Adding hotmail to apple mail
To add a Hotmail account to Apple Mail on your Mac or iOS device, follow these steps:
Method 1: Adding Hotmail account using IMAP
- Open Apple Mail on your Mac or iOS device.
- Go to Mail > Preferences (on Mac) or Settings > Mail (on iOS).
- Click on Accounts (on Mac) or Accounts & Passwords (on iOS).
- Click on the + button to add a new account.
- Select Other Mail Account (on Mac) or Other (on iOS).
- Enter your Hotmail email address and password.
- Select IMAP as the account type.
- Enter the following IMAP settings:
- Incoming Mail Server: imap-mail.outlook.com
- User Name: your Hotmail email address
- Password: your Hotmail password
- Click Continue to save the changes.
Method 2: Adding Hotmail account using POP
- Open Apple Mail on your Mac or iOS device.
- Go to Mail > Preferences (on Mac) or Settings > Mail (on iOS).
- Click on Accounts (on Mac) or Accounts & Passwords (on iOS).
- Click on the + button to add a new account.
- Select Other Mail Account (on Mac) or Other (on iOS).
- Enter your Hotmail email address and password.
- Select POP as the account type.
- Enter the following POP settings:
- Incoming Mail Server: pop-mail.outlook.com
- User Name: your Hotmail email address
- Password: your Hotmail password
- Click Continue to save the changes.
Note: If you're using POP, you may need to configure your Hotmail account to allow POP access. You can do this by logging into your Hotmail account, going to Settings > View all Outlook settings > Mail > POP and IMAP, and enabling POP access.
After adding your Hotmail account to Apple Mail, you should be able to access your Hotmail emails, contacts, and calendar events.