When sending pictures by email the people receive blurry pictures. When I send them by iMessage or Airdrop them they are perfectly in focus.
Am I doing something wrong when emailing them?
Using iPhone 15 iOS 17.1.1
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iPhone 15
i dont use the apple mail app but in general my experience with email has been that photos are typically compressed. Due to the higher quality of modern cameras, photo file sizes have grown. Email isn't the most effective platform for sending large files, resulting in compression and a subsequent loss of quality—manifesting as the blurriness.
if your photos are backed up to iCloud, you can select them, then click the ‘share' option, lastly click ‘copy icloud link.' This will generate a link for you to include in the email. Recipients can simply click the link to access the images you selected in their original, full quality.
Alternatively, if iCloud isn't available, you can upload the photos to Google Drive or Dropbox and share the link in a similar manner. This provides a reliable way to share large files without compromising image quality
i dont use the apple mail app but in general my experience with email has been that photos are typically compressed. Due to the higher quality of modern cameras, photo file sizes have grown. Email isn't the most effective platform for sending large files, resulting in compression and a subsequent loss of quality—manifesting as the blurriness.
if your photos are backed up to iCloud, you can select them, then click the ‘share' option, lastly click ‘copy icloud link.' This will generate a link for you to include in the email. Recipients can simply click the link to access the images you selected in their original, full quality.
Alternatively, if iCloud isn't available, you can upload the photos to Google Drive or Dropbox and share the link in a similar manner. This provides a reliable way to share large files without compromising image quality
I am sorry to hear that you can’t send images via email without them getting blurry.
If you are sending iPhone to iPhone, please follow these steps:
1) Open your Settings app on your iPhone.
2) Tap General.
3) Tap Software Update.
4) If there is an available update for your iPhone, tap Install Now.
5) Plug your iPhone into power (cable or wireless) and wait for it to show your Lock Screen.
6) Log into your iPhone.
7) Open your Mail app.
8) Send a Test Email with a Photo to your other email address (if you have one).
If you do not have 2 or more email addresses, try sending your test email to one of your friend/family member’s email address.
If these steps did not work for you, please reply to me.
If there is no software update, please try restarting your device.
QuincyMiller, thank you very much. I totally forgot about that ‘copy icloud link’, I had only used it once or twice a while ago.
I just tested your suggestion, and it worked perfectly. The picture I sent came in very clear. Problem solved.
I have this problem but they are photos I took with my DSL camera and have uploaded onto my computer and then trying to share. It is super annoying because they are sports photos they also have a black line on teh top and bottom of the photos. How can I share them to others and also get rid of that black.
I did all that, same situation occurs.
I neglected to mention that when someone emails me a photo it is also blurry, but when it is air dropped the photo is fine.
Hmm… do you have any other Apple devices? (E.G: iPad, Apple Watch, iMac, MacBook)
I have an iPad updated to iPad OS 17.1.2 and an Apple watch 8 OS 10.1.1.
I’m glad that you got your situation sorted out. Let’s hope that this doesn’t happen again :)
When sending pictures via iPhone email they get blurry
