problems with apple mail + google 2-step verification

2014-07-07 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi everyone, I use my google account and gmail a lot to create new acoounts on sites etc. As an extra precaution i thought it might be wise to setup 2-step verification. The setting itself went fine but then getting apple mail to work did not. Since apple mail cant work with sms verification

Re: problems with apple mail + google 2-step verification

2014-07-07 Thread Alex Hall
Really? I used that feature for over a year (well, I still do, but I no longer use Google for Mail) and it worked perfectly. I think you must first enter the name of the device or app, just as personal reference, before the Generate button will become available. The label for the text field is