How do you set up your email on your MacBook?
Set up email in 3 steps
To set up your email on your Apple MacBook, you go through a number of steps:
- Step 1. Select provider
- Step 2. Log in to your account
- Step 3. Select programs
Step 1: select a provider
The Mail app can be found in the Dock at the bottom of your screen. In this app, you select the email provider you want to use:
- Open the Mail app.
- Click Mail in the menu bar at the top of your screen.
- Click on Add account... in the menu that appears.
- Select your Mail account provider from the list.
- Is your provider not listed here? Select Other Mail account.... Do you use Hotmail or Outlook? Also select this option.
Setting up Gmail and Hotmail on your MacBook
The steps below are described using the 2 most popular Mail account providers, Hotmail and Gmail. The steps for other providers are similar.
Step 2: log in to your account
Gmail asks you to log in with your Google account first. This is an email address that ends with @gmail.com. Enter the password of your account. If you have set up 2-factor authentication, now you also have to authorize your MacBook for use with Gmail.
Hotmail/Outlook
You can manually add Hotmail and Outlook accounts. Fill in the 3 fields for this. To easily retrieve this email address, enter your first and last name in the text box next to Name:. In the box below, enter your email address that ends with @hotmail.com or @outlook.com. Enter your password in the bottom box.
Step 3: select the programs you want to use
Now that you're logged in, your MacBook will ask you which programs you want to use with your account. Do you only want to receive your email? Uncheck the other boxes.
Hotmail/Outlook
Your MacBook will now ask you which programs are allowed to use your account. If you only want to receive your email, uncheck all other boxes.
