Lightroom Classic not validating Apple Mail / Gmail?
I thought I would post this in case anyone else had the same problem with the Email photo function in Lightroom Classic. I have 2 email - addresses - one Gmail and one Apple. Neither worked. For the Gmail account instead of your regular password, you need to generate an app specific password for Lightroom. This is done from the privacy and security settings within Gmail - use the search bar in Gmail to search for “App password”. To get the Apple mail to work you need to change two settings on your Mac to give access permissions to Lightroom Classic. Firstly Lightroom Classic needs “Full Disk Access” - this can be granted in the Privacy and Security settings sections of your Mac. Secondly you need to grant Lightroom permission to utilize your Apple Mail in the “Automation” settings on your Mac. Once done, the “Email photo” function worked perfectly. Hopefully this helps someone as I wasted a lot of time reading “fixes” that weren’t fixes but workarounds!
Posted Jul 17, 2025, 8:47 AM UTC