I finally decided to restart my MacBook Pro, and the new Gmail password then was recognized by Apple Mail. Plus, Google kept sending messages to my wife's computer that someone was trying to access my account, and that person, of course, was ME.
Even after I changed my Gmail password I keep getting error messages that either my name or password was incorrect. It took me well over an hour to get my Apple Mail functioning again. I had been locked out of getting new messages from my Gmail account. Well, one of those applications was Apple Mail. Instead - and this is super-annoying- after I clicked "Next," or whatever the term was, Google simply congratulated me on making my computer more risk free, saying that access to those nasty dangerous apps was now denied. Since Google had shown me a list of the less serious risks, I figured that after I clicked on the "Next" button (not sure if that was the exact name) I'd be led to a page that listed the more serious risks and would be asked which I wanted to deny access to. You should deny access to them." But there wasn't any mention of what those applications were. I decided to leave those alone.Ībove that list was a message that said something like, "These apps are a serious security risk. At the bottom of a web page (after I logged into my Google account) there was a list of three applications that could be a security risk, but not a bad one. I was presented with a couple of pieces of information. In retrospect that was a foolish decision. So I decided to take the 2-minute checkup. But after Googling "Google security issue found on your account" I became convinced that the email message really had come from Google. First, I got this email from Google.Īt first I thought this could be a scam. Here's the disturbing details of what happened to me.
After I dealt with it, I couldn't use Apple Mail to access my Gmail account.īottom line: don't trust a Google security alert if you're a Mac user. I got an email from Google that warned of a security issue.
Google caused me a lot of frustration last night.