Windows 10: Password in iCloud settings on my laptop

LindaAllen3 · Oct 23, 2018

My laptop keeps telling me my icloud settings are out of date, and wants me to put in my password - which I do, but it refuses to recognise it. I can get photos uploaded automatically, but no email. It's driving me crazy!

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BaryBazz · Oct 23, 2018

iCloud account settings

I had this problem too, and after 4 days of trying all sorts of fixes (ranging from changing firewall settings, reinstalling the Windows Mail app, applying different config settings), here's what worked for me.

My iCloud email is protected with Apple's two step verification, so I needed an 'app-specific password' to sign into an app that's not provided by Apple, like Windows Mail which doesn't support entering verification codes.

Here's the steps (I did this via my MS Surface Book laptop):

sign into Apple ID with your iCloud email and password:
https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage

if you're a two step verification user, your device (for me, my iPhone) will give you a verification code to enter after you put in your iCloud email password

in the 'Security' section, hit 'Edit'

in the 'App-Specific Passwords' section, hit 'Generate Password...'

enter a label for this password (I typed 'Windows 10 mail app')

hit 'Create'

an app-specific password will be created for you, in this format (case sensitive) tmah-jdbq-rdyy-gdes

copy the password and hit 'Done'

now open up Windows Mail > settings (cog icon) > manage accounts > select your iCloud account and enter your app-specific password then 'Save'

Your iCloud email should now start to appear

This should have worked but it did not. I followed your instructions except Apple would not let me login with my icloud email, saying I could not use an icloud email to access appleid then it switched me to the email address i
signed up with. I think this is why it did not work. It is the only thing I did that was different from instructions. Do you know of a way for me to use my icloud email with appleid? Thank you.
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Absolutely superb worked for me like a dream. Many thanks.

Bazzer

Sugsy · Oct 23, 2018

iCloud account settings

I had this problem too, and after 4 days of trying all sorts of fixes (ranging from changing firewall settings, reinstalling the Windows Mail app, applying different config settings), here's what worked for me.

My iCloud email is protected with Apple's two step verification, so I needed an 'app-specific password' to sign into an app that's not provided by Apple, like Windows Mail which doesn't support entering verification codes.

Here's the steps (I did this via my MS Surface Book laptop):

sign into Apple ID with your iCloud email and password:
https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage

if you're a two step verification user, your device (for me, my iPhone) will give you a verification code to enter after you put in your iCloud email password

in the 'Security' section, hit 'Edit'

in the 'App-Specific Passwords' section, hit 'Generate Password...'

enter a label for this password (I typed 'Windows 10 mail app')

hit 'Create'

an app-specific password will be created for you, in this format (case sensitive) tmah-jdbq-rdyy-gdes

copy the password and hit 'Done'

now open up Windows Mail > settings (cog icon) > manage accounts > select your iCloud account and enter your app-specific password then 'Save'

Your iCloud email should now start to appear. Despite spending days looking at the config settings, it seems Windows Mail pre-set config is correct, so you shouldn't need to change the incoming or outgoing email server settings:

Incoming email server: imap.mail.me.com:993:1

Outgoing (SMTP) email server: smtp.mail.me.com:587:1

I hope this helps someone. A word of warning though. If you change your primary Apple ID password, all your app-specific passwords will be automatically revoked and you'll need to generate a new one for any apps you want to keep using.
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I followed this exactly and initially it seemed to have worked as my icloud emails appeared but then half an hour later I got the message stating, "Your iCloud account settings are out of date" again. Totally at a loss now.

Ralph Sta · Oct 23, 2018

Your icloud settings are out of date

Hi Sol,

You might need to login to your iCloud account in order for this to be resolved. May we know if you've enabled two-factor authentication on your iCloud account? If so, you'll need to generate an app-specific password to add your iCloud account to the Mail
app. Kindly follow these steps:

Sign in to your Apple ID account page.

Select Generate Password below App-Specific Passwords.

Follow the instructions on your screen.

If the issue persists, you may also try the suggested solutions on this
support article.

If you have additional questions, or if the issue persists after the troubleshooting steps above, please let me know by replying to this thread. This way, I'll get notified and respond back to you as soon as I can.

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