Why do the attachments I'm trying to send open in the body of my email rather than as an attachment icon?

Yes Martin, and thank you for your fast response, but that is what I'm doing. I think now I'm going to try to find someone not using Windows 8.

worked for me - ty!

Alberto - THANK YOU, the terminal command WORKED! Cheers ... 🙂 ... Larry

Today's date is October 11, 2014. I am running Lion 10.7.5

I am having the same problem as everyone else. So I followed Alberto's instruction but I wonder if I did it correctly. For I did test trials of sending myself emails with the attachments as icons, and when I recd the em., the forms were 'open'.

Where exactly do I place the "defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes " in Termnal?

Application > Utilities > The a screen saying "otterearpetcare - bash - 80 x 24 l

Last login: Sat Oct 11 15:58:14 on ttys000

Lindas-MacBook-Pro:~ otterearpetcare$

After the $ is where I placed the above quote.

But I test it again and its still showing at the other end as open documents.

So am I doing this right or is there something new I can try.

Just asking, did you quit Mail before doing the Terminal command?

And after pasting & hitting enter it returned with a prompt on a new line?

Yes I did close Mail

and yes it did prompt with a new line which says: Lindas-MacBook-Pro:~ otterearpetcare$

I'd try Attachment Tamer then...

http://lokiware.info/Attachment-Tamer

How do I reverse this "defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes? I did it and now my email signature isn't working and the pictures I'm emailing are still opening up in the email vs. being an attachment.

Thanks!

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool no

But I think you may have some disk or file corruption.

Appreciated Alberto.

Alberto:

I have tried, in vain, executing your command in Terminal. I open Terminal, allow it to log in, then paste the command and press enter.

Re-opening Mail still shows the attachments expanded rather than as icons. What am I doing wrong in Terminal?

Thanks.

GeneonMAC

Working great, thanks!

Thank you Alberto!!

Bless you!!!!! That has been bugging the living crap out of me for ages, and now, now, it is fixed!! Oh Happy Day!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two Questions:

This helped me in adding the icon to the body of my email, however, now my business card at the end of my emails is also an icon.

1. How can I have both or revert back to sending attachments in the body of the email?

2. My husband feels that his attachments show as part of the body when he sends them however, the receiver gets the icon. Is this true?

Thank you, I look forward to your reply.