Send file as attachment in Mail Keyboard Shortcut

Hi!

I would like to share my solution. Your Automator should looks like this. 3 actions. Than add the keyboard shortcut in System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Services.

Please open finder & select the desired file to be attached ( use key board short cut command + A ) , copy it ( command + C )

Open the mail app click on command + N a new compose window appears .

Finally click on command + V the file is pasted .

Thanks !

Can't help with a keyboard shortcut but if you right-click on the file you want to attach and select "Share > Mail" that does the same thing and no keys to press.

it is answered by dialabrian and say congrats to dialabrain my method was lengthy .🙂

Thanks !

FWIW, the keyboard shortcut you are looking for had to be assigned and is no longer in El Capitan.

This is what I assume you are looking for…

http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/20/new-email-attachment-keyboard-shortcut-mac-os-x/

I'm not sure why anyone would prefer two steps rather than one. What do I know. 😎

There is an easy way to achieve this with just a shortcut.

All you have to do is create the appropriate service using Automator, and add the keyboard shortcut in System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Services.

Luis, the second action is unneeded and is doing nothing since it isn't connected to the chain. The New Mail Message action takes any input and uses it as either the message body if text or as an attachment if a file.

Luis's Automator Service will give you what you want, but you can also just drag the file into the Mail icon in the Dock.

If you're already mousing around to select the file, just drag into the Mail icon.

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

There is an easy way to achieve this with just a shortcut.

Yes there is. Of course if you've used Macs for 30 years and have never touched Automator it's not as easy. 😁

I still prefer…

Barney-15E wrote:

Luis, the second action is unneeded and is doing nothing since it isn't connected to the chain. The New Mail Message action takes any input and uses it as either the message body if text or as an attachment if a file.

Good point. The first action already adds the file(s) as attachments, and the second is not needed.

Thanks for the correction.

dialabrain wrote:

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

There is an easy way to achieve this with just a shortcut.

Yes there is. Of course if you've used Macs for 30 years and have never touched Automator it's not as easy. 😁

Automator is one of those things that many people don't understand, and it is not for everyone, of course.

I even dare say that most users never knew there are such things as Services - an incredibly useful feature - and that one can add shortcuts to anything that appears in a menu, for example.

I, for one, am accustomed to dragging to the Mail icon in the Dock - and I hardly use the Dock, and I am a keyboard guy.

The great thing is that when people ask "is this possible" on a mac, the answer almost invariably yes.😎

Well, I did indeed create an "attachment" service without the second action as Barney pointed out and of course it does work. Of course I will never use it because I can barely remember 25% of the keyboard shortcuts as it is. 😮

Besides, I have a mouse!. 😁

Of course I will never use it because I can barely remember 25% of the keyboard shortcuts as it is.

😮

Besides, I have a mouse!. 😁

I know people that to this day do not remember the shortcuts for Copy and Paste, and travel the whole screen to the Edit menu several times a day...

I am sure those two in particular are in your 25% 😝