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by rusinov 2117 days ago
Honest question: why use this and not FaceTime?
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hiphipjorge 2117 days ago
The two mains reason right now would be because you can do screensharing and because this is not tied to your iCloud account in any way.

In the future, we will probalby have other clients other than the macOS one.

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Terretta 2116 days ago
Regularly escalate FaceTime calls to screen sharing for remote support. Works very well.

Does anyone with a Mac not have an iMessage account, leaving their texts green instead of blue? That audience seems small.

To keep work separate from personal, I originate work texts and FaceTime from the work # on my dual number iPhone. This is also settable per Contact.

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akeck 2116 days ago
Apparently Messages can do screen sharing. I haven't tried though. https://support.apple.com/et-ee/guide/messages/icht11883/mac
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hiphipjorge 2116 days ago
Screensharing in Messages does exist, but it's convoluted. This experience is (in my very biased opinion) way nicer.
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