macOS Sonoma For Dummies

Chapter 14

Dealing with People

IN THIS CHAPTER

Collecting and managing your contacts

Syncing your contacts with other devices

Making audio and video calls with FaceTime

In this chapter, you learn how to use the Contacts app built into macOS to store, manipulate, and use your contacts’ information. You start by adding new contacts manually; then you move on to importing contacts from other contact-management apps and services, organizing your contacts in both conventional lists and self-updating smart lists, and setting your contact information to sync itself automatically through iCloud or another service.

Toward the end of the chapter, you explore how to make audio and video calls with Apple’s FaceTime communications technology and how to use macOS’s innovative SharePlay feature to enjoy media — TV shows, videos, songs, and more — with the other participants in your FaceTime calls.

Collecting Your Contacts

Contacts stores and manages information about your family members, friends, companies, and any other entities you want to keep in touch with. Contacts works seamlessly with the Mail, Messages, and Maps apps, enabling you to quickly look up phone numbers, email addresses, or ...