jpeg files can't attach to iMAC email program

[Techy66]

I am trying to attach a jpeg file to MAC email but it brings the file into the body instead of attaching the file. I read on one of the threads that you cn right mouse on the file when attaching but that did not work. Any ideas on how to get a photo or tiff file attached to the email?

 

[LPZ]

I am trying to attach a jpeg file to MAC email but it brings the file into the body instead of attaching the file.

The file's icon or even the image may appear in the message body, but it's actually an attachment. Send to yourself as a test?

 

[ingenious]

It's normal for a .jpg or .tiff (or any picture file for that matter) to show a preview of itself when you attach it to a Mail.app email message. If you prefer to see its icon, just right click it and choose "view icon".

Otherwise, if viewing the preview doesn't bother you, go ahead and send it. It's attached just fine.

 

[Techy66]

Trying to attach a jpeg file to MAC email

Thank you all for your information. It worked great!!
Thanks

 

[johnd39]

Why doesn't the attachment show as such + Tiff problem

All that is all very well but why on earth doesn't it show as an attachment? I've spent hours on this problem only to find that it is no problem at all!

However I sent a multipage .tiff file to myself (after a Windows recipient reported a problem with it) only to find that the first page only had been sent ie as if it had been a jpeg.

 

[ziggyonice]

Welcome to the Mac

Just so you know though, typing "MAC" isn't the same as "Mac". When you type MAC in all capital letters, it actually means "Media Access Control", which is a term used in networking multiple computers together, including PCs.

So, for future reference, just know that a Mac is a Mac... especially when asking tech questions online! (It looks better that typing all caps, too!)

 

[wrkuball]

It's normal for a .jpg or .tiff (or any picture file for that matter) to show a preview of itself when you attach it to a Mail.app email message. If you prefer to see its icon, just right click it and choose "view icon".

Otherwise, if viewing the preview doesn't bother you, go ahead and send it. It's attached just fine.

Question: If a recipient of a jpeg photo sent by an iMac only gets the body of the photo in the email, is there any way he can treat it as an attachment?

 

[wrkuball]

I am trying to attach a jpeg file to MAC email but it brings the file into the body instead of attaching the file. I read on one of the threads that you cn right mouse on the file when attaching but that did not work. Any ideas on how to get a photo or tiff file attached to the email?

Did you actually ever solve this problem? I still have not. All I want to do is to be able to send jpeg photos from my iPhoto library on my iMac and have my recipients be able to open them as jpeg files on their PC's. Any suggestions from anyone?

 

[miles01110]

Did you actually ever solve this problem? I still have not. All I want to do is to be able to send jpeg photos from my iPhoto library on my iMac and have my recipients be able to open them as jpeg files on their PC's. Any suggestions from anyone?

You must be doing something wrong, because if you simply drag a picture into a mail message it is considered "attached" to the email when you send it.

 

[2MaK]

I had the same problem going from Mail to a recipient running Vista. I solved it by using a combination of "Windows Friendly Attachments" AND sending out as Plain Text email. Hope that helps.

 

[randiwolf]

try not replying to email

I found the same problem on my Mac power PC. My client suggested instead of replying to her email, I start a new email from scratch. That seemed to solve the problem - the jpg came over as an attachment.