Hi,
I am using SL10.8,
I somehow changed the mail viewing setting in Mail app to display all mails in text, now html mails loks quite ugly, and I couln't find the option to change this.
please help 😐
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Mail > Preferences > Viewing > Display remote images in HTML messages
Thanks for reply Linc,
but this checkbox is enabled already. Still no images in mail, just links 😟
Launch the Terminal application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Drag or copy – do not type – the following line into the window, then press return:
defaults read com.apple.mail PreferPlainText
Post any lines of output that appear below what you entered – the text, please, not a screenshot.
It returns 1 (one)
Back up all data before proceeding further. Whatever happens, you must be able to restore your system to the state it's in now.
Quit Mail. Enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before:
defaults delete com.apple.mail PreferPlainText
Quit Terminal. Relaunch Mail and test.
Thanks a lot Linc,
It worked perfectly, now I can see all nice lookin images again, but I still wonder what was it I changed and late couln't find.
anyway you made my day 🙂 you are genius.
Regards
Parijat
It's a hidden setting. You must have used a third-party application to change it.
Hello there,
I am having exactly the same problem as the original user. This has been driving me mad for about 9-12 months so I was delighted when I saw this post and set to work on your suggestions.
I have tried entering the command in Terminal as you suggest, Linc, but I receive the following message:
'There is no (PreferPlainText) default for the (com.apple.mail) domain. Defaults have not been changed.'
Do you have any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong or alternative solutions to try?
Many thanks in advance!
Thank you so much!! This has been driving me nuts.
I am using a Mac Mini with OS 10.8.5. I have the same problem with Mail and HTML images — in particular an email in the form of a grid with concert dates and venues, which displays correctly in webmail in my browser, but in Mail appears as a continuous unformatted and unpunctuated text.
I have just tried your first Terminal command, and this is what appears:
Can you suggest anything else I could try? I should be very grateful.
How to change Mail settings to show mails in HTML or text ?
