My Gmail account is not showing up in Mail. The account shows up in the list of internet accounts and calendar dates are synchronized in Ical, but next to the email setting the status button it only shows "checking."
This is not an issue on my other devices that are still running on Catalina.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.1
I finally got it to work. In case you run into the same problem: I exported my TLS certificate that I had in Keychain/login on one of my other Macs and then imported that certificate into Keychain on my new one, setting it to always trust in all categories. In Mail account settings /server settings/ edit smpt/ advanced, I could choose that certificate now and uncheck insecure authentication. It took a few minutes for the account to finally become active.
I finally got it to work. In case you run into the same problem: I exported my TLS certificate that I had in Keychain/login on one of my other Macs and then imported that certificate into Keychain on my new one, setting it to always trust in all categories. In Mail account settings /server settings/ edit smpt/ advanced, I could choose that certificate now and uncheck insecure authentication. It took a few minutes for the account to finally become active.
Same issue. I solved it. In my case there was an old login for the Google Account in KeyChain from before the email became a Google Workspace account. I deleted the Keychain item and then added the account again. It did the launch orphan browser window login window modal thing, I logged in and the account then appeared.
Did you try this suggestion?
Same issue. I solved it. In my case there was an old login for the Google Account in KeyChain from before the email became a Google Workspace account. I deleted the Keychain item and then added the account again. It did the launch orphan browser window login window modal thing, I logged in and the account then appeared.
Sorry, it didn’t solve the issue After a lot of googling for 3rd party apps working with Gmail I found a document that said you had to have 2 step authentication turned on first. When I did that it generated a lengthy password to use. Going back into settings on Safari, I went to internet accounts and selected add which brought up the list of choices. My Gmail address was at the top of the list. I tried with that and also selecting Google but both of these went into a blank window with the spinning wheel and the authentication failed again.
I then tried adding it by selecting other. That’s when I got the screen where I could add the one time password and confirm that the incoming mail and outgoing server were configured correctly. It finally loaded my gmail with my other mail accounts. It wasn’t difficult to do but it took forever to find any helpful documentation to point me in the right direction. Thanks for the earlier suggestions!
I had the same issue and this solved it for me too: delete Google Account from Keychain (which may delete your password stored in iCloud, as well), then add the account back in Internet Accounts or in Mail.
Did you also add it to Mail in Mail's Accounts setting pane. You have to do both.
Try removing it from the Mail/Accounts setting pane and then add it back.
The custom domain could be the cause. Make sure it's linked to your Gmail and whatever is needed. Don't have one so have no experience with it.
Interesting. When you try to add, does it pop up a window to authenticate through Google?
Hi there, I removed and added the account back in. The status still only shows as "checking". BTW I have a custom domain with my Gmail account. Could there be another setting that I need to change in Ventura? On my other devices, everything is fine.
My problem isn’t that it isn’t showing up. I’m trying to add my gmail to my Mac Mail accounts and keep getting authentication failed. I had the hard drive replaced in December and realized I had not added my gmail account back on. This has been going on for several days. Have also reinstalled Ventura OS 13.2
Senior advisor feels it is on Googles end after all of the things we have tried. Maybe something in their security settings I need to address but don’t know where or how to look if that is even the problem.
Wow, that's crazy. This authentication mechanism should be improved to provide better insight into issues like this. So instead of just spinning, it could display a popup that you need to turn on 2 step auth or some other related message. But, glad you got it fixed!
Hi there, yes I did, but in the server setting it shows that the google server is offline.
Cannot add my gmail account to my mail accounts on my iMac with Ventura OS...fails to authenticate. pop up blockers turned off, reinstalled OS version 13.2, still doesn't work
Unfortunately I don’t know how to delete a keychain, so I’m stuck.
Gmail not showing up in mail macOS Ventura
