your Mac and find it distracting or just not useful, there are a couple of options to turn them off.
If you like having the capability to make and receive phone calls on your desktop or notebook sometimes but need to have focused time on your Mac, you could turn on Do Not Disturb.
Just keep in mind using Do Not Disturb will silence all other alerts and banners too.
This tutorial will apply for MacBook Pro, Air, Mini's running the macOS operating system. This tutorial was performed on a macOS Big Sur system.