I think it's as Alex says, which makes sense to me. The Mac functions as a 
giant bluetooth speaker phone or headset

Teresa

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On Jun 3, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> any idea how you would manually dial a number to use thephone fature or does 
> it have to be with the contact list?
> 
> On 6/3/2014 1:46 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>> Yosemite is a location in California. Starting with Mavericks, Apple began 
>> naming new releases of OS X after places in California that enspire the 
>> Apple team.
>> 
>> Calling is still done through your iPhone. Your Mac essentially becomes a 
>> really big bluetooth speakerphone, and can display incoming call 
>> information. It can also make calls through the same mechanism, pushing the 
>> phone number from itself over to your phone. So, calling strictly from the 
>> Mac is still up to Skype and FaceTime, but cellular calls are possible if 
>> you also own an iPhone.
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> One of my questions is in the subject line.
>>> 
>>> The other question is, how will you be able to make phone calls on the Mac 
>>> using Yosemite when you have no credit or sim card in your Mac?  Will it be 
>>> to any fixed phone line or to just mobiles do you think?
>>> 
>>> Kawal.
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