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3. Like Skype?

Reply to dameatball (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 19, 2019, 11:17 PM

Jan 2019

Does the other party have to have it, too? Even if they don't use Mac?

What is nice about Skype is that one does not have the video on, one can just talk.

Oh, I see. Skype is now Microsoft so Apple had to come with its own.

I still think it wiped most of my contacts which were someplace in the memory, not in the address book.

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What is FaceTime? [View all] question everything Jan 2019 OP

Face time lets you communicate online in real time with video of both parties. So even if your eyes dameatball Jan 2019 #1

Like Skype? question everything Jan 2019 #3

Mac isn't necessary. dameatball Jan 2019 #4

Works with iPhones and iPads as well emulatorloo Jan 2019 #5

This will be my next step question everything Jan 2019 #7

a telephone call with live picture is all StTimofEdenRoc Jan 2019 #2

Can do audio only -- no video is an option unc70 Jan 2019 #6