iCloud password not working on Outlook for Mac?
Has Outlook stopped accessing your @iCloud.com or @me.com emails?
Is Outlook for Mac complaining about your password and showing the disconnect symbol?
In a recent upgrade, Apple decided to increase the security of your iCloud.com (also me.com) email accounts, not when using Apple mail but when using Microsoft Outlook for Mac (Office 365) or other mail apps.
So without realising it icloud.com and me.com emails are not accepting your password, even though you know the password is correct.
That is because Apple are now insisting you provide an “App specific password” that you have to generate by logging into your icloud account and creating one.
Outlook won’t accept my password
If Outlook won’t accept your password and you know you’re using the password for your email account, you might have an email account that requires additional security.
Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook.com, and AOL accounts all use two-factor authentication to help verify that you’re the person trying to access your email account.
To add your Apple email account to Outlook, you’ll need an app password, also known as an application password. This is a different password than your regular email account password.
To obtain an app password for your iCloud email account, use the following steps:
- Go to the Apple ID website from your browser and enter your Apple ID and password.
See the following links:
https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204397
2. Login to your Apple Account and click on the image in the top right
Choose “Manage Apple Account”
3, Choose “App-Specific Passwords”
4. Click on the + symbol to create a new app-specific password
5. Copy-Paste the generated password and enter it in Outlook
This will solve the issue. If the same thing happens again in the future, repeat the process
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