How to attach files to a reply email

Business users need to attach documents to reply emails, period. We also need to reply to all attendees on a calendar item without creating a new e-mail. Unbelievable that Apple has not addressed this while opting for marketing gimmicks like Siri. I will move myself and my entire company to Android if this and other business features are not addressed in the next major release.

There is a solution in iOS 10, though it may have been there before.

If you do a long tap in the email body, a number of options are available including "Insert Photo or Video" and "Add Attachment":

By default, selecting "Add Attachment" appears to offer the option to import from Numbers or Pages, however if you look at the top of the dialog box you will see it is actually showing you your iCloud Drive:

Consequently, if you save to your iCloud Drive the file you want to attach then you can navigate to and select it from within this dialog box.

Further, if you tap on Locations in the top left of the dialog box you will discover that, depending on the apps you have installed, you can also navigate within, for example, Dropbox, FileBrowser, One Drive, Google Drive:

Hope that helps.

I know this is a very old email so I am not sure if you have resolved the problem yet or not. However I was after the same thing and I worked out how to do it.

So basically once you click on reply hold down on the screen where you would type so that all those 'cut' 'paste' icons come up and click right on there to get to the end of the icon list and you should find th icon 'Add attachment'.

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hope this helps.

And for those you want to know how to attach multiple docs and photos you simply hold down to select the photo, video or and other attachment icons to add as many multiple attachments as the email can take :)

Hi, For any of you who have been looking for ways to attach files when replying or forwarding a mail. There is a new App available - Called "Email Reply". https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id780069308?mt=8 It is pretty basic, but it supports POP and IMAP and major email accounts such as Google mail, Yahoo mail, Microsoft Hotmail, iCloud mails etc. For you company accounts, as long as you know your POP and IMAP settings, then it would work for you. I tried attach several files in a email reply, and it worked just what many of you wished a iPad could do. Another nice thing is that you could open multiple email accounts at once or open multiple attached files at once in a browser like user interface. And it supports cloud, Wifi, Open in as well, so you could get files in and out easily. I am a small business owner, it works for me well. I could manage all my email accounts in this App. I have a sense that this App would evolve over time.

Great advice. Let's put the frustration in the feedback black hole where it can be ignored for another two years rather than the public forum. What arrogance. I've been a Apple customer since the operating system came on a floppy; personally spent 100K on Apple products, and you're going to lecture me on how to make my case in an auto reply based on keywords. Forget the threat. I'm done.

Attaching a document to the reply email is a must needed feature for smart phone. I could not find this feature in iphone. Please let me know if there is any way to attach the document to the reply email without copy pasting the entire email.

Thanks...

Please direct your frustration with the lack of the feature to the feedback form for the iPhone or iPad:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Comments made in the bottom of a support forum entry won't get you anywhere with your request.

Also realize that threats of moving to another vendor don't do much to make your case to Apple.

Appealing to ease of use and functionality would be more successful.

If it really is something that would make a major difference in your daily use of mail on the iPhone/iPad, you could craft a clear and reasonable letter to corporate and send it in the mail:

Apple

Attaching something to an email can be done at any point in time, simply click the reply button then click the attachment button (looks like a paperclip).

Otherwise you can simply drag the file you want to attach right onto your email message.

I also use my iPhone for work and have all my files (word, excel, PDF's etc) in Quickoffice, I simply go to the folder I have the particular file stored, select the envelope and then tap on the document I wish to send, it automatically attaches itself to a blank e-mail which you can then address and complete any other info. I'm sure other apps are similar to use. Videos and/or photos can be sent via your camera roll.

The iPhone has no central storage space for documents at the moment, so there really isn't a reason to do this.

Once there is a shared storage space on the iPhone, such as with iCloud documents, etc, then this feature will likely be implemented by Apple, but for the moment it doesn't make sense to attach to a reply without a way to pick the files to attach (no central storage space).

Most applications have the option to send via email with the little arrow pointing to the right, and it creates a new message with that attached.

QuickOffice is also fantastic as it ties in to all your various sync services such as Google Docs, Dropbox, iCloud, etc and allows you to attach to a new message.

So, while there isn't a way to reply to a message and attach a file, and likely won't be -- until a shared storage space is created, there are many ways to create new emails with attachments.

I wrote that response with the intention of helping, don't assume mal-intent or arrogance.

I'd like the feature you're asking for as well.

Threats of taking your stuff and leaving make others in customer service, support, and engineering ignore you or view your suggestions negatively. Most people don't respond positively to threats like that.. would you in your business?

I've worked support and customer service for years and everyone I knew would go out of their way to NOT help a person reacting in that manner, or they would do the bare minimum that was possible in the situation.

I've seen far more happen with one reasonable snail-mail letter written to corporate -- addressed to Steve Jobs (in the past) or Tim Cook than hundreds of postings to discussion boards.

Yes, in my business I have to respond to customers who threaten to go elsewhere when I don't provide solutions to problems I am paid to solve. The reason I am successful is that I don't let it get to that point. I also don't insult and lecture my customers and call it help.

I figured out a way to do it, you just find the file you want to attach and you send by email (this creates a new email with your file attached) then you copy the attachment and paste it into you "reply" email... It's a little long winded and not ideal, but it's better than nothing and it doesn't actually take that long once you get used to it.

I tried doing, but it doesent work. only the image of the document is copied and not the contents. I find it very strange why Apple has not given a basic feuture which is very important for business people.

Till 30 minutes ageo I was great great fan of apple. But it change.. I have to reply one email with my resume with in few hours (which I lost the opportunity), and I am traveling now. So when I left my home I thought I am having my iPhone with me so I can reply with it on my way... I was fighting with my phone how to attach my resume in reply mail (I cannot create new mail, it should be reply only). When I read this page I understood there is no way to do this.

Today just because of apple ( I must say) I lost a big opportunity for my carrier.

I had trust on apple that it does take care of very basic need of smart phone

:(