Got a message

Question

Got a message

Roger Lindström 0

I am trying to log set up my calendar in my MacBook and when I try to add the Exchange account I got this message: No auth plugin to verify credentials for account of type com.apple.account.Exchange.

What do I do?

Best regards

Roger

0 comments

1 answer

Your answer

Answer 1

Gabriel-N 20,050 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello @Roger Lindström

Based on your description, I understand that you're trying to add an Exchange account to Apple Calendar on macOS. Is that correct?

Could you please clarify:

Which macOS version are you using?
Is this a Microsoft 365 work or school account, an Outlook.com account, or an Exchange account provided by another organization?
You tagged the question as Exchange Online. Could you please confirm whether the mailbox is hosted in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) or on an on-premises/third-party hosted Exchange Server? Some Exchange Server environments may have different authentication requirements and limitations.

In the meantime, you may want to try the following:

Add the account through System Settings:

Close the Calendar app completely.
Open System Settings (or System Preferences on older macOS versions).
Click Add Account > Choose from the list > select Microsoft Exchange > when the account sign-in window appears, enter the email address again, verify the correct account type is selected, and then choose Sign In.

If there is a corrupted or outdated credential stored on your Mac, it may prevent the account from being added successfully:

Press Cmd + Space to open Spotlight.
Type Keychain Access and press Enter.
In the search box, search for Exchange or the affected email address.
Delete any related saved credentials.
Restart your Mac and try adding the account again.

To provide some additional background, you may find these Apple articles helpful:

Note: This information is provided as a convenience to you. These sites are not controlled by Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. Please ensure that you fully understand the risks before using any suggestions from the above link.

Please let me know the answers to the questions above, along with the exact macOS version and any screenshot would be help me better understand the issue.

Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

Roger Lindström 0 Reputation points

2026-07-10T12:16:47.4766667+00:00
Hello,

Thank you for your response and for the troubleshooting suggestions.

Unfortunately, none of the proposed steps have resolved the issue. I have tried adding the account through System Settings, removing any related credentials from Keychain Access, and restarting my Mac, but the problem persists.

To answer your questions:

The account is a Microsoft 365 work account.

The mailbox is hosted in Exchange Online (Microsoft 365).

My computer is a MacBook Pro 2019.

I am running macOS Sequoia version 15.7.8.

Please let me know if there are any additional troubleshooting steps I can try. I would be happy to provide screenshots or any further information that may help diagnose the issue.

Thank you again for your assistance.

Kind regards, Roger Lindström
Roger Lindström 0 Reputation points

2026-07-10T12:19:52.6933333+00:00
Roger Lindström 0 Reputation points

2026-07-10T12:20:41.77+00:00

Everything worked fine two days ago.
Gabriel-N 20,050 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-07-10T13:34:52.41+00:00
Based on my research, macOS 15.7.8 appears to be a preview or unreleased build, as Apple's official release information currently lists macOS Sequoia 15.7.7 as the latest public version @Roger Lindström .

If this issue started immediately after updating to 15.7.8, the update itself might be a contributing factor.

Another thing to check is whether Safari is set as your default browser. In some cases, Exchange account authentication on macOS relies on Safari and its associated authentication components. Also, make sure Safari is fully updated along with the macOS version you are running.

You may also try restarting the Exchange synchronization service:

Close Outlook, Mail, and Calendar.

Open Activity Monitor.

Search for and force quit the process named exchangesyncd.

Relaunch the Calendar app and wait a few minutes for synchronization to restart.

Since this is a work account, have you contacted your IT administrator to see whether any changes were recently made on the organization's side? For example:

New Conditional Access policies may have been deployed.

Your Microsoft Entra ID administrator may need to approve Apple Internet Accounts as an authorized application. If this permission is not granted at the tenant level, the authentication process may fail unexpectedly or the Exchange authentication plugin may not function correctly.

If none of the above resolves the issue, you may want to consider upgrading to macOS Tahoe. In my testing, I was able to add an Exchange account successfully on that version.

Alternatively, you can use Outlook for Mac or access your mailbox through Outlook on the web. Since these are official Microsoft clients, they do not rely on the same macOS system-level Exchange authentication components and may help you avoid the issue altogether.

Let me know the outcome of these checks.
Nicolas B 0 Reputation points

2026-07-11T23:10:48.82+00:00

Hello everyone, I’ve also been having this issue since the latest macOS Sequoia update (15.7.8) on MacBook Air M2. It’s likely due to macOS?
Gabriel-N 20,050 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-07-12T13:26:43.2233333+00:00

To be honest, that was just my assumption @Nicolas B Have you tried the steps I mentioned earlier? I'm not sure about Robert's status either, as I haven't seen any updates from him.

Hi @Roger Lindström if you have any updates regarding your case, please let us know. Your feedback may help others who are experiencing the same issue.