Email photo as attachment, not embedded, in iOS 14

Okay mate

Don’t bother. Apple always knows best. Lol. End user doesn’t matter

I hope you are not thinking that anyone, here, is speaking for Apple, konrad138.

I have this same issue. I want to transfer the files not embed them. Please provide the flexibility to do both.

Would it be too much to ask Apple to speak to Microsoft?

Ahenobarbus wrote:

My workaround is to first save the photo to files, and then attach it.

You have to start from the photos app., click on the image you want to send, then select the share icon (box with arrow pointing up) at bottom left. scroll down to tap "Save to Files," select the destination folder, and click "Save" at top right.

Then go into the mail app. and start your email. Tap in the body of the email to bring up the menu, and scroll right to select "Add Document". Navigate to the location with in Files where you saved your photo and click on it. It will attach to the email.

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If the email, received and read by an Outlook (or its derivatives) email client, is now properly treated by that email client, then it would be interesting to look at the attachment structure of the received email, to see how it differs from the default method of creating the same email, using Apple Mail.

This would provide a good clue as to what Outlook is doing wrong (not properly recognizing) with the email created using the default method.

To test this, simply perform the definitive test found in my comment at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251807601?answerId=254806789022#254806789022.

I would love to see the results!

Thanks. That works!

This worked! Thank you so much for the steps. I was able to send an email, as an attachment, to another email address and it was in great quality. Many thanks!

Chapuis:

Apple Mail has no difficulty attaching (including, whatever one may wish to call it) photos from your Photos library.

Perhaps you have some option turned off, on your iPhone?

Did you ever get an answer? Apple, I'm incredibly frustrated as a designer who depends on quickly sending pics to clients; I desperately need them to be sent as attachments, NOT embedded.

perfect. Great solution. Thanks!

This worked for me...thank-you!

A small text file does the same thing..

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

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