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Multi-Factor Authentication and App Passwords for Office 365 Many Office365 clients are transitioning their users to Multi-Factor Authentication to increase data security. In light of this, the most common issue or complaint from users relates to Outlook either on their desktop or on their phone constantly requesting a password. Jul 09, 2018 I have a mac running OSX 10.11.6, I want to set up my outlook.com account on it, but I have two factor authentication turned on for my accounts. When I put in my account password it rejects it. Is there a way to get it connected with my 2 factor authentication?
App-specific passwords are passwords for your Apple ID that let you sign in to your account and securely access the information you store in iCloud from a third-party app. For example, use app-specific passwords with email, contacts and calendar services not provided by Apple. App-specific passwords maintain a high level of security and help ensure your Apple ID password won’t be collected or stored by any third-party apps that you use.
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If you are signed in to iCloud for Windows, you don’t need an app-specific password when using your Apple ID with third-party Microsoft apps.
To generate and use app-specific passwords, your Apple ID must be protected with two-factor authentication.
You also need an app-specific password for your devices that use Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 and earlier or iOS 5 and earlier. If you don’t have devices that can be updated to iOS 9 or later or OS X El Capitan or later, you can set up two-step verification and generate app-specific passwords.
How to generate an app-specific password
- Sign in to your Apple ID account page.
- In the Security section, click Generate Password below App-Specific Passwords.
- Follow the steps on your screen.
After generating your app-specific password, enter or paste it into the password field of the app as you would normally.
How to manage app-specific passwords
At any given time, you can have up to 25 active app-specific passwords. If you need to, you can revoke passwords individually or all at once.
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- Sign in to your Apple ID account page.
- In the Security section, click Edit.
- In the App-Specific Passwords section, click View History.
- Click next to a password that you want to delete, or click Revoke All.
After you revoke a password, the app using that password will be signed out of your account until you generate a new password and sign in again.
Whenever you change or reset your primary Apple ID password, all of your app-specific passwords are revoked automatically to protect the security of your account. You’ll need to generate new app-specific passwords for any apps that you want to continue using.
Two-factor authentication is a highly recommended feature available for Apple accounts. While it isn’t perfect, it goes a long way toward protecting your Apple ID from being compromised if someone gets hold of your password.
On the other hand, there does appear to be a bug concerning 2FA and the Mail app in macOS.
Basically, if you upgrade to 2FA on your Apple account, you may run into issues actually using your iCloud email through the standard Mail app. Note that this only happens if you upgrade to 2FA on a device other than your Mac.
But if the bug has impacted you, you may be prompted to enter a password the next time you open Mail.
Typically, this means that you’ve previously set up iCloud mail before enabling 2FA. Although you can try to enter any past passwords to authenticate, it won’t always work.
Basically, it all comes down to how macOS handles email accounts and other facets of iCloud. There are several system platforms that automate iCloud in Mac.
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How to Fix Mail App issue after 2FA upgrade on your MacBook
To fix the password prompting on Mail after upgrading to 2FA, you’ll want to follow several steps in order. Here’s what to do.
- Open the Mail app.
- Click on Mail in the top menu bar.
- Select Preferences.
- Click on Accounts.
You may run into two possibilities here.
If your iCloud account displays the iCloud logo and the labels “iCloud” and “IMAP,” then you should technically be good to go. (Note: In a bit, we’ll cover what to do if this is the case and it’s still not working.)
On the other hand, if there’s an @ symbol next to the email account, then the account in question is not set up properly. In these cases, you’ll want to follow these steps.
- Select the email account
- Click on the minus (-) icon near the bottom of the list.
- Confirm the deletion.
Then, you’ll want to go to > System Preferences > iCloud.
Make sure you’re logged into iCloud. If you weren’t, this could have been causing the issue. Log in and you may see your iCloud email appear; it should now work normally.
On the other hand, if you are already logged into iCloud, take a look at the checkbox next to Mail.
- If it’s unchecked, check it. This will sync your iCloud mail settings.
- If it happens to be checked, uncheck it and check it again. This will reset and sync the connection.
While this will reset and possibly fix most 2FA-related Mail syncing issues, there’s the chance that something else is wrong with your account.
If Mail still isn’t working after the above steps (or your iCloud account has the IMAP and iCloud logo mentioned earlier), you’ll want to contact Apple Support.
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