How to Save and Send Attachments with Mac Mail

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Saving attached files and images

  1. Open the email with the attachment.
  2. Click the “Save” button right under the email header.
  3. Check your “Downloads” or where ever your downloads end up.
  4. Drag the files from the “Downloads” folder to the folder where you want to store them.

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  1. Open the email with the attachment.
  2. Click AND HOLD the “Save” button right under the email header.
  3. Select “Save All” from the drop-down.
  4. Save the images in the folder of your choice.

Sending attached files and images

  1. Whether you are replying to a message or sending a new message, click the “Attach” paperclip icon at the top.
  2. Find your way to the folder where the file(s) are.
  3. Double click one file OR click multiple files by holding the “Command” Key
  4. When you have selected all the files that you want from that folder, click “Choose File” in the lower left.
  5. Click the “Attach” paperclip icon again to choose more images or files from another folder.
  6. At the very bottom left of the the message you will see the “Message Size.” Try to keep the size below 10 MB. KB’s are smaller that MB so don’t worry if you see any number followed by KB
  7. At the very bottom right of the the message you can choose the “Image Size” if you are sending images. Choosing a smaller image size will resize all the images and make the “Message Size”  smaller.