Paste picture directly into email

I have been searching for an answer to this but have yet to find a suitable answer. I have some screenshots which I would like to paste directly into an outgoing mail message. I am NOT talking about adding it as an attachment, and am NOT talking about simply adding an icon within the message which the recipient must then click on in order to open up and see the screenshot. What I am talking about is PASTING the screenshot/picture directly into the body of the mail so that the recipient can see it right away the same way it can be done in Outlook.

Sorry if I sound a bit rude or frustrated, but I have been searching for a solution for quite a while now, and have also noticed that many other people have the same problem, yet every answer I have seen up to this point completely misses the mark by explaining how to add an icon (which needs to be clicked to be seen) within the mail rather than answering how the image can be shown in the message itself.

Thank you.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 4, 2012 2:10 AM

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pmarking

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Posted on Jun 1, 2012 12:10 PM

Jeffrey, that is mostly correct, but not entirely accurate.

Yes, anything that is not text must technically be "attached" to the email; however, html-formatted messages does provide the ability to embed attached images inside the text.

HTML-formatted messages, which is supported in most of the email world, should be supported by Mail.app, but I'm not 100% if sure if it is. I have a plugin called "Attachment Tamer" installed in my Mail app and—whether it's due to Mail.app or the Attachment Tamer plugin—I am thankfully able to embed pictures the way any good mail program should.

Frank, if you are still unable to, I would suggest: (1) checking to be sure that your message is in Rich Text format and not Plain Text format (the latter would never support any embedded images on any platform); and, if it is indeed Rich Text format and still not working, then download the "Attachment Tamer" trial and go through the few easy-to-understand settings, and then try again.

It works for me.

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May 4, 2012 5:10 PM in response to Jeffrey Jones2

Agree - it's just that  has provided a multiplicity of ways

to attach.

Apr 4, 2016 9:34 AM in response to Camelot

That isn't what I'm trying to do, however.

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