This article and a couple of the other links may be helpful to some Mac multiple device users.
Home Mac OS X iPhone iPad Tips & Tricks Jailbreak News iOS Change the Mac Ringtone Sound for Incoming iPhone & FaceTime Calls Feb 10, 2015 - 7 Comments Now that the Continuity feature allows the Mac to receive incoming calls from your associated iPhone, in addition to standard FaceTime video and audio chat, you may want to take a moment to customize the ringtone that sounds when a call is coming to a particular Mac. This is particularly helpful with multiple-Mac environments with different users, or even with multiple Macs and iOS devices using the same ID that may ring at the same time, since it will differentiate each machine. Changing the Macs ringtone for inbound iPhone calls and for FaceTime calls is quite simple, both are actually handled the same way, so if you change one then you will change the sound effect for both. Open the FaceTime app in OS X and pull down the “FaceTime” menu, then choose “Preferences” Near the bottom of the preference panel, open the Ringtone drop down menu and choose the ringtone of choice to set to that Mac Selecting a ringtone will also play a preview of that sound effect. The sound will loop as the call rings, so be aware of that and how it may impact your preference. The default choice is “Opening”, which is also the default on iOS devices. You’ve probably noticed this already, but if you have all of your Apple hardware set up with Continuity and using the same FaceTime account and Cellular Calling feature, they will all ring in chorus together unless you either disable it for a specific device, or change the tone for a particular Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Optionally, repeat this process for each Mac that you want to differentiate the ringtone sound effect for, again this can be helpful if your desk workstation is full of multiple computers and devices, which which many of us do. You’ll find many options for ringtones in this list, many of which are shared with the same iOS ringtones that you can choose on your iPhone for either inbound calls or texts. Similar to iOS, you can even use GarageBand ringtone creations made from your iPhone or use those self-made from iTunes songs if you’d like. Enjoy this tip? Subscribe to the OSXDaily newsletter to get more of our great Apple tips, tricks, and important news delivered to your inbox! Enter your email address below: 66 109 Related articles: Assign Unique Ringtones to Contacts on iPhone to Know Who’s Calling Use a Silent Ringtone to Ignore Specific Callers to Your iPhone Create a Ringtone Directly on iPhone with Garageband Turn Any Voice Recording into a Ringtone for iPhone Posted by: Paul Horowitz in Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks 7 Comments » Comments RSS Feed BuffyzDead says: February 10, 2015 at 1:24 pm Wish I could “hear” the tone, as I select it, to see if I like it or not. I would think this is expected behavior, since it works that way, on my iPhone and iPad. Reply Oleh says: February 10, 2015 at 4:30 pm @BuffyzDead, did you try it before commenting? Reply Shitzu says: February 11, 2015 at 1:10 am What baffles me, is why the hell do i need to change it!? Why doesn’t it just ring – here’s a crazy idea – with the EXACT SAME tone as my phone? Apple usability experts did not think of that? Reply Dick B says: February 11, 2015 at 9:29 am It worked fine for me. I listened to a bunch of them until I found the one I wanted. Reply Stephen A says: February 11, 2015 at 12:17 pm How does one use the GarageBand or iTunes-made ringtones in FaceTime? While Mail has UI for “Add/Remove Custom Sounds (and I have three added sounds there), FaceTime does not seem to. Similarly, pre-Yosemite Messages allowed for custom sounds. That function seems to have been removed in Yosemite. Reply John T says: February 11, 2015 at 6:30 pm Where are the ringtones stored in OS X Yosemite? And how can you add custom ringtones? I’m quite comfortable with adding them to iOS via iTunes, but I don’t see a way to add them either in iTunes or FaceTime . Reply Ghostichou says: February 12, 2015 at 9:18 am Hi John, here is an article I ve made. It’s in french but you will find what you asked for : http://matthieufleitz.fr/sonnerie-personnalisee-pour-les-appels-recus-sur-mac/ see you ! 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