Setting up email notifications via Gmail

To help keep your account secure, from May 30, 2022, Google no longer supports the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password.

To setup more secure authentication follow the instructions below:

In your Google Account Click on the profile icon on the top right side (be sure that it is the correct account you want to use to configure email settings in Hard Disk Manager)

Click on the Manage your Google Account button→

Go to the Security page (from the list on the left)

On Signing in to Google tab select Enable two-step authentication.

You will be asked to log in to apply the changes.

Once two-step authentication is enabled, go back to the Security page. On the Signing in to Google tab there should now appear a new section called “App Passwords”. Select it. You will probably be asked to log in again.

Select Mail app you want to generate the app password for.

Select Windows Computer as device to generate the password for.

Click on Generate button it will give you a 16-character app password which will be shown in yellow.

Use this password when setting up E-mail settings in Hard Disk Manager instead of your regular password for logging in.

When configuring this settings you will not be prompted for 2-step verification.

Enter the generated password from Gmail here:

Be sure to Send a test email after that.