I recall that I once found a Menu item for limiting the attachment of a PDF to its icon only and NOT the opened file. I can't find it now. Any idea welcome.
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As I stated in my earlier post, there is NO, ZERO, ZIP, NADA control over how image attachments are seen on the recipients' side. That is entirely up to their mail client to decide. Many mail clients will render content inline regardless of what the sender chose in their mail client.
The only way to guarantee the images/documents won't be seen is to wrap them in some file format that doesn't render (e.g zip the files and attach the .zip file). Most clients won't decompress the .zip file, but this means the user will have to manually extract the files on their side.
As I stated in my earlier post, there is NO, ZERO, ZIP, NADA control over how image attachments are seen on the recipients' side. That is entirely up to their mail client to decide. Many mail clients will render content inline regardless of what the sender chose in their mail client.
The only way to guarantee the images/documents won't be seen is to wrap them in some file format that doesn't render (e.g zip the files and attach the .zip file). Most clients won't decompress the .zip file, but this means the user will have to manually extract the files on their side.
Attach the pdf as an attachment to your email, right click on the picture. About 1/3 the way down the menu, you will see "View as Icon". If you select this, the picture will turn into an icon in your mail.
This does not seem to have any effect on my macOS Mail 10.3 on macOS Sierra 10.12.6...?
Someone please give me an "Always display attachments as icons" option under Preferences... :-\
I found that it's a CNTRL/CLICK item, rather than a MENU BAR option that will attach an icon of even a 1-page pdf, thus avoiding the embedding of it in the message.
It's never been a menu bar item; it's always been in the New Message window, at least when you use Mail Attachment Iconizer (what's now known as Attachment-Tamer). With that installed, you had the option to choose the size of an attachment displayed in the window, but only if it's a one-page attachment.
i dont have the '' view as icon'' in the menu when i right click on the picture ??? any help
The above solutions don't work for me. The "View as Icon" works on the version of the e-mail that I see as sender, but for the recipient, it reverts back to having the document "open" and embedded in the body of the email. You can test by sending to yourself. This is painful for something seemingly so simple. I use gmail. Any suggestions?
kurt188 wrote:
I found that it's a CNTRL/CLICK item, rather than a MENU BAR option that will attach an icon of even a 1-page pdf, thus avoiding the embedding of it in the message.It's never been a menu bar item; it's always been in the New Message window, at least when you use Mail Attachment Iconizer (what's now known as Attachment-Tamer). With that installed, you had the option to choose the size of an attachment displayed in the window, but only if it's a one-page attachment.
Nope, any image of or from a file attached that you can see in an email that you send can be converted to an icon display by ctl-clicking and selecting 'View as Icon" it doesn't matter how many pages or what type of file it is.
Here's a picture of it.
THIS IS THE SOLUTION. PERFECT AND SO OBVIOUS ONCE YOU DO IT. THANKS!
I believe you're mistaken. Mail treats files differently based on their content. If you attach an image file (jpg, png, gif, tif, etc.), Mail will display the image in the message window. If you attach a PDF file, Mail will display the document if it's one page; if it's more than one page, Mail only displays the icon for the PDF file.
Thanks, but . . .
I found that it's a CNTRL/CLICK item, rather than a MENU BAR option that will attach an icon of even a 1-page pdf, thus avoiding the embedding of it in the message.
While checking the web, I also discovered this . . .http://lokiware.info/Attachment-Tamer
It looks like a neat solution for all kinds of attachments.
If you're more worried about recipients of your message having difficulty with the pdf because it's embedded in the message body, in Mail go to the Format menu and select "Make Plain Text" before sending.
I had it and now it is gone. Don't know exactly when but recently (OSX 10.8.5). Perhaps I am not the only one with this experience. It seemed to work for all attachments too ala MS Exchange. Changing to plain text did not help me.
Does the recipient get it the same way it is sent - not having tested? Yes I'm lazy.
Is there a way to set attachment as icon by default without a third party tool?😕
Occum's Razor wrote:
Is there a way to set attachment as icon by default without a third party tool?😕
Yes, enter the following command in Terminal
defaults writecom.apple.mailDisableInlineAttachmentViewing-boolyes
Please note that all the above 'solutions' are essentially irrelevant for 99.9% of cases.
They only affect YOUR copy of Mail.app's rendering of the attachment.
In general (depending on your preference setting), Mail.app will try to display inline attachments of images, PDFs, etc.
Other mail clients have their own settings. In other words, you may send the attachment as an icon only and send it to another user whose mail client is under no obligation to do the same, and they may see the image inline (and vice versa).
It's easy to miss.
Attaching ONLY a PDF icon, not the open file to a mail message.
