I'll be adding a kludge in the app's authentication code for this, and releasing an update, since not everyone who's ran into the issue will see this discussion. About Failed Authentication Catalina Gmail Mac What causes it, and how can it be rectified. This can be done via the Allow less secure apps page where you set it to On.
#MAC MAIL GMAIL AUTHENTICATION FAILED FULL#
Since the iCloud outage on Feb 28 (maybe before, too?), this method no longer accepts full email as the login name.Ĭhanging the login in my app's account setup from to just "user" is one workaround (thank you again, stock Android Email app does not support SASL PLAIN, only the default IMAP authentication method, which continues to work either way: with and without the / part.Īs for the discrepancy between Mac Mail and Apple's own help page, "isn't it ironic, don't you - thank you for confirming that the "remove domain name" workaround is working for you, too. Solution 1: Re-enable Basic Authentication A quick way to solve this, is to re-enable Basic Authentication for Outlook in your Google Account Settings. About Failed Authentication Catalina Gmail Mac What causes it, and how can it be rectified. My app, when seeing this, chooses the more sophisticated SASL PLAIN. Nonetheless, if you rely on Google accounts in Apple Mail, it might be wise to hold off on updating to macOS 10.14.4 until Apple addresses the authentication problems. Google requires completing authentication in Safari. After setting up the account in System Preferences / Accounts, I immediately get a prompt saying: Enter the password for the account (null). No problem accessing the account using Mail on my iPhone, only on my Mac. I got access to a account a few hours ago, and here is my analysis.Īpple's iCloud IMAP servers support two authentication methods (advertised via IMAP's CAPABILITY command): SASL PLAIN and the default IMAP method. I have three G Suite accounts () and this only affects one of them.