All your mails will be intact once you sign in back to your account. Go back to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > Add Account to re-add your Hotmail account. That it, you should hopefully be able to access your email account on OSX using an actual email client and not the webmail interface. Reconfirm by tapping Delete from My iPhone. It doesn't delete the program itself but brings it back to its default state.

Fix 2: Reset the Mail app One of the quick fixes that works in 99 of the cases is to 'reset' the Mail App. When you click continue your account should be setup and working in the OSX Mail app, as can be seen below:Īny changes you make to your inbox will be reflected on other devices your email account is setup on. Fix 1: Force Quit the Mail app Do this the usual way, and if that doesn't work, move on to the next step. This app password is what you will use in the OSX Email client, not your actual password.įor incoming mail security tick the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and the authentication type is password:įor outgoing mail security tick the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and the authentication type is password: If you do have two factor authentication enabled you will need to create a unique password for the OSX Mailapp which i will show you how to do below.įor users with two-step verification enabled you must log in to and create a new app password. The username is, your password is the password you usually use to sign in to unless you have two factor authentication enabled. The account type you need to select is IMAP, you can enter anything you like for the description. Open Mac Mail, from the File menu, choose Add Account then enter your Hotmail, Outlook or MSN email address and password, finally clicking continue. IMAP settings:Įncryption: TLS Setting up OSX Mail using IMAP for :

Although not as good as Exchange Active Sync which is supported by most smartphone and Outlook 2013 on Windows, Mac OSX users can now use IMAP to sync mail to OSX. You can not organise your email and sync changes back to Outlook, and between devices such as your desktop pc, laptop and mobile. Using POP is not ideal as it simply downloads the massage from the Outlook servers. (Hotmail) setup with IMAP in the Apple OSX Mail App.īy default if you want to access your / Hotmail or MSN email account in the OSX Mail app you had to do it with POP.

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