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What to do when you can’t use Photos to post pictures to Facebook

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<p>Photos for macOS has several built-in options to link into photo sharing and social networking sites, including Flickr and Facebook. There’s a plug-in architecture that allows third parties to add more. However, when the built-in ones fail, it’s hard to know who to point to for help.</p><p>Macworld reader J.M. wrote in with a problem that just started happened at the end of May. When trying to upload a picture via macOS Photos to Facebook, an error notification appears:</p>

<p>Facebook Password Required. Enter your password for “account name” in Internet Accounts.</p>

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<p>A new account validation bug seems to prevent Mac users from uploading images to Facebook via Photos.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3278270/social-media/what-to-do-when-you-cant-use-photos-to-post-pictures-to-facebook.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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