Apple Mac Mail and Outlook.com Password Issues.
If you use Apple Mac Mail with a Microsoft Outlook.com account then you might start to get and see issues and problems after September 16th 2024, this is because Microsoft had completed the process of Modern email sign in Authentication.
If you want to continue to use Apple Mac Mail with a Microsoft Outlook.com account then a few additional steps are necessary if you used Outlook.com and Apple Mac Mail that is setup as an iMap account, for a Outlook.com and Apple Mac Mail POP account then more steps are necessary to avoid email data loss.
If you use an Apple iOS Device with Apple Mail.
If you use Microsoft Outlook.com email address accounts with either an Apple iPhone or with an Apple iPad, when adding an Outlook.com email account then the iPhone and the iPad will automatically take you to the Microsoft Sign in page to authenticate your Microsoft Outlook.com account, currently this is missing from MacOS and with MacOS Sonoma but with the new MacOS Sequoia Apple and Microsoft might add the Outlook.com menu when adding a Microsoft Outlook.com password account, if this does not happen the of course you can use the Outlook application on Mac OS
Workarounds to the Microsoft Outlook and MacOS Apple Mac Mail Modern Authentication.
You can use the Microsoft Outlook Application on Mac OS by either downloading the Microsoft Outlook Application from the Mac OS Apple Store or you can sign into your your Microsoft account online using MacOS Safari then you can use an option to download Microsoft Outlook for MacOS.
You can also use Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge on macOS to use your Microsoft Outlook.com account.
You can get help with setting up Microsoft Outlook on your Apple devices and on your Apple Mac computer with assistance from Keith Thomas, a Apple and Microsoft Outlook support specialist that provides both remote Apple Support assistance and onsite Apple Support assistance in London, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire.
You can still use Microsoft Outlook.com with Apple Mac Mail even if you do not have a Microsoft Outlook.com sign in Password.
If you use Microsoft Outlook.com and you have switched off the Microsoft Outlook.com account, and you are using the Microsoft Authenticator app on your iPhone, then you can still use Apple Mac Mail with a Microsoft Outlook.com email account.
Microsoft Outlook.com and Apple Mac Mail Accounts that do not have a Password to Sign in
Create an App Password for Apple Mac Mail to sign into your Outlook.com account.
Login to your Microsoft Outlook account online via outlook.com then from the Security page use the create App Password for use with Apple Mac Mail, then add the Microsoft Outlook.com email account using the Mac OS System Settings and Internet Accounts to add a Mail account for Outlook.com email accounts no not use the Microsoft Exchange option to add an Microsoft Outlook.com account as this does not work.
You can get help from and with Keith Thomas if you need to get help with using your Microsoft Outlook.com email account on your Apple Mac computer from and with Keith Thomas.
Note: Apple Mac Mail does not yet support the Microsoft Sign in Technology for a Outlook.com email account even with Mac OS Sonoma, as the Outlook.com option is missing from Mac OS, but Apple has included this for Apple iOS on a Apple iPhone and Apple iPad devices, and Microsoft has support for a password less sign in with the New Outlook for Mac application, also Apple Mac Mail does support a Google Mail modern sign in technology with Mac OS Catalina and newer Mac OS.
To Contact Keith Thomas for Apple UK Support Assistance by Apple Telephone Support, Remote Apple Support, Onsite Apple Support, and Apple IT Support at your Home or at your Office with Keith Thomas simply complete our online website contact form. You can also telephone 07800 940756 between 09:30 am and 20:30 pm Mondays to Sundays. You can also send a SMS Text Message or Apple iMessage to 07800 940756 between 09:30 am and 20:30 pm.