Can’t Generate App-Specific Password

I'm having the same issue. Suddenly, my iCloud email stopped working on the Outlook app. When I attempt to generate a new password, it tells me to go to my iPhone, and nothing happens. What's going on????

Frisby you are a genius and a lifesaver! I’d been trying to resync my iCloud calendar to my Alexa after changing my apple password and kept running into the same problem. Just when I was ready to give up hope, this worked! Logging in as my @icloud email finally got the app-specific password to finally work! To anyone else having this problem, this is the solution!!

You need to be signed into the device where the non-Apple app is. So for example if you’re wanting to create an app specific password for Outlook on a Windows 11 computer, then you need to be logged into your Apple account on the Windows 11 computer. Then you will be able to generate the password for Outlook (or whatever app you are running).

Yet, there are many in this thread for whom that did not work. But, I don't think there is one instance, in the case of macOS, where using a browser other than Safari didn't instantly resolve the issue. Were you in Safari on your Windows 11 computer? And specifically Safari Version 16.6 (17615.3.12.11.3, 17615)?

Using Safari 16.6 (macOS Ventura 13.5)

Open a new Private window

Login at https://appleid.apple.com/

Click on App-Specific Passwords

Now you will be able to generate on the web browser without being prompted to continue on your devices.

I didn’t sign in using biometrics data. I signed in by typing on a computer that doesn’t even have the option of biometric data.

It doesn’t work on safari, it works on chrome.

I mentioned it again because tech support doesn’t know about it and the comment was far down, so I thought it was worth mentioning again.

I do sign in manually and I don't even have the ability to do a biometric sign-in on my iMac. I do know I couldn't get it to work with Safari after numerous attempts and was able to do it with Chrome on my first attempt.

Also support apparent doesn’t read the thread or know what an app password is and kept making go through the same steps.

They said there were no other reports.

they watched me manually enter the password

It is less hilarious that I spend over 45 minutes on the phone with Apple Care tech-support with a senior advisor.

Who then spent many many minutes, displaying a complete lack of basic knowledge of what an app specific password, even was why you would use it, and an even more glaring lack of knowledge about basic computer things

I was using a work laptop with a VPN which was off and she said that was the reason that I had to remove the VPN

So I did this on my phone, my iPad and my other laptop and still got the same

She still thought it was the VPN

Didn't work for me, but the solution is as next: login at https://appleid.apple.com/ user Chrome browser instead of Safari. Good luck!

Yes, and it’s starting to get extremely frustrating. I have exactly the same issue. And I need to get to some of these apps. Can someone please fix this?

This worked for me. I used Google Chrome. It might be a glitch on safari right now after the last update I just did. Might work on other browsers as well.

Try using a different browser. I was unable to create one in Safari, but when I tried Chrome it worked.

Is there any way to help the issue without telling iCloud to forget all of my saved passwords? Because I've got a lot.

Frisby’s suggestion worked! Thank you

i was getting very frustrated!