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Calendar and Yahoo - what password?

I have an iMac with OS 10.10.5, a yahoo mail account and use Apple Calendar 8.0. When I start calendar a dialog says "can't connect to Yahoo! account "Yahoo!", Enter password" Which password is required - from Yahoo.com login, apple id?? none work


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Posted on Jun 28, 2017 5:00 PM

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Posted on Jun 29, 2017 8:37 AM

Are you syncing your Calendar to Yahoo's calendar and iCloud? If so, you may need an app specific password.


You might need to enable 2 Factor Authentication on your Apple ID and create an app specific password to use. If your account won’t allow 2 Factor Authentication, try 2 step verification. The change was only supposed to affect 3rd party e-mail programs, but others have posted the same problem when using older OS versions of Mail and Calendar.


Apple ID -Two-factor authentication


Apple ID - Using app-specific passwords


Apple ID - Two Step Verification App Specific Passwords


Apple ID - Two Step Verifications FAQ

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Jun 29, 2017 8:37 AM in response to bob-fl

Are you syncing your Calendar to Yahoo's calendar and iCloud? If so, you may need an app specific password.


You might need to enable 2 Factor Authentication on your Apple ID and create an app specific password to use. If your account won’t allow 2 Factor Authentication, try 2 step verification. The change was only supposed to affect 3rd party e-mail programs, but others have posted the same problem when using older OS versions of Mail and Calendar.


Apple ID -Two-factor authentication


Apple ID - Using app-specific passwords


Apple ID - Two Step Verification App Specific Passwords


Apple ID - Two Step Verifications FAQ

Calendar and Yahoo - what password?

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