- 1). Open your preferred Web browser if you don't already have an Apple ID. Navigate to Apple's "My Apple ID" website at appleid.apple.com. Type in your email address and a password of your own choosing, then enter your name and contact information, and then click "Create Apple ID."
- 2). Click "Address Book" on the Dock if the person you want to do a video chat with isn't already in your contacts. Click the plus sign under "Name," and then type the person's name, email address and phone number. Click "File" from the Address Book menu, and then click "Save."
- 3). Click "FaceTime" on the Dock of your MacBook to launch Apple's native video chat application.
- 4). Click "Contacts" at the bottom of the FaceTime application window. Your Contacts are integrated with the people listed in your Address Book.
- 5). Click the phone number if you are contacting someone using an iPhone. Click the email address of someone using an iPod touch, iPad or a Mac desktop or laptop computer. When the person accepts your call, you will see her face on the display of your MacBook, and she will see you on the screen of her device.
- 6). Click the "End" button at the bottom of the display when you are finished having your FaceTime video chat.
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