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

Hi,

I am having the same issue. When I open terminal, do I have to do any command before I input that line or any command after I input that line? Thank you so much!

Long thread, which command exactly?

Generally you just hit enter after pasting it in, but if it starts with sudu, you'll be prompted for an a din PW, which won't be echoed as you type it, then hit enter. 🙂

Alberto,

How do I disable the "defaultwritecom.apple.mail.DisableInlineAttachment"?

After I did that, my signature became an icon. I want my attachments as icons but not my signature. Is that possible?

I look forward to your earliest reply. Sincerely, Sue Shibley

After quitting Mail...

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool no

THANK YOU!!

You saved me from throwing my new iMac out the window

Antidefenestration!

i open Terminal window, enter this command but once closed, the command is lost and same problem with gmail occurs

Did you quit Mail before trying the command?

I quit mail

how do i insert this command into Terminal? do i enter in a new line? how to go to a new line? how to save Terminal with this new command?

Which command exactly? Awfully long thread here. 🙂

Normally you just copy the command & paste it into Terminal at the prompt,possibly needing to hit enter afterwords.

Good God. This saved me hurdles. Thank you!

This is great, but for novices you need to provide more information. I opened Terminal and freaked out, as it made me feel as if I were in the Registry on a PC. Do you just need to start typing? Any need for a return? (I hit return once and it just copied the line above into the second line, which also freaked me out).

Provide every single step please.

Hi Mango2005

If you copy the instruction line to Terminal by Alberto (without the 01. and paste it into Terminal after you open it, just after the bit that says Admins with a small grey upright rectangle, and then hit return, that should do it.

Hi Mango2005

The edit timed out beore I finished editing last post. Here it is in full:

Hi Mango2005

If you copy the instruction line to Terminal by Alberto (without the 01. and paste it into Terminal after you open it, just after the bit that says Admins with a small grey upright rectangle, and then hit return, that should do it if his post is correct.

Info from Albert's post below without the 01.

If you want to permanently show the attachments as icons, close Apple Mail, open Terminal and issue the following command

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -bool yes

Here's a slightly different version with a resetting instruction to revert if you need to. I cannot verify any of this but these are the instructions:

To implement this tweak:

1. Start a new Terminal session (in Finder click Applications > Utilities > Terminal).
2. To enable this setting, type (or copy and paste) the following command:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing -boolean true

3. To reset this setting to the default value, type (or copy and paste) the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.mail DisableInlineAttachmentViewing

4. To activate this tweak please close all instances of Mail, or wait until the next reboot.

5. Close the Terminal session by typing

exit

The terminal command does indeed do the trick and I agree that Apple should have this as a Preference.

Of interest is that the person receiving the email with the icon still gets it as an opened file and even the sender's SENT email shows that what was sent as an icon during composition of the email now shows the opened file.

Another item that Apple should be addressing besides a growing number of issues that would make for a true upgrade in the OS rather than a major annoyance and waste of time and money.

This was helpful in solving my attachment issue but now the graphic in my signature appears as an icon. Who can help me stop the madness.....