Contacts can't connect to the account "Yahoo!".
I have a yahoo account and I check my emails using the Mail app that comes with my MacBook Air.
For some reason, Contacts can't connect to the account Yahoo. It keeps popping out a little window that says:
Contacts can't connect to the account "Yahoo!".
Enter the password for the user "[email protected]"
Password: [ }
I have entered my password over a dozen times and it tries to connect. A few times the little windows keeps coming back and I have tried re-entering the password. I have checked and double check I enter the right password. Then other times, it comes the same little window but a different message. The window is tittled: The operation could not be completed and under that it says: No other information is available about the problem.
I have also gone to Preferences for Contacts and then click on "Edit Account...". When I do that, the "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" window opens. Next to my Yahoo account I click on "Details". When I do that, a Yahoo little window opens displaying my email address and below there are 3 boxes. First one has my name. Second one has my password. I have tried re-typing my password over a dozen times. Then finally, the last box says Description and there I have Yahoo!
I hope someone knows what is my issue or if there is an issue between Apple and Yahoo where they don't talk to each other well.
Thank you
James
Thank you Linc for looking after my post.
I checked in my Yahoo account under:
Set up your second sign-in verification
Back to account info
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and I currently don't have that option activated.
Can you elaborate as where or how can I find out where I could have activated a 2-step verification.
Thank you
James
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