Where are internet account passwords stored? (not in keychain)

Also just to add the Gmail accounts were added using Apples selection tool on the right with all the choices such as outlook, yahoo and twitter. No IMAP settings were entered manually Google/Apple set this up when the tool was used initially.

Yes I am trying to obtain the Google password.

When I try and 'show password' on anything Google in there it just shows a very long line of garbled text and sometimes it will not let me show the password:

Nothing shows up when I use the search term "gmail" I have looked down the list there is nothing.

I have no idea.

This (first picture) is when I take a search with "goog"

and the second picture is with "gmail"

note: I opened smtp.live.com to see that there my gmail account is one of the email identifiers.

picture 1:

picture 2:

Have you found a solution? I have exactly the same problem. No password to befound in keychain access or in mail. thanks

Same here I have the exact same problem with my parents, did anyone find a solution to this Gmail problem?

It should be in the Keychain:

Look under "logins" (unlock in the lower left keylock button), Category passwords,

then look at the right for "imap.gmail.com", right click and select "copy password to clipboard" (asks for your account password), then paste into a textedit file to see if the password is correct.

Disclaimer: I don't currently use the mail app. Although no expert with keychain, I have used it to look up passwords.

This might be a search match problem.

Since "google" or the string "imap." have not brought up what you are looking for, try other strings. Try "gmail" or even just "mail" (In Lexiepex's screenshot, the name was imap.gmail.com -- note that searching using "google" would not find it. That might be many posters' problem.)

If that doesn't bring up what you want, try strings that would match your alias, email address, google ID, etc.

If that still doesn't work, repeat the searches with the category "all items".

I am assuming it is in keychain somewhere, just not how you expect it. As a last resort, don't do search but carefully scroll through all login password entries and so on.

Actually, I just noticed in your screenshot posted Feb 25, 2017 9:05 AM where the search string was "goog"

There was a Google Drive match. If you double click on that line, I think you should be able to eventually read your google ID password. I've lost track if that is what you are trying to do.

Basically when you add a 'Internet Account' using one of the options such as 'Google' or 'Yahoo' from the choices. The password is not saved on the Mac, your machine is just given a unique 'token' to tell Google/Yahoo you have logged in from this machine. There is no google imap option in Keychain I have looked.

If you add a Google account using Apples tool you will see that it doesn't save the password on the machine.

If you were to set the account up manual i.e adding the google server address yourself, then you would be able to view the password in keychain.

If you find the imap.gmail.com double click it, in the window that opens check the "show pasword" line, it will ask your password, then displays the password: it should be the same as you think the password is in internet accounts; if it is not the same delete this line imap.gmail.com in KeychainAccess.

What are you trying to do? View your google password?

If so, go into keychain, find your google drive entry, DOUBLE CLICK on that line. In the pop up, check the box that says show password. You will have to enter your Mac user login password, sometimes a few times, after that your google password should be displayed in the clear.

More generally, did you do a search in keychain for "gmail" or any part of your email address?

Entries can come up as name: "com.apple.account.IMAP.password" or something similar and yet still be associated with gmail or google - No "google" or "gmail" needs to be part of that name. It can be a part of "account" which will only be displayed if you click on the line (or select using arrow keys) (And have view > show summary set, which you do.) And if you want further info, you need to double click.

If you search "gmail" in keychain, how many things come up? Click on anything and everything that comes up as a login password, if the summary at top of window shows gmail or google or the email you are looking for, then double click and check "show password" ...

This is all I have with google in:

in KeyChain Access no need to search, look for imap.gmail.com

When you add a google account using Apples tool I don't think it adds the mail as IMAP:

Okay, but for some reason MacOS does not want to show me the password either in the Mail app or in the Keychain app:

Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Account Information>Password