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Q: Why do the attachments I'm trying to send open in the body of my email rather than as an attachment icon?

I'm having trouble with attachments. When I select a document to attach, in either Word (doc) or pdf, sometimes the whole file opens in the body of the document, instead of just appearing as an attachment icon.  I can't figure out why this only happens sometimes...seems to happen more with documents I've scanned in and saved as either Word or PDF files - what might I be doing wrong?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Apr 25, 2013 11:02 PM

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Q: Why do the attachments I'm trying to send open in the body of my email rather than as an attachment icon?

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  • by MrSampson,

    MrSampson MrSampson May 17, 2015 7:26 PM in response to BDAqua
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    May 17, 2015 7:26 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hi,

         I am having the same issue.  When I open terminal, do I have to do any command before I input that line or any command after I input that line?  Thank you so much!

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua May 17, 2015 9:32 PM in response to MrSampson
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    May 17, 2015 9:32 PM in response to MrSampson

    Long thread, which command exactly?

     

    Generally you just hit enter after pasting it in, but if it starts with sudu, you'll be prompted for an a din PW, which won't be echoed as you type it, then hit enter.

  • by sjs17815,

    sjs17815 sjs17815 May 25, 2015 10:49 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio
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    May 25, 2015 10:49 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

    Alberto,

    How do I disable the "defaultwritecom.apple.mail.DisableInlineAttachment"?

     

    After I did that, my signature became an icon.  I want my attachments as icons but not my signature.  Is that possible?

     

    I look forward to your earliest reply.  Sincerely, Sue Shibley

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua May 25, 2015 11:03 AM in response to sjs17815
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    May 25, 2015 11:03 AM in response to sjs17815

    After quitting Mail...

     

    defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool no

  • by improvgoose,

    improvgoose improvgoose Jun 17, 2015 10:55 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio
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    Jun 17, 2015 10:55 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

    THANK YOU!!

    You saved me from throwing my new iMac out the window

     

    Antidefenestration!

  • by tfahmy666,

    tfahmy666 tfahmy666 Jun 30, 2015 1:40 AM in response to gengail
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    Jun 30, 2015 1:40 AM in response to gengail

    i open Terminal window, enter this command but once closed, the command is lost and same problem with gmail occurs

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 30, 2015 9:52 AM in response to tfahmy666
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    Jun 30, 2015 9:52 AM in response to tfahmy666

    Did you quit Mail before trying the command?

  • by tfahmy666,

    tfahmy666 tfahmy666 Jun 30, 2015 10:00 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jun 30, 2015 10:00 AM in response to BDAqua

    I quit mail

    how do i insert this command into Terminal? do i enter in a new line? how to go to a new line? how to save Terminal with this new command?

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jun 30, 2015 10:29 AM in response to tfahmy666
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    Jun 30, 2015 10:29 AM in response to tfahmy666

    Which command exactly? Awfully long thread here.

     

    Normally you just copy the command & paste it into Terminal at the prompt,possibly needing to hit enter afterwords.

  • by EAGNY,

    EAGNY EAGNY Jul 6, 2015 6:15 PM in response to Alberto Ravasio
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    Jul 6, 2015 6:15 PM in response to Alberto Ravasio

    Good God. This saved me hurdles. Thank you!

  • by Mango2005,

    Mango2005 Mango2005 Jul 19, 2015 8:04 PM in response to Alberto Ravasio
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    Jul 19, 2015 8:04 PM in response to Alberto Ravasio

    This is great, but for novices you need to provide more information.  I opened Terminal and freaked out, as it made me feel as if I were in the Registry on a PC.  Do you just need to start typing?  Any need for a return? (I hit return once and it just copied the line above into the second line, which also freaked me out).

    Provide every single step please.

  • by martin from,

    martin from martin from Jul 20, 2015 8:42 AM in response to Mango2005
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    Jul 20, 2015 8:42 AM in response to Mango2005

    Hi Mango2005

     

    If you copy the instruction line to Terminal by Alberto (without the 01. and paste it into Terminal after you open it, just after the bit that says Admins with a small grey upright rectangle, and then hit return, that should do it.

  • by martin from,

    martin from martin from Jul 20, 2015 9:22 AM in response to martin from
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    Jul 20, 2015 9:22 AM in response to martin from

    Hi Mango2005

     

    The edit timed out beore I finished editing last post. Here it is in full:

     

    Hi Mango2005

     

    If you copy the instruction line to Terminal by Alberto (without the 01. and paste it into Terminal after you open it, just after the bit that says Admins with a small grey upright rectangle, and then hit return, that should do it if his post is correct.

     

    Info from Albert's post below without the 01.

     

    If you want to permanently show the attachments as icons, close Apple Mail, open Terminal and issue the following command

     

     

     

    defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes 

     

     

    Here's a slightly different version with a resetting instruction to revert if you need to. I cannot verify any of this but these are the instructions:

    To implement this tweak:

    1.   Start a new Terminal session (in Finder click Applications > Utilities > Terminal).
    2.   To enable this setting, type (or copy and paste) the following command:

                     defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -boolean true

             3.     To reset this setting to the default value, type (or copy and paste) the following command:

                     defaults delete com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing

             4.    To activate this tweak please close all instances of Mail, or wait until the next reboot.

             5.     Close the Terminal session by typing exit at the prompt

  • by sbstrum,

    sbstrum sbstrum Aug 7, 2015 7:30 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio
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    Aug 7, 2015 7:30 AM in response to Alberto Ravasio

    The terminal command does indeed do the trick and I agree that Apple should have this as a Preference.

    Of interest is that the person receiving the email with the icon still gets it as an opened file and even the sender's SENT email shows that what was sent as an icon during composition of the email now shows the opened file.

     

    Another item that Apple should be addressing besides a growing number of issues that would make for a true upgrade in the OS rather than a major annoyance and waste of time and money. 

  • by Ellie+Mae,

    Ellie+Mae Ellie+Mae Aug 18, 2015 4:13 PM in response to gengail
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    Aug 18, 2015 4:13 PM in response to gengail

    This was helpful in solving my attachment issue but now the graphic in my signature appears as an icon. Who can help me stop the madness.....

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