How on earth do I send photos via the new "Photos" application???

But the new "Photos" application does not even have a way to share using Apple Mail.

Incorrect - it most certainly does and millions of people use Photos with mail daily -- as to Microsoft mail products contact MS as they have to supply the proper interfaces for their products to be used with Photos

LN

oneemd is saying he can share a photo on his iPhone because the iPhone uses Mail by default. And I don't think there is any argument about Mail being able to send (share) pics from Photos but third party default email clients are an issue on OSX as I have stated. The only way for me (an Air Mail 2 user) to share via email AND get the resizing options is to change my default email client back to Mail each time. MY arguement was that in the past with iPhoto having my default email client set as Air Mail didn't stop iPhoto from mailing photos via Mail. With Photos is does. So I can use iPhoto to share pics but not Air Mail unless I want to end full size images of about 3.9 MB. They (Air Mail) inform me they are waiting on Apple to see if they release an API for this.

Gee - you read words differently than I do -- this statement seem very clear to me and it is totally incorrect

But the new "Photos" application does not even have a way to share using Apple Mail.

LN

oneemd is saying he can share a photo on his iPhone because the iPhone uses Mail by default. And I don't think there is any argument about Mail being able to send (share) pics from Photos but third party default email clients are an issue on OSX as I have stated. The only way for me (an Air Mail 2 user) to share via email AND get the resizing options is to change my default email client back to Mail each time. MY arguement was that in the past with iPhoto having my default email client set as Air Mail didn't stop iPhoto from mailing photos via Mail. With Photos is does. So I can use iPhoto to share pics but not Air Mail unless I want to end full size images of about 3.9 MB. They (Air Mail) inform me they are waiting on Apple to see if they release an API for this.

Larry I think I see where you are coming from. The answer to the first question is "You Can't." i.e. You can't email photos direct from Photos (unlike iPhoto) You can however share via Mail.

I am far from a Mac expert but what I have been doing to email photos from Photos running Yosemite is: Click on photo(s) > Click on the Email Box Icon (at the top right of the frame directly to the left of the Search box) > Many options including Mail can be selected > Mail will open with the photo(s) you've selected. In Mail, you can also select the size of the photo(s) you would like to send. Hope this helps.

I have never posted on a forum in my LIFE. Like most of the people here, I have also been a Mac user for, well, too many years for me to be OK with this situation. And yet I am so frustrated - and impressed with the responses here - that I am breaking my silence. ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TELLING ME THAT I CANNOT SEND A PHOTO DIRECTLY FROM THE PHOTO PROGRAM USING OUTLOOK? Really? I'm not using some antiquated email client. I'm not trying to send a 4 hour, home-made, color corrected video. I want to select one photo of my daughter, and send it to my mother. Via Outlook.

LYKUNO- I want to thank you for the time you spent finding a solution. The export path is a good - albeit totally insane - work around.

Apple - You must be kidding me.

Hannah

PS - With iPhoto, there was a great option to save all your photos in iPhoto to Dropbox. I assume this has gone away, in favor of iCloud Storage. Great. So what am I supposed to do with the hundreds of photos I've already backed up and organized in Dropbox?

and the simple answer (from the very first post had you bothered to read before RANTING is

The problem is that Outlook needs an update to work with the new extension system for Photos.app.

RANT at Microsoft as it is their problem - not the volunteers here

LN

When Apple releases a new program, the onus is on them to ensure compatibility with popular partner applications (e.g. Facebook). Microsoft hopefully will help their customers by releasing an update, but they are certainly not the cause of the problem.

Larry - are you an Apple employee (or volunteer)? Your response to me seemed unnecessarily condescending and, frankly, rude. Regardless of whether I had read previous posts (I had, as I reference them), I had a question and a frustration that I wanted to express - help or understanding are all that's needed here.

These are third-party app issues. Microsoft and Dropbox need to update their apps to work with the new Photos app.

I can't even access my photos in Outlook 2011. When choosing the photo or picture options in the Attachment drop down menu, and clicking on the "iPhoto" icon a prompt appears asking me to "compress" the file! I assume this means the entire Photos file since I chose Compress and it never completes and I can't choose an individual picture. I think my next computer will NOT be a Mac. It appears they are trying to make it impossible to use third party software.

Until MS updates OutLook the work around is to export the photos (file menu ==> export) to a desktop folder and use form there - or use Mail for your photos email

LN

Sad but thanks.

Suzi

Just to add another voice on this one - Adding a photo into an email is a pretty basic functionality. Sure, Microsoft is responsible for making sure their applications work with Apple. But Apple is equally responsible for ensuring that their users are able to perform standard tasks like this. Outlook is the email tool of the world's dominant application suite, not some obscure little used app. This lack of functionality is ridiculous.

It is hardly Apple's fault that you are using a 5 year old Microsoft Office Program. The process works perfectly with Apple Mail with resizing options provided for each attachment. It is Microsoft's responsibility to ensure their products keep up.