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It’s no secret that device and data security is a major focus for Apple. And to further its fight, Apple has announced in an email to its users that as of June 15, it’ll require the use of app-specific passwords for anyone signing in to iCloud using a third-party app for mail, contacts, and calendar services not provided by Apple. So if you use an email app like Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc., this affects you. And if you’re already signed into a third-party app using your primary Apple ID, you’ll be automatically signed out on June 15th if you don’t set up these individual passwords ahead of time.
However, this only affects third-party apps. If you’re using Apple’s built-in mail, contacts, or calendar apps—or apps from the App Store that integrate with iCloud using Apple APIs—this doesn’t affect you (so you don’t need to worry). Apps using Apple APIs are ones you downloaded from the App Store that didn’t ask for your iCloud password.
What is an app-specific password?
An app-specific password is a password that’s unique to each app. So if you’re one of those people who uses the same password for everything, this change may be difficult. But let’s be honest, your password probably sucks. So this is for your own good. Apple states that doing this will “ensure your primary Apple ID password won’t be collected or stored by any third-party apps you might use.” That’s because app-specific passwords give third-party services randomly, hard-to-guess generated passwords instead of your real iCloud password. So while you’ll need a password for each app, your information will be much more secure. And the good news is you can always sign into your Apple ID account page to retrieve those passwords at any time.
How do I set up an app-specific password?
The first thing you need to do is turn on Two-Factor Authentication.
If you’re running iOS 10.3 or later on your device, you should’ve been prompted to set up Two-Factor Authentication already. If you’re running iOS 10.2.1 or earlier, follow the steps below.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 9 or later:
Tap Settings and sign in, if necessary
Tap iCloud Select your profile, then tap Password & Security Tap Turn On Two-Factor Authentication
On your Mac with OS X El Capitan or later:
Open Settings / System Preferences (click the app in your dock or the Apple logo in the top, left corner of your display > System Preferences > iCloud)
Sign in, if necessary, then click Account Details Click the Security tab along the top Click Turn On Two-Factor Authentication
Now that two-factor authentication is on, you can generate app-specific passwords. To do this:
Sign in to your Apple ID account page online
Scroll down to the Securitysection of the page, then click Generate Password below App-Specific Passwords Enter a label. This is so you’ll recognize which password belongs to which app or service. Copy down the generated password (preferably in a secure place like a password manager, and not on a Post-It note on your desk). It should be a string of random characters. Open your third-party app and sign in with that generated password you just copied down, not your regular iCloud password.
That’s it! Repeat those steps for any other third-party apps that need an iCloud sign in.
You can store up to 25 app-specific passwords at once. And again, you can go back into your Apple ID account page at any time to view, edit, manage, and even remove your app-specific passwords.
Before going to the configuration section of Gmail POP3 settings, just learn a few words on ‘Pop email settings‘. Now-a-days, we always use web based electronic mail (email) service to send and receive information. This is the modern and the digital version of postal technique. To retrieve any email from remote server you require to configure pop setting for email. You can configure it for Gmail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook mail or any other private email clients which support POP. POP is an ‘application layer internet standard protocol‘ which is basically used by the local email clients to retrieve email from any remote server. POP means “Post Office Protocol” and latest version of this protocol is version 3 and is popularly known as ‘POP3‘. The use of POP3 for email settings is very common and it is used largely.
You can set up any email client (e.g. Gmail) with your current email if you know the POP email server settings and ports. For Gmail, pop access is completely free for all Gmail users. So you don’t need to access Gmail by visiting the Gmail from browser and no need to delete Gmail address permanently.
Before going to a Gmail Pop3 settings, you need to know the common POP configuration for any email account.
In most of the cases, the password authentication may be required by your current email client for outgoing mail server.
Gmail POP3 Server Settings Configuration
The Gmail POP3 server settings are used to retrieve incoming emails from any email clients like outlook, yahoo mail, any corporate email etc.
App Specific Password For Gmail
Here are the pop3 settings for incoming mail server Gmail.
*** Gmail offers two-step authentication and if you have already enabled two step authentication in Gmail, then you use an application specific gmail password to access gmail with the above incoming gmail pop server setting.
Create Password for App to Access Gmail using POP3 (Two-step Verification Enabled):
How to Configure Microsoft Outlook Using Gmail POP3 Settings
Microsoft outlook offers you an auto configuration method so that you can configure Gmail with your Microsoft outlook 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 and outlook express. But before doing that set up your Gmail account so that Gmail allows you to retrieve mail as POP.
Here is the step by step guides to configure Gmail for Microsoft outlook
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Note: You need to disable IMAP forwarding if you want to access all your Gmail using POP3 settings.
I just mention that Microsoft Outlook has the auto-configure option to access Gmail as a Pop3 incoming email server. However, if you use Two-steps authentication service with Gmail, you need to set up google mail server settings manually in Microsoft Outlook. Let’s see how to configure it manually.
How to Configure Gmail POP3 Settings on Android Device
The gmail configuration to enable POP3 activity is already mentioned above. Please read this again to enable POP3 in Gmail.
I use POP3 as incoming mail server and SMTP as outgoing mail server for Gmail in my Android device email configuration. Let’s see how to configure pop3 email account in Android device so that you get Gmail messages directly on your device. https://cleverscribe756.weebly.com/blog/mojave-mac-app-store.
Apple Mac Mail – Pop3 Email Settings for GmailGoogle App Specific Password Mac Desktop
Suppose you have already created an email account like Apple Mail in your control panel on Mac. This tutorial is going to show you how to set up pop3 email account setting for your Google mail.
Application Specific Password For Outlook
This explains how to configure gmail pop3 settings for Microsoft Outlook, Android and Apple Device. If you have any further query, feel free to ask in the comment section.
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