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Google requires completing authentication is Safari - CAN'T DO IT AFTER UPDATE

So I have a MacBook Pro and I finally did update for Mojave 10.14.6 and now I can't get into my gmail through the Mac like I used to?

I've tried everything and nothing helps?

I've check ALL my Google Settings and THEY ARE CORRECT

I deleted my Google Account on my Mac email and tried to reinstall and I still get the "GOOGLE REQUIRES COMPLETING AUTHENTICATION IS SAFARI" don't see any way to do that? I've even tried adding the account back while in Safari and my Gmail Open

I even tried Manually trying the Add Gmail and Gmail rejects it?

What can I do?

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Posted on Sep 20, 2019 12:33 AM

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lmaha

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Posted on Sep 27, 2019 12:22 PM

I fixed it! Emil Ng on the same topic thread on Gmail Help provided this:

https://support.google.com/mail/thread/14841442?hl=en

I managed to fix this by

remove my Google account from Internet Accounts in MacOS System Preferences
remove access to MacOS in my Google account.
1. go into Google Account
2. go into Security
3. find "Third-party apps with account access"
4. click on "Manage third-party access"
5. click on "macOS ... Has access to Gmail, Google Calender..."
6. click on REMOVE ACCESS button
restart MacOS
add Google account to Internet Accounts in MacOS System Preferences

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Sep 20, 2019 8:20 PM in response to BuddyBaker

I'm having same issue, but mine is specific to a corporate google account... just trying to add a calendar. Works fine on my other Macs, but it isn't working on this new Mac with latest Mojave release (10.14.6). I click "OPEN SAFARI" and nothing happens. (Screenshot below)

Sep 21, 2019 7:20 AM in response to dialabrain

Well I sure hope some clever engineers are following the user forums (I sure do in our product line). Normally I'm a pretty considerate and calm person. But this thing got me really on the wrong foot and my mood is way below cellar. Of course I would have preferred to present a way to work around. But so far nothing has helped. No reboot. Delete account then try to create it again. Second best guess is to remove the google account and create a non-google account with all the corresponding draw-backs. Once things work again we could do the reverse. Welcome to the 21st century.

BillVD

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Sep 24, 2019 5:45 AM in response to BuddyBaker

I'm having the same problem. I switched to 2 stage ID for Google and now when I try to add Google in Mail i get "Google requires completing authentication in Safari". I hit the Open Safari button and get nothing. Using Mohave 10.14.6 and Safari 13.0

Sep 21, 2019 6:52 AM in response to scotangus

Now this is ridiculous and severely annoying! This is basically all I can say without getting insulting.

dialabrain

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Sep 21, 2019 6:54 AM in response to northwatch

FWIW, this is a users forum so "getting insulting" is pointless.

Lexiepex

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Sep 21, 2019 7:38 AM in response to dialabrain

Indeed, problems seem mainly in Mojave

mptorres

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Sep 23, 2019 11:23 PM in response to BuddyBaker

I guess for the record -- I'm having the same issue on my iMac after installing the 10.14.6 update. My laptop is working fine, though.

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