Mail option is missing from share menu

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

This solved the issue beautifully! Thank you.

The following solution solved this exact same problem on the Share Menu, which is the same for Photos and every application that can share content )Finder, etc.)

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

Hope it helps.

Miguel.

I have this problem as well. I tried changing the default mail in the mail preferences to Mail, but it doesn't stick. It keeps going back to Thunderbird. Any ideas?

"Mail" is missing from the share menu. When I go to the Extensions preferences in the System Preferences it is checked buy also grayed out.

I just helped someone with this exact problem. In trying to solve it I stumbled across this thread, but nobody here had the solution I came across on my own, so I thought I'd add mine for the sake of the other people sent here by Google.

This person had what you described: no Mail option in the share menu anywhere in the OS. How he differed from most of the people in this thread is that he uses Apple Mail (not Outlook), and he's always used Apple Mail. One day the option just...disappeared!

Eventually, on a whim, I just tried selecting another application as the default mail client, closing the settings window, opening it back up, and selecting Mail again.

That did it! That's all I needed to do in this instance. It might not work for everyone, but it did here. It's times like these that I'm glad Apple no longer uses the "it just works" slogan. Sometimes it just doesn't.

+1 apple - please fix this.

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

How can i delete the recents in the share menu. I have old contacts on there that i dont want to accidentally click on. Thanks!

With regards to the question about attaching files to a new Outlook e-mail message directly from the Finder (via the Share menu):

1. The general consensus in this thread is that it only works for the native Apple Mail application (which must be set as your default e-mail client)

2. It is contingent upon Microsoft to integrate this feature into Outlook, which has yet to be done (I just upgraded to Outlook 2016 for Mac - v.15.22, and still no love)

In the meantime, I have succeeded to implement what I believe to be the most seamless work-around, which results in the same functionality via the "Services" menu (as opposed to the preferred "Share" menu):

1. Run Automator (this software comes bundled with Mac OS X)

2. Choose a type for your document - choose "Service", and click "Choose"

3. From the drop-down menus on top:
a. Service receives selected - choose "files or folders"

b. ... in - choose "Finder"

4. From the pane on the left, scroll down until you find "Create New Outlook Mail Message" - drag this to the large (blank) pane on the right

5. Save your Service by clicking File->Save (or Command+S)

a. Name your Service - I named mine "Send with Outlook"

Done.

To test / use, right-click on a file in your Finder, go to Services (at the bottom of the menu), and select "Send with Outlook" (or whatever you named your service in step 5.a. above)

I hope this helps until Microsoft natively integrates Outlook with the "Share" menu.

Cheers,

Doron

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203129 solved my problem!

This article from Apple Support (If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support) is the only thing that restored all the share options. You simply copy and paste the command listed in the Terminal app.

Sorry, I simply want to use Apple Mail in Safari. I'll look for a different forum.

These instructions fixed this problem for me: If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support

This worked perfectly. Finally. Thank you.

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😠