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FaceTime User Guide

• Welcome
• Get started
• Set up FaceTime
  • FaceTime requirements
  • Sign in to or out of FaceTime on Mac
  • Set up your iPhone and Mac for phone calls
• Make and receive calls
  • Make and receive calls in FaceTime
  • Make calls from other apps on your Mac
  • Return recent or missed calls
  • Set up and use RTT calling
  • Filter calls
  • Block callers
  • Delete calls from your call history
• Start or join a call from a FaceTime link
• Use video features in FaceTime
  • Use the camera on Mac
  • Use video effects during a video call
  • Take a Live Photo
  • Use video conferencing features on Mac
  • Change your background during a video call
  • Add reactions during a video call
  • Use Presenter Overlay during video conferencing
• While on a FaceTime call
  • Add people to a FaceTime call
  • Move a FaceTime call to another device
  • Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
  • Collaborate on projects during a FaceTime call
  • Change your view of a call
  • Manage phone calls
  • Use FaceTime audio call tools
  • Change audio options
  • Turn on Live Captions
• Share screens
  • Share your screen
  • Request or give remote control
• Customise FaceTime on Mac
  • Change settings
  • Change or turn off notifications
  • Change ringtones
  • Choose a camera or microphone
• Keyboard shortcuts
• If you can’t make or receive calls
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When you’re on a FaceTime video call with one or more people, you can take a Live Photo of a participant to capture a moment from the call. See FaceTime Live Photo requirements.

Open FaceTime for me

Set up FaceTime for Live Photos

1. Go to the FaceTime app on your Mac.

2. Choose FaceTime > Settings, then click FaceTime.

3. Select the “FaceTime Live Photos” tickbox. (This option is unavailable during a call.)

   Note: When you select this option, you’re also allowing others to take Live Photos of you.

Take a Live Photo

Before taking a Live Photo, make sure you’ve opened the Photos app at least once, so Live Photos can automatically be saved in your Photos library. (The Photos app doesn’t need to be open when you take a Live Photo.)

1. Go to the FaceTime app on your Mac.

2. Do one of the following during a video call:

   • In a one-to-one call: Select the FaceTime window.

   • In a group call: Double-click the tile of the person you want to take a Live Photo of.

3. Click .

   When you take a Live Photo of someone, or someone takes a Live Photo of you, you both receive a notification.

   Note: If you can’t take a Live Photo of someone, make sure both of you have set up FaceTime for Live Photos.

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