Mail option is missing from share menu

The "Mail" share icon will only show if you are using Apple Mail as your default mail client _and_ Apple Mail is set as the "Default Email Reader" in Apple Mail.

Open Apple Mail, and goto preferences, under the general tab, the first selection is "Default Email Reader". If this is set to Gmail, or Outlook, etc, it wont show in the share menu in Photos. The solution is to add your email account to Apple Mail, and change this Default Email Reader selection to Apple Mail. Then, it will show in the share menu in Photos!

This is frustrating to say the least, as many of us don't want to use Apple Mail. After you add your Gmail account to Apple Mail ( or whatever account you actually want to send the email's with when you share photos ) you can configure Apple Mail to automatically send messages, or do them manually if you want to avoid downloading all your Imap emails, etc.

Hope this helps anyone who is wondering why such a basic feature isn't working. Apple, please fix this! 😉

J

I have the same problem. I cannot email any photos which I use constantly for projects. I've tried everything, nothing works. It's worked for all these years and now it doesn't. Help! My job depends on sending photos of plans and projects. It's so annoying, I hate the way Apple is constantly making changes that upset the end user. I am constantly having to go back and reset things or find a complicated route to the same end. Enough. I'm not sure I will buy another Apple product. It's the same with my iPhone. I have a MacBook Pro version OS Sierra 10.12.6. Please fix this I have wasted countless valuable hours on several occasions only to have nothing help.

I've tried typing this in the terminal before and it's worked:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -seed

Source: If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support

Well since you have tired everything then by definition there is no solution available

and as to your useless RANT

I hate the way Apple is constantly making changes that upset the end user.

Apple has made no change to Sierra 10.12.6 for several months so this clearly is not the result of an Apple change

If yu want help stop the worthless editorials and incorrect claims and post accurate details and context and help is available - whith what you posted no one can figure out what your problem is much less help you solve it - read this article for help in learning how to post a good question that can be answered - Writing an effective Apple Support Communities question

LN

If Share options are missing

The Share menu might not show one or more sharing options—such as Email This Page, AirDrop, or Facebook—or the Markup feature might be missing.

Follow these steps if the issue occured immediately after upgrading to Yosemite or El Capitan.

1. Open the Terminal app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
2. Type this command in Terminal:/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Framework s/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -seed
3. Press Return and wait for the Terminal prompt—which ends in $—to reappear. It may take a few minutes.
4. Quit Terminal.

You should now see the expected Share and Markup features. If not, go to Apple menu > System Preferences, click Extensions, and make sure that the Markup and sharing features are turned on in the Actions and Share Menu sections.

If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support

manofdogz wrote:

just to add to the frustration, Mail won't save my preferences - as soon as I close the default email reader goes back to outlook😠

Since this is not the Mail forum but the Photos for Mac forum you will most certainly have better luck if you post in the Mail forum

LN

Thanks jawdoc and Guilherme Bahia!

The Apple support note that you referenced worked for me.

This solution is also repeated in the succeeding posts by Matt Bianco, CMarcus007, and Sandy Truth.

Cheers,

Tim

Having the same issue! Just updated to 10.10.3 and still no mail option in the share menu for Photos app! Share via email works fine in Safari but it is not available in Photos app. Hopefully someone will advise or respond asap otherwise, will wind up following the steps to reverting back to iPhoto!!

While this isn't a fix but rather a work-around to the actual problem - this article on Macworld explains how to continue using iPhoto (which is still in your applications folder even after the Photos upgrade).

Just make sure to take note that if you continue using iPhoto, you will need to export and then import any changes you make to files later on down the road when Photos finally works properly.

Here's another thread that describes the work-around to send photos via Outlook ...

Photos and Outlook

Thanks for the tip - much appreciated!!!

Unfortunately, not only can't you use Outlook for Mac seamlessly, you also aren't able to easily open images in Photoshop to make more advanced edits.

However, with that being said, I like that the workaround you shared will allow me to use one image library. Dragging raw images from Photos to the desktop then editing them in Photoshop, while a pain, is better than having to manage multiple image libraries.

Cheers,

-t

When I installed the latest version of Outlook and Yosemite I did get the Outlook option in the Share menu - Hooray I exclaimed .. but something has broken it recently with an update. Like you all, I do not see the mail option in the Share menu at all and it is grayed in the extensions section.

If you make MAIL the default client the MAIL option appears in the Share menu. Make Outlook the default and its gone again completely.

So Apple, come on! .. Why do such childish things .... let users choose what they want to see in the Share menu option!

-Jay

Same problem. Tiresome to say the least.

Sharing by Mail in Photos:

I doubt that MS will add the service to Outlook, at least until the next version comes out.

Hello CSound1

Thanks for that, but what you see and what we see appears to be different .. please understand that I used to be able to see the Outlook icon and Outlook label when I right clicked on a file and went to the Share menu option.

Now I see this:

If I click on More... to activate more options then I see the image following - you can clearly see Outlook Mail is activated, is greyed out for some reason and should be present in the Share menu - IT IS NOT ... this is the problem!

Why can Apple not sort this out .. it’s a pain.

BTW works if you make Apple Mail the default mail client - so the problem appears to be an Apple one.

Sort it Apple!

Jay