Mojave 10.14.4 fails to Authenticate Gmail account

Fantastic. Thanks for the link to https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-mail-app-broken-for-some-gmail-users-in-macos-mojave-10-14-4.2175312/page-4

This worked for me, too. Yes, a bit daunting, but after following the very clear directions, you can delete the Charles certificate from Keychain and delete the Charles app.

Same issue by me!

Apple please stop doing updates that haven't been thoroughly tested. We, apple buyers, are paying the (big) price to have reliable hardware AND software, so do your job find a rapid solution and moreover tell your Helpdesk people to stop treating us like idiots and have an humble behaviour, and preferably a solution when problems occur.

These kind of things will drive your faithful supporters away!

Thx for the suggestion...I had tried this except for not immediately activating mail, but I end up in the same do loop as before.

That is the problem with OS issues like these--totally inconsistent user to user.

Thx again.

Did you leave the Charles app running while you tried to authenticate? I first made the mistake of quitting Charles before I authenticated. Also, make sure you put in your name and email as they appear in your google account.

Here is a thought that just occurred to me that I didn't read above: Since the problem seems to be a hang on verification through Safari, did someone try setting up or accessing their G Suite account(s) through the traditional setup (System Preferences > Internet Accounts > Google...) after resetting their default browser to something other than Safari? Like, for instance, Chrome? Can someone test this and see if it works? If it does, does it continue to work if you then set your default browser back to Safari? Maybe worth investigating...

This did work for me but it took me a second try to get it done correctly. I am very grateful that Mail, Calendar, Notes, and Contacts are working correctly. The Gmail web interface really sucks. Searching doesn't seem to work which is odd for a search company, it is difficult to have 2 or 3 email open at the same time. This is just a unfortunate glitch that Apple really needs to be public about--GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS....oh wait. Too late for that!!

I can't believe they still have not provided a fix. What a gong show! Apple died with Steve Jobs. No new products just same **** with double and triple price. Shrinking customer base due to overpricing is the death of any company and utter betrayal of Jobs vision. And crappy software updates like this one!

ervin, AirPods were released in late 2016, well after Steve Jobs passed away. No new products? HomePod. iMac Pro. AirPods. Various services and such. Jobs died in 2011… not a year ago.

Nobody wants a bug fix that makes anything worse. You can still get your gmail - just log in to the web site - so a little patience for a good fix is not unreasonable.

Unlike your comment, which I find most unreasonable.

Been trying to fix this problem for me for several hours now. I've done absolutely everything that has been suggested in the replies. Although, after a little bit of research and digging, it looks like those with 10.14.4 update already installed are experiencing a bug in the software update that didn't get fixed while it was still in beta, and that there isn't really any way around it other than when they fix it in the next update. Hopefully it'll get addressed soon, as it makes accessing my mail extremely inconvenient.

No solution from Apple yet!.

The only solution is to delete and create the account on Apple Mail but without selecting Google by just doing it manually with the domains imap.gmail.com and smpt.gmail.com

Bad, very bad from Apple!!!!

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Maybe it was something else during the procedure or a different issue with your accounts.

I have multiple reports stating the "Charles"procedure works for all people that tried it.

Personally, I had previously removed all certificates pertaining to the affected accounts (Keychain app) and rebooted my system. You should try the same and double-check if the Charles procedure was performed exactly as I posted.

It doesn't work for "all" people. Others have reported that the Charles trick has not worked for them. I followed the directions as written.

I've not deleted any accounts or done other things that some have indicated screw things up more than they help. I'm not terribly interested in trying to delete certificates or other things as of yet. It's not quite that important yet for me.

This Thunderbird trick worked for me. Thank you!

P.S. And yes, I've been following this thread since it was 3 pages long. I was never crazy about the delete and add as a generic email account. I've got a G-Suite account that's about 15 years old.

I tried to authenticate on my Mac and iOS again tonight and both worked! Earlier this week they weren't working, so it appears google fixed whatever was wrong with my account. I'd recommend trying it again.

Just re-tried two different accounts (GSuite, named domains under old free 'plan') on two different laptops just by clicking on the 'lighting bolt' icon next to the accounts in the LHS mail.app pane, entered details into the Safari pop-up window and all good on both accounts.

Likely a Google server side fix. (Assuming the accounts keep working.)