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Apple 2FA (not 2SV) prevents connecting to or adding iCloud account

#1503

I recently switched my Apple account from 2-step verification to Apple's newer 2-factor authentication. Since then, I can no longer connect to my iCloud account from MailMate. I tried deleting the source and re-importing the account from Apple Mail, but that also fails to connect. It acts as if the password is wrong (I am copy/pasting it from 1Password).

Reported by Fred Condo · August 2nd, 2016 @ 07:32 PM

State: new
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

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  1. benny
    benny

    Are you sure it's the correct application specific password -- and this password still works?

    August 2nd, 2016 @ 09:13 PM

  2. Fred Condo
    Fred Condo

    I did not need or have an application specific password under Apple 2-step verification. Switching to the newer 2-factor authentication, which works more like the Google system, caused the failure.

    August 3rd, 2016 @ 09:47 PM

  3. benny
    benny

    Just to be sure: You could make it work with an application specific password?

    August 4th, 2016 @ 01:09 PM

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