If you read and write all of your emails in Gmail, consider setting Gmail as default email service.Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 can all be set up to use Gmail as the default, whether you use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge as your default web browser.
A few operating systems ago, there was an excellent Terminal command that would let you disable inline attachments in Mail. What are inline attachments? Well, as you may have noticed, when you insert an image or a single-page PDF, the item plops itself right in the body of your email.
That’s kind of cool, but it’s frustrating and weird for a lot of people. And by “a lot of people,” I mean me. I like being able to drag my attachments around as icons, and while I know you can change a single attachment by right-clicking on it…
…that’s just not convenient to do all of the time. Luckily, the command that disables this feature is working again in El Capitan, so let’s rejoice and check it out! To do so, open the Terminal program (it’s within Applications > Utilities) and copy and paste the following text into its window:
Press Return, and then instead of your attachments looking like they do in my first screenshot, they’ll all be icons, like this:
I just find things so much easier to manage that way!
If you decide you don’t like this setup, you can reverse the command by changing the last word:
And that’s all there is to it.
One more thing—be aware that if you change this on your own machine, it won’t necessarily affect how your recipients see things. For example, I put images and a PDF into an email as shown in the screenshot below:
And this is how it showed up on the other end:
So this command is solely for your own email-attachment happiness. That’s enough for me, though!
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Mail User Guide
There are various ways to work with attachments in email messages you receive.
View email attachments
Some attachments—like images or one-page PDF documents—are displayed directly in the message. If you’d rather view the attachment as an icon, Control-click it, then choose View as Icon from the shortcut menu. To display the attachment again, Control-click it, then choose View in Place.
Save email attachments
Email attachments are saved in the Downloads folder, available in the Dock. To specify a different location, choose Mail > Preferences, click General, then select a folder.
How To Open Attachments In GmailDelete email attachments
When you delete a message that includes an attachment, the attachment is deleted too. To change this setting, choose Mail > Preferences, click General, click the “Remove unedited downloads” pop-up menu, then choose an option. Mail doesn’t delete attachments that you have saved.
Default Apps For Gmail Attachments Mac Os
Mail automatically downloads attachments you receive based on the download option you set in Account Information preferences in Mail.
If you send or forward images or PDF documents you receive to other people, you can mark up the attachments with comments, drawings, or a signature before you send them.
Gmail Attachment Settings
See alsoAdd attachments to emails in Mail on MacDelete emails in Mail on Mac
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