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I have several Google accounts set up in System Preferences > Internet Accounts on macOS 10.14.5. The Google accounts have two-factor authentication. I'm able to log in the accounts via a Safari window, and then use them with Mail and Calendar without problems.

Until my Mac sleeps. On wake, it demands that I log the accounts in again, requiring several rounds of password and two-factor authentication.

I have tried using Google's app-specific passwords, but they aren't accepted at the login prompt that pops up from System Preferences > Internet Accounts.

Is there a method to keep macOS logged in indefinitely?

Note: This does not appear to have the same cause as Can't login with Google using Internet Accounts — the answers there did not solve the problem for me.

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    Possible duplicate of Can't login with Google using Internet Accounts
    – fsb
    Commented Jun 5, 2019 at 18:13
  • That problem doesn't have the same symptoms but I'll try the various solutions mentioned there and make an edit.
    – rptb1
    Commented Jun 5, 2019 at 18:20
  • Unfortunately, none of those solutions affect this problem in my case, so this isn't obviously a duplicate.
    – rptb1
    Commented Jul 11, 2019 at 19:17
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    Ok, it would be good to edit your question to indicate you tried the solutions in that question and they didn't work. That way everyone will know it's not a dup (comments can be deleted).
    – fsb
    Commented Jul 11, 2019 at 20:52
  • Mail app loses username-password for google apps account has/had an bounty with no answers yet. @fsb ping.
    – anki
    Commented Jul 12, 2019 at 20:18

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If, like me, you have that problem, you might want to check that googleapis.com and other google domains aren't blocked by a firewall (if you are using little snitch, double check that accountsd can access google apis.

Once I allowed accountsd outgoing internet access to googleapis.com, as shown in the attached screenshot, the mac no longer complained when woken up from sleep that I needed to enter my password for my GSuite account.like that screenshot

If that doesn't work, you can maybe look for a DNS server or a host file that would block the googleapis aswell.

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  • Thanks. This did look likely, but I only have the system firewall enabled and could not find any rule blocking accountsd. Since I solved the problem another way apple.stackexchange.com/a/376882/158980 I haven't experimented with disabling the firewall altogether.
    – rptb1
    Commented Dec 6, 2019 at 11:31
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I solved this problem by deleting my Google accounts in System Prefrences and replacing them with generic IMAP mail and CalDAV calendar accounts using Google's generated app passwords. These do not expire except when I ask them to on Google's site.

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