Attachments with Mail on MacOS X Solved/Closed

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Hello,
I just got a Mac and I'm using the Mail software for messaging. When I want to send an email with an attachment, it gets pasted into the message and doesn't appear as an attached file, so the recipients of the email can't use the attachment (especially the photos: it's impossible to save them)
Could you please let me know where to change the settings so that attachments appear as attached files in the email and not "pasted" into the email?

Thank you in advance for your help

Configuration: Mac OS X Safari 525.27.1

OpeNFlyer · Accepted Answer

After attaching the photo to the message, if it opens in the window, then right-click (or ctrl+click) on the photo. Among the options that appear, choose "Show as icon."

soleil91 · Answer

Good evening - ah!! this EMAIL!!
a photo attachment or not should either slip into the designated area or be handled via attach + search for the file etc. -
the recipient will logically find either to save the file or then we should be able to right-click on this image to open save as or similar
see you++++++++++++

Florent222222 · Answer

I suggest you ask your correspondent to "zip" the images.
It's not to save space, but to prevent your email client from interpreting the images in its own way, which is not always correct.

It worked for me (weird Lotus Notes client)

Florent

kephas · Answer

Hello, I have the same question, so it's not possible to send attachments through this software other than by putting them in the body of the report?

KEPHAS
All mushrooms are edible... some only once!!!

EDIT, I seem to have found it; once the file is incorporated into the message, whether it's an image or music, you just need to right-click and select "show as icon"! And there you go, normally it works.

Philippe33 · Answer

You just need to go to mail>preferences>composing>message format  Set: "Plain text" instead of "RTF format"

LOGICPROD · Answer

Hello,

To ensure that Mail inserts attachments (e.g., images) directly into the message, you need to use the Terminal.

To make this behavior the default, you will need to use the Terminal to configure the preferences. The Terminal is located in Applications > Utilities. Open Terminal and type:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes

---->

If you decide this is not what you are looking for, to restore inline attachment viewing:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool false

Restart Mail and you're back to normal.

Enjoy

OpeNFlyer · Answer

Response to jrévillon (remove attachments with Mail):
Mail is not my cup of tea, but to remove the attachments, you need to go to the "message" tab in the menu bar and choose "remove attachments".
(You can also copy the message text and save it in a text file.)

Bougieman · Answer

yep! it works!

ERK77 · Answer

Hello,

I’m bumping this post because I have a similar problem with XLS and DOC attachments.
When I send them, my correspondents are unable to open them and from what I’ve tested, the file extension is replaced by .DAT. I use Gmail for my email and am on Office 2008 with OSX 10.8.5...
Looking forward to hearing from you and happy new year...

E.K

Attachments with Mail on MacOS X

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