You can create a Gmail account either directly in Mail or from System Preferences. The System Preferences option is a handy way to keep all your social media and your email accounts together so you can easily make changes that are automatically reflected in any OS X app that makes use of them.
The two methods, using Mail and System Preferences, are nearly identical and end up creating the same data in both Mail and System Preferences. The Gmail account makes use of IMAP because Google recommends IMAP over POP.
Why can't I log into outlook from my mac anymore? Up until last week in May, I never had any problems logging into my Outlook (hotmail) account. Now I am getting a screen saying 'something went wrong, try again later) consistently for the last two weeks. Occasionally I can log on but then can't send mail. I just get a spinning icon thing.
This error is caused by an incorrect username or password. To change your username and / or password in Mail, take the following steps:. Click on the Mail menu at the top left of the screen and select Preferences. When the Preferences window appears, ensure the Accounts tab is selected. Select the account from the left column that Connection Doctor displayed the error for.
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Under the Account Information tab on the right, update the username and password fields halfway down the page. Close the window or select another tab/account to be prompted to save your changes. Re-test checking for mail and if the settings are correct there should be no problem.