1. The first and the basic step would be to follow the above step and reach the preferences tab.
2. After clicking on which you will come across another tab called ‘Accounts’ and by clicking the + button, one can add a new account
3. You will need to fill in the below given information in the window that pops out. Make sure, it’s right .
o Full name: here you need to right your full name, which will include your last name too
o Email Address: here, write the entire email id that you use and you need to configure. This can be either of the following:
o Password: no, you needn;t worry about the security of the password. Enter it very safely and go to the next text field to go ahead with the data entry thing
o A very important note: you need to deselect or uncheck the checkbox, 'Automatically set up account’
4. Now, in order to create an account on Apple mail, click on the button which reads ‘Create’. This will create an account of your configuration choice.
5. Having entered the basic and personal information ask you can easily go ahead with entering the Incoming mail server information
o Account type: the first field asks you to select the type of account. Now, here, you have no option but to select ‘IMAP’
o Incoming Mail Server: this might be showing a very different default entry which is definitely not what you are looking for, change it to imap.gmail.com
o Email Address: here, write the entire email id that you use and you need to configure. This can be either of the following:
o Password: again you need to enter your basic gmail password which you use to access your account
6. Then to continue with the account creation process in a more efficient and secure way you need to click ‘Continue’ which will lead you to another window
7. You have recently entered the details which specifies the outgoing mail server information
o Outgoing mail server: here, you need to enter the name of the outgoing mail server which will be ‘smtp.gmail.com’
o Use Authentication: this checkbox asks you if you want the application to use authentication, I am sure you want to. So simply select it
o User name: this as both the above conditions can be either of the cases, you need to select one from both
o Password: again as mentioned above and as multiple layers of security, you need to enter your gmail password
8. Now, in order to go ahead with the process, you will need to click on the button which reads ‘Continue’
9. Recheck and review the entire Account summary that will be provided, post clicking on the continue button
10. You are now done with the entire account creation process and what you next need to do is a simple click on the ‘Create’ button and there you go
The solution to your issue is hopefully provided with the effort that I tried making.
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