there is no email option from the Photo app

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there is no email option from the Photo app

How can I email pics from the Photos app since the "Share selected photos" doesn't have the email option??

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 17, 2015 8:17 AM

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Answer 1

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iamnottelling

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Aug 22, 2017 8:33 AM in response to Emmanuel Frenck

This just happened to my mother. The solution was simple. Apparently she was selecting too many or the file sizes would've been too large to email? Anyway, when we selected less pictures (in her case 5) the mail icon was there, if we selected anymore than that, the icon just disappeared. She just had to email in smaller batches

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Aug 17, 2015 9:38 AM in response to LarryHN

Thank you Larry. Of course I tried the share button before posting my question, but THERE IS NO EMAIL OPTION when I click the share button. I wish I could send you a screen shot. There is: icloud photo sharing, Messages, Airdrop, Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, set desktop picture and ... More. When I click on more, the Gmail option is checked and greyed out like I can't un-check it. Maybe I have a missin add-on?

Thanks for your help,

Emm

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LarryHN

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Aug 17, 2015 8:23 AM in response to Emmanuel Frenck

Sure there is - select a photos and click the share icon (the rectangle with an up arrow) and select mai

from Photos Help

Use Mail to share photos

You can use Mail to email photos directly from Photos. When you use Mail to send photos in an email, Photos sends it from the first account listed in your Mail preferences. If you have other email accounts set up in Mail preferences, you can select which email account to send the email from when you send it.

Tip: If you have many files or large files to send, you can use Mail Drop to send them. You must have an iCloud account to use Mail Drop. You can use Mail Drop to send attachments up to 5 GB in size right from Mail on your Mac, or from icloud.com/mail on your Mac or PC. All file types are supported and attachments don’t count against your iCloud storage.

Select the photos you want to send.You can send photos from your photo library or an album, but not from a slideshow or a project (such as a book, card, or calendar).
Click the Share button in the toolbar and choose Mail.Mail opens a mail message with your photos attached.
Type the recipient’s email address in the To field, then type a subject line in the Subject field.
Type a message if you want, then click Send.

LN

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