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Q: E-mail attachments appear as viewable page- want icon only

I send many e-mails a day with word and pdf attachments to them, to clients.  Two things I struggle with and hope to solve.

 

1- I use the Mac mail system.  When I attach a document, sometimes only the icon shows, and sometimes the whole page shows.  From reading other posts, it looks like if the attachment is only 1 page, the whole page shows on my screen.  I DO NOT want that.  I print my e-mails for my files and when the whole page shows, an e-mail that should be 1/2 a page turns into a 4-page e-mail.  A waste of paper and space in my files.  How do I make all the attachments appear as icons?  I have tried right click, "show as icon" and that makes only the icon show on the screen, but when I print the e-mail, the entire page of 1-page attachments print (although smaller), making the e-mail way too long.  HELP!

 

2- is there a way, when I attach files, for them to appear in a separate line at the top of the message, like for windows/outlook users?  I absolutely hate that whereever my cursor is at the time I do the attachment, that's where the attachment goes to.  I often compose e-mail and then go back to revise something, forget to move the cursor, attach, have to delete, and go back and reattach.

 

Also I get Windows users who get very confused by my e-mails and keep replying and saying there was no attachment.  I don't know where attachments show up on the other end but I'm getting issues with that, too.

 

Thank you to any one who can give me solutions!

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Aug 23, 2013 1:04 PM

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  • by keltoid15,

    keltoid15 keltoid15 May 17, 2014 8:30 AM in response to Csound1
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    May 17, 2014 8:30 AM in response to Csound1

    ccsound1 said to right click on the image attachment and choose "view as icon". 

     

    This worked - thanks so much.  No way was I going to go back and forth between Terminal - sometimes I DO want to send as an image, sometimes that doesn't make sense -- this was easy, thank goodness -- I thought 'how silly to have to do a big runaround on (what should be) a super-simple thing!'

     

    Thanks!

     

    PS - I have Mavericks on a Mac Book Pro and this worked like a charm.

    And yes, I have right click enabled on it. 

  • by chrisneska,

    chrisneska chrisneska Sep 1, 2015 11:32 AM in response to flammajamma
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    Sep 1, 2015 11:32 AM in response to flammajamma

    I agree with those who said Apple has lost touch with ease.  I just switched (or am trying) from a pc and it is ridiculous to think you have to code something to change the way attachments show -- icons are the industry standard.  At the very least, make it a choice.

     

    Thanks for the answer to right click on the attachment .. I'll try that.  I do not want to mess with code on a brand new system.  I bought a Mac because I am an end user:)

  • by Roger Bloomfield,

    Roger Bloomfield Roger Bloomfield Nov 18, 2015 4:24 AM in response to chrisneska
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    Nov 18, 2015 4:24 AM in response to chrisneska

    I have similar issues in emailing photos where the recipient only receives a thumbnail picture even though I send a full size icon as an attachment. The only way I can send photos via email is to go directly to google mail or use my iphone. I agree that the Apple mail is not easy to use and has severe limitations!

  • by mduniam,

    mduniam mduniam Nov 30, 2015 8:44 PM in response to Roger Bloomfield
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    Nov 30, 2015 8:44 PM in response to Roger Bloomfield

    My biggest mistake was to switch from Windows to a Mac computer ... very disappointed!  The mail attachment (icons or thumbnails simply get sent as an open document that is impossible for the receiver to open let alone read.)  It is time that Apple stopped playing with software and fixed these bugs that keep popping up and inconveniencing users.  I have just wasted 2 hours trying to fix this problem ... time I simply do not have ...

  • by senhorochoa,

    senhorochoa senhorochoa Feb 18, 2016 5:30 AM in response to elmnt
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    Feb 18, 2016 5:30 AM in response to elmnt

    dear elmnt,

    i followed your suggestion and it worked, the thing is that now i can only add icons to my email signatures, can you please help?

     

    Thanks

  • by criserghei,

    criserghei criserghei Apr 20, 2016 11:06 AM in response to senhorochoa
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    Apr 20, 2016 11:06 AM in response to senhorochoa

    Hi. I got the same problem now. I can only see icons of the various files i attach, but before changing the command in the terminal I had a little screenshot as my signature that now is gone.

     

    Can someone help me restore it please ? It's very important for my business.. Thanks

  • by Fred Davenport,

    Fred Davenport Fred Davenport May 27, 2016 5:02 AM in response to mduniam
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    May 27, 2016 5:02 AM in response to mduniam

    This is the dumbest error ever for Apple Mail.

     

    None of my staff, nor anyone on Exchange can easily see attachments properly.

     

    Last I checked this is 2016 and not 1984

     

    To coin the phrase of a big mouth

     

    "Make Apple Great Again"

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