Connection iMac - iPhone part II

Question

Hi all.
The simple question was: when I'm away from home how can I call my iMac (see "home") with facetime?
Same Apple ID on both devices and sure same cell phone number.
It was just like I want to call myself with one phone number.
This option seems not to be contemplated in the use of Facetime on the official guides.
After a couple of hours of investigation on the net and some tries I finally found the solution.
In brief, I set phone and pc this way:
in your iPhone go in Settings -> Facetime -> You can be reached by facetime at (here insert yor cell phone number)
Instead on your iMac in Facetime preferences -> You can be reached by facetime at (here insert a valid email address eg. the one used as Apple ID)
It works on the 3G net.
Hope it could help some other desperate soul looking to solve this trick.
Sergio
PS: if you like, use different Apple IDs on both devices, but I dont know how it will impact on the syncronization.

Answer 1

You can give her the phone and she can activate it; you can activate the new phone on your current number. I think you can just switch SIM cards with her, but call AT&T to make sure. This might be the time to get a family plan; a 2nd iPhone that share minutes with yours is just an additional $30/month.