How to update settings to authenticate outlook emails for use in Apple Email on Mac Big Sur 11.7.10?

MS Outlook emails will soon need to meet new authentication requirements when used with third party email apps such as Apple Email.

There doesn't seem to be any way of doing this using my Big Sur Mac?

iMac 27″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Jul 9, 2024 4:42 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2024 10:27 AM

The Microsoft instructions for "If you use Apple Mail" are at almost the end of page here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/modern-authentication-methods-now-needed-to-continue-syncing-outlook-email-in-non-microsoft-email-apps-c5d65390-9676-4763-b41f-d7986499a90d


Apple instructions for removing and adding an account in Big Sur are here:

Use your internet accounts on Mac - Apple Support


I removed a Hotmail account and set up someone's account in Monterey. Although the Microsoft article suggests to use an Outlook account when you again set-up, when it was tried the user had some issues. The issues might have been on the user end, conflicting software etc., or could have been a temporary internet glitch. Regardless, I ended up removing the Outlook account then set their Hotmail account as an Exchange account. It's worked well for more than a few weeks and idevices set-up as Outlook weren't affected by the Mac switch.


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Jul 9, 2024 10:27 AM in response to Ogmoreman

The Microsoft instructions for "If you use Apple Mail" are at almost the end of page here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/modern-authentication-methods-now-needed-to-continue-syncing-outlook-email-in-non-microsoft-email-apps-c5d65390-9676-4763-b41f-d7986499a90d


Apple instructions for removing and adding an account in Big Sur are here:

Use your internet accounts on Mac - Apple Support


I removed a Hotmail account and set up someone's account in Monterey. Although the Microsoft article suggests to use an Outlook account when you again set-up, when it was tried the user had some issues. The issues might have been on the user end, conflicting software etc., or could have been a temporary internet glitch. Regardless, I ended up removing the Outlook account then set their Hotmail account as an Exchange account. It's worked well for more than a few weeks and idevices set-up as Outlook weren't affected by the Mac switch.


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