How do I import a photo attachment from Mail?

That's not a feature of Aperture. You might be able to construct something with Automator.

Regards

TD

You can also drag an image file attachment directly from Mail into an Aperture Project. If you want to drag more than one, click the disclosure triangle in the preview pane's message header and select them first.

As with all OS X programs, you can drag to the Dock, where hovering over a Dock icon will bring that program to the front.

Ausexpat;

sounds like you are talking about contextual-clicking on a photo attachment and you see limited options, including Export to iPhoto, but years after its introduction, Aperture is inexplicably absent from that contextual menu!

One solution I've just set up for myself for the same issue is to create a process for handling the attachments:

1) set up a new Project in Aperture called "imported from Mail"

2) Open Automator, and from the intro screen, click Application, then the Choose button

3) Click Photos in the Library in the far left pane

4) Drag Import Photos from the middle pane to the pane on the right

5) from the Choose Project pop-up menu, select the Project you created in step one

6) Save this Automator Application somewhere you will be able to find it

7) in Mail, select the photo(s) you want in Aperture, select Open With > Other... and choose the Application you created in step 6, then enjoy as you glide over to Aperture and see the photo in the Project!

Once you've set up the Application, it's a quick contextual (or "right-") click, Open Withe Other... click and you're done.

Good luck!

The following Automator Action will be advisable in mail as a service it will get all the attachments from the current (or selected) messages and import them into Aperture:

You can modify the Aperure parameters to suit your needs.

I need a thumbs-up icon 😉 . Very glad to see this presented as a service. Thanks.

This shows in Mail's Services menu, but I can't get it to show in the context-sensitive menu. I've tried re-setting it via "System Prefs→Keyboard", but still not there. Any ideas?

Screenshot:

Thanks Frank.

I just created and used this task.

Starting with Snow Leopard adding items to the contexual menu stopped being supported. While some apps still do it (dropbox for one) it takes a buch of back stage finagling thats not possible with a service.

Remember you can always assign a key combination to a service See System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts and the select Services.

One thing you may want to change, in the automator block Import Photos if you check the box Show this action when workflow runs this box will open before the mail attachment is imported:

This will allow you to select the project to import into or create a new project.

I'm not really sure how that Import by Reference checkbox works, never tried it. Also the same for the Delete checkbox. If you set either of those two make sure you try it out first before doing anything real.

I'm not really sure how that Import by Reference checkbox works, never tried it.

I tried that previously and cannot really recommend it, because you have no control over where the referenced master will be stored.

My master image files that I imported by "Import by Reference" all showed up in the "Downloads" folder, not a very safe place. You would have to relocate it immediately after import.

Léonie

I set it up this way: (screenshot)

• I used Downloads folder because I _don't_ want this to interfere with the default Mail Attachments folder.
• I created the Project "_Mail Attachments". The underscore forces to the top of an alphabetized list (e.g.: the Library tab of the Inspector).
• "Delete the Source Image ... " works, but it shows as unchecked if you open the Service in Automator again.
• I second Léonie's advice: much better to leave "Import by Reference" unchecked and relocate after importing.

If you set the action this way but still check the Show action box these will be filled in for you when the action opens.

You can make changes if you wish or else just hit return to use these.

Thanks to y'all who have added to this topic today, some good tips! I had experimented at making this a Service, but of course was not savvy enough to put in the two Mail actions first. I'm going to try adding a keyboard shortcut next. Well Done!