Unable to verify account name or password - Gmail

Hi guys, I struggle to configure my gmail account in 'System Preferences'.
In System Preferences I click on Mail, Contacts & Calendar, then on Gmail, type my name, gmail email address and gmail password and once I click on Set Up "Unable to verify account name or password" message appears on the bottom of the password window.
My account is second admin account in the system.
I configured my wife's gmail account in the same manner on her account on this computer and everything went fine.
Would anyone have a guess how to address this issue?
Cheers!

Ok, I solved the problem. Just realized that I have all the security activated on my gmail account.
If you have similar issues with setting up you Gmail account on Mac you need to do the following in your gmail account setings:
1. In your gmail account go to Settings (cog wheel in the top right)
2. Go to Accounts and Imports tab
3. Go to Change account settings --> Other Google Account settings
4. Click on Security
5. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on 'Manage access':
6. Verify your password
7. In the field provided enter the name of your device (could be anything it's just for your information to know which of your devices are given full access to the gmail account)
8. Click on "Generate password"
9. Password will appear in the yellow field
10. Copy this password and paste it in the password field in your Mail, Contacts & Calendar in System Preferences.
11. This is one off password only used to grant an access to your gmail account by your device.
12. You need to use your standard gmail password from now on.
You're done and your gmail email is downloaded to Mac Mail!

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