Davethehiker wrote:
I recently got sick of television and decided that I no longer wanted to watch TV. I discontinued my subscription to the Dish on my roof to direct TV. The bad news is that when I did that I also lost the connection to the Internet that LightRoom was using to send email and photos to friends.
I still have two other connections to the Internet via my ATT connection to the cell phone towers that comes over my home LAN. I can also set up a Personal Hotspot using my iPhone.
I went on YouTube looking for an explanation of how to set up LightRoom to connect to my @Gmail.com account?
They are asking me for things like STMP server and port. I have no idea what that even means??
Please help me. Thank you.
I recently got sick of television and decided that... (
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It's a real pain, but here's what I did:
Open gmail.
In your google security settings, enable 2 step verification
Create a one-time app password for Lightroom in your account
In the section Singing Into Google, pick App Password
You'll need to log into gmail and verify your password
Select app dropdown, choose other and type in Lightroom; then click "Generate"
Copy the the generated password (or write it down)
Open LR, go to menu>File>Email Photo
Go to Email Account Manager
Add the Gmail account (picked from the drop down menu)
In the Credential Settings dialog that pops up, enter your email for both email address and user name, and the gmail app password that you just generated (or wrote down)
Click on Validate to test your settings and access.
I use gmail on my laptop, phone, tablet, and Outlook linked to Gmail using IMAP on my desktop. My master contact list is in Outlook, so if I export directly from LR to Gmail, I either have to know the recipient's email or import the contact list on a regular basis to keep it current.
I find it much easier to export to my computer, open a new email, and copy/paste or drag and drop the files. When I am sharing multiple files I simply post them into DropBox's Photo folder into their own folder, then right click on the folder name to copy the link to that folder, and paste it into an email. It's clean, fast and efficient, and handles multiple files/recipients really well.