Email photo as attachment, not embedded, in iOS 14

I finally found a solution which is easy as I am using FASTMAIL:

1- go in the FASTMAIL App

2- Initiate a new Mail

3- Click on ATTACH

4- Click on UPLOAD FILES

5- Click on PHOTO LIBRARY

6- Select the photos you want to send

7- Confirm

8- Send

(Photos are coming in .speg format)

I think this will probably be the same process with another Mail provider.

"Since Steve Jobs passed away, Apple Breakthrough Innovations are no longer proposed and Customer Satisfaction is apparently not more in the center of focus! They will have to fix that, but it's very difficult now I guess!" (My personal opinion only of course!)

Hi,

I am not comparing FASTMAIL and Apple Mail here, only the simplicity of the Apps: with Fastmail, when writing a mail, you can directly attach a picture from your Photo Library and that's done! The guy who will receive this email will receive a .jpg File, that's it.

On the other Side, with Apple Mail, it's not possible!! When writing a mail (from your iPhone), you do not have a button giving you the possibility to attach files or photos or whatever you want .... just a fact! So, even if it exist a possibility (available for Nerds), one should accept at least the fact that it is not user friendly at best!

Moreover, when I read that turnaround solutions consist in saving a photo and then, taking it as an attachement (How?) to send it?? Is that a solution? Are you serious? And if I need to send for example 5 or 6 photos, do i need to repeat this process?

Apple used to offer those straight foreward and simple actions in the past, but it is simply not more the case. Apple was the mostinnovative, by far, but this time is already since long time over as numerous other companies equal or surpass this company now ..... That's a bit of a pity to my opinion regarding the past success of Apple ....

Ok, I see it now! But that option is only visible when your cursor is in the body of the mail what makes it a bit confusing at first! But works perfectly with photos to be sent as an attachment. Only point is that it's a .png in my case, but I have probably the possibility to change that into .jpg or .jpeg. I must look in the settings ....

Thanks for the tip!

Unable to open jpeg on my iPhone iOS 15.1 using aol app. I can open them on my pc browser and iPhone mail . iPhone mail has other issues so I’d rather not use it. I’ve tried to remove and reinstall aol app and hard reboot of iPhone . That worked before but no longer does the trick.

Save a small text document in files, when you want to send

photos as attachments select the small text file under files first then select

your photos they will send as attachments and the text file can just be

disregarded by the recipient. Workaround but it works and only takes a second

to do...

Kajin911 wrote:

Save a small text document in files, when you want to send

photos as attachments select the small text file under files first then select

your photos they will send as attachments and the text file can just be

disregarded by the recipient. Workaround but it works and only takes a second

to do...

This doesn’t actually change the fact that photos are sent as attachments—as they always are—but does make a change in the optional “features” of said attachments.

The change in these optional features may have unduly significant affects upon non-standards compliant email clients.

Yes, Kajin911.

This doesn’t actually change the fact that photos are sent as attachments—as they always are—but does make a change in the optional “features” of said attachments.

The change in these optional features may have unduly significant affects upon non-standards compliant email clients (i.e. Microsoft Outlook and its derivatives).

Maybe and if and when you get a better solution I'm all ears but this works for now and is easy to do. I'm not real happy that I cannot send a photo as an email attachment simply by selecting it on my $1500 phone but after being on a call for hours with Apple support it is clear to me an actual fix isn't coming anytime soon. So choices are use the work around or buy an android (they work like they should) I choose to keep my iPhone because it's what I'm comfortable with. Sort of like driving a Chevy for 20 years I'm not changing to a ford, I know where all my gadgets and gizmos are on the Chevy -even in the dark.

Apple please fix this!

At Steve Jobs Time, Apple was an Innovation Company, focused on its Customers.

The actual CEO transformed Apple into a Bank, and a bank is wether known for innovation, nor for paying attention to its customers….……

… and the result is tons of messages like yours! Apple will not move, never!

