How to add a hotmail account to apple mail
To add a Hotmail account to Apple Mail on your Mac or iOS device, follow these steps:
Method 1: Add 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 + (plus sign) 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 (on Mac) or Next (on iOS).
- Enter the following SMTP settings:
- Outgoing Mail Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com
- User Name: your Hotmail email address
- Password: your Hotmail password
- Click Create (on Mac) or Save (on iOS).
Method 2: Add 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 + (plus sign) 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 (on Mac) or Next (on iOS).
- Enter the following SMTP settings:
- Outgoing Mail Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com
- User Name: your Hotmail email address
- Password: your Hotmail password
- Click Create (on Mac) or Save (on iOS).
Note: If you're using POP, your emails will be downloaded to your device and deleted from the server. If you want to keep a copy of your emails on the server, use IMAP instead.
After adding your Hotmail account to Apple Mail, you should be able to access your emails, contacts, and calendar events.