Attaching PDF so it shows as an icon only, not the full document
How do you attach a PDF in email so that only the icon shows, not the document?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.2
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One-page attached PDFs by default show the full page, and by right-clicking on it, you can select Icon View to fix that.
With Mail quit, and by launching the Terminal command-line one can cause single-page PDFs to attach as icons. There is no guarantee how long this will continue to work with Apple Mail in future releases of the operating system.
defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes
Change the yes to no or false to reverse it.
You can always click once on the attached PDF and press the space bar to view it in Quick Look.
Tested: Ventura 13.4