When I get a call through FaceTime, it switches away from a full screen app/video I'm using. I don't want to turn it off, because getting calls on the computer is useful, but I don't want it to automatically switch what I'm doing.
Mac – How to prevent FaceTime call notifications from exiting fullscreen apps on OS X
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Sure! Although only for all sound effects, as far as I know. Just go to the Sound pane in System Preferences, and switch "Play sound effects through" to your other output device.
Try turning the feature off and back on again. The easiest thing you could try to see if it solves anything. Sounds dumb but this trick has solved tones off issues I've come across. :)
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I did some testing and the short version is you have to open your Facetime app and then minimize it. (command + M) or hide it. (command + H) Minimizing turns the camera off, hiding leaves the camera on.
Unlike Messages which doesn't have to process anything, Facetime has to open the app up, setup the window, and then process the call. Since it has to setup the window when there are no windows open, it blinks to the default desktop tile for this, the first tile if it is unassigned and an app is using a designated desktop tile, and then allows the call to go through. If you have already opened a window and just minimized it, then this doesn't have to occur, and it will process the call right away.
From what I found, if you have it minimized/hidden and receive a call when watching Youtube/etc. full screen, it will pop up the notification bubble like Messages does and allow you to click on it to answer. In some cases, if you click on the bubble itself and not the answer button, then it will tile shift still. It seems to do this as well when the cancel call is pushed, but I need to test more. I also haven't tested this when receiving an actual Facetime call as compared to a regular phone call, so nothing guaranteed there.
Something that will help is to set in System Preferences -> Users and Groups -> Login Items and add Facetime to this, then minimize whenever it opens.