Apple Mail won't add a gmail address

2024-02-02

MacOS 14.1 Sonoma

1) Safari > Settings > Privacy Tab > Advanced Settings > Uncheck all the checked boxes under "Privacy:"

2) Go back to mail app and add accounts normally.

3) Go back to step one but re-check the boxes that were unchecked.

The settings on 1) is only messing with logging in. But once authenticated, mail updates fine after safeguards are turned back on.

I followed the steps in the video and it still didn't work for me. I found a work around

Work Around:

• Change default browser to Chrome (haven't tried other browsers but this one worked)
• Re-attempt to add your gmail account

** My issues was that MAC would try to authenticate through a private window. Couldn't figure out how to stop settings from defaulting to a "safari private browser." So the easiest thing to do was try changing the browser

MacOS 14.2.1

I couldn't add my gmail account to mail. NOW SOLVED.

Days of trying. Then this...

Go to Preferences and set your default browser to Safari.

Open Safari and make sure you are not logged into your Google account.

Go back to System Preference>Internet Accounts and add your Google Account.

The confirmation will open your default Browser Safari. Log into Your Google Account.

All done.

So easy when you rely on Apple and not Google.

OSX 10.15.7

I also spent hours trying to solve this issue until I followed this video... It worked and my Gmail accounts are back on Mac Mail.

Give it a shot and good luck! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0WPw2TsTAY

This is no solution. Why is it not working with google and Apple using the simple email function?

Really do not understand this…

added lots of folders to archive all of my Gmail in the email functionality of my iMac but am not able to use it anymore…

terrible

Mac's Mail App is not as modern as iOS's Mail app, Many eMail providers now require a separate App Password different from your eMail password…

It just needs an App Password separate from the gMail password…

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB

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****SOLVED**** Change default browser to Chrome until gmail account is added. Easy--done

This video solved it 👍 ( complicated but well worth it )

Spot on fix for this, at least for me. Spent hours dealing with this searching and ultimately called apple support who wouldn't help due to age of my machine. This was a very easy, simple and in hindsight logical fix. Thanks, Bob!

I was able to figure this out. For me, it was an issue with safari blocking pop ups. If you go to safari settings and allow pop ups for the google website (specifically the google account one) and you try again you will be able to add the gmail to your internet accounts.

I hope this helps!

Not working!!

Bingo... switching from Safari to Chrome as default browser to install GMail worked 123... finally, and even with private browsing on ... then switched back to Safari as default browser... thank you @KingInConstant!

Cant create re add Mail

James Walker1 User level:Level 1 (129 points)

Mar 1, 2019 10:39 AM in response to if240

I was having this problem trying to add a mail (not gmail) account just for Notes. In my ~/Library/Keychains folder, I found a subfolder with a long hexadecimal and hyphens name. I deleted that subfolder, logged out, and logged back in. I was then able to add the account, without having lost any passwords from my keychains.

This is not working on my iMac. Very annoying!!!

is there another easy solution for this?

After 3 weeks of frustration, this worked for me. Thank you!!!