When I use the "Share" button in Photo's or Finder, email does not come up as an option. I am using gmail. When I go to "more", and try to enable mail as a share option it shows as checked but is greyed out. Sharing works great on my iPad and iPhone. Can someone help? Thanks.
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
Have you tried to make Apple Mail your default Mail reader?
With this Setting I can share photos by Mail, directly from Photos, as long as I have not too many photos selected as once. Sharing by Mail will no longer be available, when I select hundred photos or more at once.
Have you tried to make Apple Mail your default Mail reader?
With this Setting I can share photos by Mail, directly from Photos, as long as I have not too many photos selected as once. Sharing by Mail will no longer be available, when I select hundred photos or more at once.
I changed my email default from Chrome to mail, and now I have the option to share via email. Not thrilled with this as I use Gmail exclusively, and wanted the photo's to go as an attachment. Within mail, they are embedded in the note. Unless I'm doing something wrong, which is certainly possible.
You can still use a Gmail account from Mail. Just add the Gmail account to Mail's Account preferences:
Your alternative is from the Gmail client, click the attachment button, then select the images you want to send from the browser.
In the browser, click the little down arrow next to the selected photos line - then you can expand it to show the folders and albums. Alternatively export them to a temporary folder on the desktop, and add them to the email from there.
You do have a photo selected before you go to the Share button, right?
Thanks, that does work. However, I often want to send pictures from albums and when I attach photo's from the g-mail client it only presents the entire library, not the album structure. This makes specific older pictures very hard to find.
Hi dStrangeRider!
It sounds like you're unable to share photos to the Mail app using Finder or Photos, and we're happy to help. Does this work in safe mode?
How to use safe mode on your Mac
Cheers!
Dang, I’m almost SURE that wasn’t working before, but it is now. Thanks!
email not an option to share in Photo's or Finder
