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Apple Mail refuses to accept my password for Gmail account

I can't believe Mountain Lion has such a silly problem. Apple Mail will not accept my Gmail password no matter what I try. All I get is "Mail can't connect to the account "Gmail"" Enter the password for xxx@gmail.com. (where xxx is my username) It doesn't matter if I have just my gmail username for username or the whole address. Worked just fine in Lion. Does it work for anyone? Maddening. Perhaps I should simply not use it?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Sep 16, 2012 9:10 AM

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Gram114

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Jul 10, 2015 2:39 PM in response to hpr3

I did this and it fixed the problem -- deleted my gmail account from my IPad nd then added it back.

This was after days of frustration and changing my password a zillion times trying to get it to work!!! Grrrrrrr.

Aug 24, 2015 12:47 PM in response to Selena_Arreguin

Thanks Selena. I seemed to have the same problem as you, two years later! Inserting the 16 digit code into the password solved the problem, I did not need to delete the 2 step verification process. Wish Gmail had put this in their instructions in the firts place.

Nov 13, 2015 6:41 AM in response to Steve Bilzi1

Thanks! This has frustrated me and wasted hours of my time for months! Shutting off the 2 step verification finally did it.

Apr 4, 2016 3:05 PM in response to Amitdm585

Where exactly did you put the 16 Digit code? Did you use it instead of your password? Thanks

Apr 28, 2016 3:54 PM in response to zimi2721

yay!!

This worked for me, though I had to restart mail and re-enter the password.

The current way to access it is: Go to Gmail on web. Click on your ID circle (upper right hand corner) and click MyAccount .You should see Sign-in and Security on the left, and, below that, Connected Apps&Sites. Click there and you can choose to turn on "access to less secure apps."

May 31, 2017 11:29 PM in response to Tim Laduca1

I found that too for ages, and seemed to fix it by going to mail/preferences/accounts/server settings and having outgoing mailbox not as gmail but as google.

Apple Mail refuses to accept my password for Gmail account