When I try to add a Google account in preferences > internet accounts, I click "Open in Browser" and then there is an infinite spinner.
Do you have Safari Technology Preview installed?
I was just experiencing this same issue, and I discovered that if I launched the Safari Technology Preview app after the spinner was showing, after a slight delay it would open up the special private window to the Gmail login that was missing, and then things worked.
Safari, not Safari Technology Preview, is set as my default browser, so... apparently macOS is getting confused over which of them it should be using?
I was having the same issue, so I deactivated Ad Block, nothing, switched Chrome as my default browser, nothing. Quit Safari, nothing but it finally started working when I opened Safari, it asked me to set Safari as my default browser, I said yes, then the window opened and I was able to log into my Google account.
I had the same problem, white browser pop-up, then spinning... However, I managed to solve it.
Open Activity Monitor to check if you have 'Not Responding' processes. If so, try rebooting your Mac and immediately continue to add or activate your Google account.
In my case, the reason for the stuck white browser pop-up is likely com.apple.hiservices-xpcservice that frequently becomes and stays not responding.
I believe this is caused by Safari. I haven't managed to solve why this service becomes not responding, or its function. My Mac seems to work just fine even when this service is stuck until suddenly it beachballs in tasks that shouldn't take any effort from the computer. And these can last minutes. Probably time-outs. I have a feeling that it has something to do with an app calling some Finder functions. Killing the process helps, but as the service won't recover automatically, I usually finish what I am doing and restart Mac.
This may or may not be your reason, but do check Activity Monitor.
Hi!! I had this same issue after changing my gmail password and here is how I fixed it. In chrome, because I changed my password, I was logged out of "sync" for the account. Also, my default browser is chrome. So, I opened chrome, re-signed in to my account through the chrome app, then went to Mail > ~ button next to the account that had been disconnected, and followed the steps to open in browser and put my password in. The infinite spinner goes away. Hope this helps.
Having the same issue on MacOS 12.1.
The workaround was to switch the default browser to Safari -> Add Internet account -> Switch back to a preferred browser.
I had this same issue. I had Chrome as my default browser, changed my default browser to Safari and it worked.
I had the same issue. I managed to solve it by putting back Safari as the default web browser in System Preferences / General.
I found the solution!
Change your default browser. I changed from Firefox to Chrome (System Settings -> General).
Then the window opens.
Thank you @leroydouglas. I wanted to set up an account for the calendar only (I do not use the Mail application). But if I use the Mail application, I can set up a Google account and choose to sync the calendar only, so it allows to work around the issue.
How I worked around this problem:
Finally, the browser opened and I was able to sign in
I had Chrome as my default browser and I was experiencing the same issue. I took the advice of some fellow members, and changed the default browser to 'Safari'. All the issues went away. Can't explain the reasons behind this.
The solution for me was shutting down Mac and trying it again. It worked. The old turn it off and on solution.
I discovered that if I disable adblock on safari the problem went away.
I solved this issue by logging out all of my google accounts in Safari and then adding a google account in "Internet Accounts".
I had this problem as well. The solution was to remove google from my Passwords manager. As soon as I did this I could add my google internet account.
Exactly the same issue so I changed my default browser away from Chrome and to Safari and it worked a treat
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