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I have Mountain Lion on my mac and an Iphone5. I can call my Mac from my iphone using my normal email. I cannot call my iphone from my Mac by going into to facetime and clicking on my own contact information using my cellphone. I went into the Mac and made sure that My apple id is displayed for login under preferences for Facetime on the Mac. I also checked to make sure that my cell phone number was checked off, along with my apple id, and my regular email.
I've gone into the iphone5 under settings-facetime- to make sure that the facetime is on. The apple id is correct. Under the you can be reached at: I checked the cell phone number and the apple id. The wii fi is on. If I go into facetime on Mac, I click on my name under contacts and click on the cell phone number, I can hear my ringtone start to ring and then I get the I'm not available icon. I've turned off Facetime and then turned it back on as others have tried. I've shut down and restarted the iphone AND the Mac. I have turned this thing upside down and googled how other people have resolved this. I am stuck. The only other logical thing that I speculate is that the "1" infront of my cell phone number throwing that off. Somehow I don't think do. Can someone please help me?
Thanks,
Renee

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