Phone Amego for Mac

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Key Details of Phone Amego

Integrate Caller ID, Address Book, Google Voice, and Bluetooth with your Mac
Last updated on 08/27/20
There have been 3 updates within the past 6 months
The current version has 0 flags on VirusTotal

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffAugust 27, 2020

Phone Amego for Mac sits on your menu bar and interacts with your phone for a number of functions, monitoring and controlling calls, blocking unwanted callers, doing Web reverse lookups, and setting calendars. It works well and proves useful, but doesn't support Wi-Fi.

Pros

Intuitive interface: Configuring Phone Amego for Mac does not take long. Everything is clearly presented on the application's different panes. Setting your communication logging parameters, for instance, is as easy as ticking check boxes.

Works with AppleScript: You can use AppleScript to automate your interaction with connected phones, which means you can place calls with fewer clicks, reject unwanted calls, or direct a call to your voicemail. You can also use AppleScript to pause your music player as you answer a call. What's more, if you're running a business, this software can automate the order-taking process or filter prank and undesirable callers.

Integration with other utilities: You can use this application in conjunction with utilities such as Push Dialer, LaunchBar, PopClip, Alfred App, and Quicksilver. Quicksilver integration, for example, means you can quickly search a Mac contact and call or send them a file. In addition, this app also supports different phone types, as well as Skype and Google Voice.

Cons

Not accessible via Wi-Fi: Because it uses Bluetooth to connect to a computer, it's not too power-consuming, as if it would be if it used Wi-Fi. However, it would be better if this application operated on Wi-Fi as well, as most phone users have their Wi-Fi on.

Bottom Line

Phone Amego offers you a viable way to handle mobile phone communication through your Mac, thus improving your overall productivity and, if you are a small business owner, customer relationship management. It has an extensive range of features and functions, but it's not that difficult to configure. What may deter you from using it, though, is that it's not compatible with Wi-Fi and comes with a price tag.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Phone Amego for Mac 1.4.29.

What’s new in version 1.5.05

- Fix issue with telephone devices not appearing in device table with non-Pro version.- Update documentation for using Pushover.- Fix possible exception when pushoverUserKey not found in saved prefs.- Fix bug in "Time out when call is active".

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: August 27, 2020

Latest update: August 27, 2020

Version: 1.5.05

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System: Mac OS X

Additional Requirements

macOS Mojave
macOS High Sierra
macOS Sierra
OS X El Capitan
OS X Yosemite
OS X Mavericks
OS X Mountain Lion

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 8,351

Downloads Last Week: 2

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User Reviews

3.3/5

6 User Votes

Not worth the money
Tbanger9August 3, 2015
Pros
Promises a lot. When it works, it does an ok job
Cons
continuous crashing. Locks up your Mac and the developer blames it on Apple for changing Bluetooth
Summary
I had this app for 2 years, and probably got 2 months use out of it... because it kept crashing my Mac. Each time I contacted the developer, he did try to help but told me his 'hands were tied' because Apple change their Bluetooth protocols.... great.. so the App crashed so often I didn't bother to open it after long periods... only the other day I opened it for the first time in months, and found out my licence was only for 2 years?... something I didn't read in the fine print. This App has ongoing costs every 2 years!!! Not worth the money or the hassle. It promises much, but fails to deliver.
Unreliable 2014
Tbanger9May 26, 2014
Pros
logging calls to calendar. On screen display of a incoming call when your phone is in your pocket.
Cons
totally unreliable. Laptop and phone 'fight' for control of the call and it often crashes. It's virtually unusable in it's current state.
Summary
It's now version 29 and the developer says it's an issue with Apple and the way they use Bluetooth. This app continually crashes. If I take a phone call and somebody asks me for a booking, I open the laptop.... and BAM!!! I lose the call as the laptop and phone 'fight' for control.... even though this is supposed to be sorted out as an option in preferences.... by choosing 'Handsfree Never' or 'Disconnect During Call'..... it doesn't work.... so more often than not, I don't run this app unless I'm sitting with the laptop open and expecting a call.... it's thoroughly disappointing that this app doesn't work the way it's designed. There have been instances, when it did work.... before Mavericks.... but now, it's useless. Don't waste your money, although, there isn't an alternative at the moment.... just be prepared, that you will perpetually be trying to sort out the issues, and quitting, restarting and generally chasing the app around to work properly.
Great works very well
jamessezhiApril 20, 2013
Pros
Having the ability to use my laptop as a handsfree set-up for the iPhone via bluetooth rocks. Using an iPhone 5.
Cons
None really. Noticed there's also a google voice option but we don't have it in the UK.
Summary
I highly recommend this application.
Love it! Does what it says it does.
robbosirFebruary 6, 2012
Pros
I'm replacing Parliant's PhoneValet which is discontinued and problematic to begin with. Phone Amego in combination with a Google Voice account is allowing me to finally get rid of my landline.
Cons
Fairly easy to use but took a while for me to get it all set up.
Summary
As an IT person, I've always been amazed at how lame phone/computer integration is. This app has changed my mind.
Crashes during setup.
wdr--2008July 16, 2011
Pros
No basis for saying.
Cons
Looks to be a good product, but it crashed three times when i tried to set it up, taking a couple of other applications with it. Maybe my Nokia N 97 is incompatible with it.
Summary
It's not worth the effort, much less the cost.
Now with VoIP ATA CID Integration - Awesome
libertyforall1776January 23, 2010
Pros
Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This little Phone Friend now has it all, works great with my SPA-2100 -- I can get CID for my iPhone and SIP VoIP without having to run to grab the phones to see who's calling. This is the kind of integration Apple should have built-in! Google Voice fits the dialing bill nicely, as well as BT dialing for iPhones. The developer is very responsive to feature suggestions and bug resolution. About the only things I can think of that would be additional features to add would be some iChat (maybe Yahoo IM too) contextual menus to allow dialing contacts who have numbers in the Address Book. Also Safari phone number dialing integration like there is on the iPhone, but that's probably something Apple needs to add... The Services menu just doesn't quite fit the bill.

Developer’s Description

By Sustainable Softworks

Integrate Caller ID, Address Book, Google Voice, and Bluetooth with your Mac.

Phone Amego lets you use your Mac as a powerful "front end" for your Bluetooth cell phone, your Google Voice account, a VoIP telephone adaptor, and one or more landlines. Dial calls directly from your Address Book using whichever phone you choose. Enjoy on-screen Caller ID, call screening, logging, and many other advanced features. Simple to setup and use.