Open FaceTime Call from Command Line
Communication tools are always associated with UIs, and for good reason -- if you want communication to be easy and intuitive, you need easy and intuitive interfaces. We need communication tools to provide the lowest barrier of entry, since not all users will be tech savvy.
For tech experts like us, however, we love command line tools to automate just about everything. This led me to thinking: is it possible to initiate a FaceTIme call from command line?
# Call Jenny
open facetime://5558675309
Using the FaceTime protocol, you can start a FaceTime call from command line with the recipient's phone number.
My children better hope that I don't get remote access to their computers when they move away -- they'll suddenly be calling their mother every day!
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