cannot send photos from iPhoto

This is driving me nuts!

I am on a MacBook Pro running Mavericks and iPhoto 9.5.1. I am using Yahoo as my primary mail. When I try to send photos using iPhoto, I get the common message "The email server didn't recognize your user / Password combination". I know for sure that the username and password are correct, and sending regular email works fine.

I've tried activating iCloud mail and trying that, but then I get a message that the outgoing mail server timed out.

I've tried all the suggestions I've been able to find in other threads to no avail, although the other threads about this subject seem to focus more on Gmail.

Anybody else using this setup and successfully sending?

Thanks,

Glen

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on May 2, 2014 8:21 PM

20 replies

bpberry

Level 1

9 points

Nov 20, 2014 11:52 AM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks for the suggestion Terence, but Mail works perfectly. It is only when trying to share from iPhoto that it all goes wrong. Therefore it is something to do with iPhoto.

Yer_Man

Level 10

165,978 points

Nov 20, 2014 11:57 AM in response to bpberry

Well Mail isn't working perfectly, is it? But whatever.

bpberry

Level 1

9 points

Nov 20, 2014 12:03 PM in response to Yer_Man

well outside of iPhoto it is, I'm sure if I posted my question there I would get shooed off! But I can try...

Old Toad

Level 10

215,748 points

Nov 20, 2014 1:26 PM in response to bpberry

Try the following:

1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your

User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.

2 - delete the contents the following folder: User/Library/Containers/com.apple.iPhoto

3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.

NOTE: For Mavericks and Yosemite, go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring the this window:

where you can check the Show Library Folder checkbox.

Nov 22, 2014 2:29 AM in response to Old Toad

Thanks OT! Your instructions solved the problem.

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