App-specific passwords not working

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App-specific passwords not working

For two months, I have been trying to get App-specific passwords to work. I managed to authorize Spark on my iPhone, but no desktop apps are being authorized. This is particularly infuriating because I'm trying to find a new mail app for my MacBook Pro, since back in September of 2019, when Mail stopped being able to send mail through my iCloud account.

So far, I've tried creating, copy-pasting the app-specific password into he app.

Failed.

Deleted the password. Generate a new one.

Failed.

Kept a copy of the password, tried a day later.

Failed.

Tried a week later.

Failed.

Generated a fresh password. Waited an hour.

Failed.

There isn't much documentation and everything seems like it should be straight forward, but I'm about to give up and go back to Gmail.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 6:27 AM

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Eric Root

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Jan 9, 2020 8:48 AM in response to AngryLemming

See if you can fix Mail.

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As a backup, if you have emails in your account inbox, select the mailbox, then Mail/Mailbox/Export Mailbox, and export the mailbox to your Desktop. Then go to Mail/Preferences/Accounts, select the account, and delete it using the minus sign. Quit/reopen Mail and add the account back. Test. If necessary, to recover missing emails, use Mail/File/Import to import the mailbox on your Desktop. It normal shows in the On My Mac section. Drag emails to the account inbox if desired.

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