By default when I paste a URL into an email it uses the 'preview' style link which contains the open graph info. I just want plain links by default, but can't see where to set that behavior and don't see any reference to this issue online?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0
In Sonoma there's a setting for this, which I turned off as soon as I saw it.
I understand the thought behind this behavior, but nevertheless I don't like it. Maybe I'm old, but it's extremely disturbing to not just see the url, and I guess that all of us in this thread feel the same way.
The URL is an easy way to identify scam websites found in phishing emails. Hiding the URL makes it more likely that people are fooled into clicking fake links. The feature, at least in its current form, is not helpful.
Thanks for sharing how to disable it.
mtill wrote:
Actually they do read this because I posted a comment they didn't like and they removed and sent me an email telling me they removed it.
Different people. None of the people reading this for moderation are software engineers.
djvan wrote:
The URL is an easy way to identify scam websites found in phishing emails.
Please tell me that you don't think is reliable method. (It's beyond simple to write out a URL as https://apple.com that is actually linked to https://hackers .ru) Try this search on Google https://google.com/?search=special
mtill wrote:
Actually they do read this because I posted a comment they didn't like and they removed and sent me an email telling me they removed it.
As Barney-15E noted, the people who remove posts that violate the terms of use are not software developers or engineers. They are people who have their hands full just making sure people obey the rules. They do not also have time to read posts for suggestions, figure out who to send them to and then do that. But, if you don't care whether your feedback gets read, neither do I.
And they are not deleting comments "they don't like". They are deleting comments that violate the terms of use.
Im trying to find out how to deactivate the mac mail behaviour of turning my url link into a massive icon that fills a big portion of the page within my email message. I don't want to have to go to the triangle and select 'convert to plain link' every time. It's so counter productive. Is there a way to turn it off permanently?
Is there another free alternative to Mac mail? I feel mac mail has been ruined. Like I use to be able to drag and drop an attachment from the email to my desktop, but now it turns it into a ".inetlock" file, so frustrating. so counterproductive.
I really want the same thing, is there really no way to get back plain link as default behaviour???
Adding my voice to the chorus. I constantly paste in links and can't stand the pre-formatting, and clicking the triangle every time gets old. Please apple add a setting to turn that off.
Possible workaround: type a space before copying in the link. Seems to work consistently.
to get Apple to listen all interested should provide feedback on Mac OS Mail:
hopefully they will listen.
Precedent indicates they will not care…
post your product feedback to
maybe someone will eventually listen.
For everyone adding their frustration to this thread, please remember to submit feedback here: Feedback - Mail - Apple
Apple is probably NOT monitoring this self-help thread.
DemosWatch wrote:
Yes! I'm frustrated with the added keystrokes. Why not make it an option in Mail?
Make sure you tell Apple what you'd like to see:
Andreas Carlsson wrote:
Just logging in to say that I also don't like the automatic preview!
You might want to tell Apple that:
macOS Sonoma 14.0 solution:
Change Apple Mail link default to plain link