Exactly. I am very frustrated. Because when I get these photos on my work computer in Outlook they force me to print the email instead of the photo. I have to right click on the photo, copy and paste in a word document to print or save as a jpeg to the pictures folder. Ridiculous! Trying to run a business and have always loved my iphone, but they are losing their competence and relevance to the everyday person and different situations. Even Siri has become dumber. I miss Steve Jobs!

Chapuis wrote:

….……

… and the result is tons of messages like yours! Apple will not move, never!

See, first, my response to hilyshaf’s comment.

Since the problem is with third party email clients with demonstrably questionable standards compliance, it is not up to Apple to attempt to make up for the failings of such.

TarHeelTech wrote:

I wish Apple developers would take the definitive test. Maybe this will be fixed in iOS 15.3

Actually, TarHeelTech, I, and others, have, indeed, performed the Definitive Test, which I have expressed, many times.

All who have tried the Definitive Test have, indeed, verified that Apple’s emails are completely standard’s compliant.

Unfortunately, there exists a very tiny subset of email clients (consisting [almost] exclusively of a single email client, and its derivatives, from a single [non-Apple] company)—which, incidentally, has seen no substantive upgrades in over a Decade!

jonikent wrote:

I have the same problem. I can’t submit photos for insurance claim because they won’t accept embedded photos.

There simply is no such thing as «embedded photos».

The closest thing are attached photos (everything, with the exception of the Subject line and some body text, are attachments, in emails) that are formatted inline with body text.

Unfortunately, there exists a very tiny subset of email clients (consisting [almost] exclusively of a single email client, and its derivatives, from a single [non-Apple] company)—which, incidentally, has seen no substantive upgrades in over a Decade—which prevents bulk attachment processing, under some standards compliant conditions, contrary to standards conformance expectations!

There can never be any fault associated with standards compliance!

However, old, non-up-to-date clients can, and often do, have issues with standards compliant emails due to the failings of such email clients! Such has been found to be the case with a very tiny subset of email clients (consisting [almost] exclusively of a single email client, and its derivatives, from a single [non-Apple] company)—which, incidentally, has seen no substantive upgrades in over a Decade!

Unfortunately, you appear to be held as a victim of someone (some company?) using such non-standards compliant software (from a certain [non-Apple] software company). I’m sorry for your plight.

dieter444 wrote:

My suggestion is to stop using the Apple mail app. I switched to the gmail app and I have a choice. I can send my photos as attachments or embedded. Much better answer to this ridiculous dilemma

There simply is no such thing as «embedded» photos.

The closest thing are attached photos (everything, with the exception of the Subject line and some body text, are attachments, in emails) that are formatted inline with body text.

Unfortunately, there exists a very tiny subset of email clients (consisting [almost] exclusively of a single email client, and its derivatives, from a single [non-Apple] company)—which, incidentally, has seen no substantive upgrades in over a Decade—which prevents bulk attachment processing, under some standards compliant conditions, contrary to standards conformance expectations!

There can never be any fault associated with standards compliance!

However, old, non-up-to-date clients can, and often do, have issues with standards compliant emails due to the failings of such email clients! Such has been found to be the case with a very tiny subset of email clients (consisting [almost] exclusively of a single email client, and its derivatives, from a single [non-Apple] company)—which, incidentally, has seen no substantive upgrades in over a Decade!

JaQuayB wrote:

1. I wasn’t sure if this has been answered but I think I accidentally found a solution.

Click on the attachment button at the top of my email.

2. Add the picture(s) and then if you quickly click on the picture once, it gives you the option to Send as Attachment or remove.

3. Click on Send as Attachment and it’ll attach to the email as it should.

**I included some pictures below.**…

Is that using Apple’s Mail App?

Regardless, all that has actually changed is the Formatting of the Photo (or Photos) within the email: actually, only a change in a Formatting directive (a single word in the attachment text).

However, if this trivial change in Formatting helps non-standards compliant email clients to work better, for you, in dealing with these attached Photos (since they are attached, in either case, since only a Formatting directive has changed), then all is good, it would appear.