Mail option is missing from share menu

I just helped a friend with this issue.

On her iPad.

In her situation she was trying to email several photos.

No email icon in Share.

When she selected 5 photos and hit Share, mail was there to use.

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

If you come across the additional complication that the mail default email reader setting reverts by itself back to chrome or whatever it was last set to....change the default email client back to Mail (in mail / preferences / general), close the dialog box, quit mail and rebuild your launch services database.

run the following terminal command

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

see if the default client sticks after that.

A reboot after the rebuild won't hurt either.

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.

For Outlook to work MS has to update it so it can be used with Photos - until they do mail is a workaround ot their slow development

LN

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!!

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

Photos and Outlook

With El Capitan running for a couple of weeks now - all of a sudden the MAIL option disappears. I ran the Terminal command again and all was restored but not sure when or why we lost it.

Bill

Just follow the steps in this link (If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support).

It'll solve your problem.

Gosh - since Apple is not here not sure why you are posting here

You can tell the things here - http://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

LN

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

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

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

Robert Enyeart wrote:

I just helped a friend with this issue.

On her iPad.

In her situation she was trying to email several photos.

No email icon in Share.

When she selected 5 photos and hit Share, mail was there to use.

Unfortunately that has nothing at all do to with this thread which is about using Photos on the Mac and does not involve the iPad in any way

LN

Sigh of relief - this fixed it. Bummer about changing the email preference, but I don't do email much on this mac so hopefully won't be too much of an inconvenience.

Dear Apple, please don't go back to the bad old days of not playing well with others... this is a major change and a major inconvenience. It's not going to make me want to use Apple mail any more than I already do (not).