Making the conversion to iMAC

You need the individual photo files to attach to the email. Drag the photos you want onto your desktop, or any folder on your Mac. Attach them to your email from there.

PS, your iMac isn't PowerPC, you're in the wrong forum!

 

Exactly. Assuming you're using Apple's Mail app (it's the same with most others anyway), just drag and drop the photos you want to attach from Finder in to the email window.

By the way, it's "iMac"

 

Hmm, It shouldn't try attaching all your photos.

When you click "attach" in the Mail app, and after clicking iPhoto on the left hand side of the dialogue box (at the bottom, under "Media"), click "events" under the iPhoto hierarchy drop down list in the main finder window and navigate to the event your photo is in and double click it to view the photos. From there you can simply double click one of the photos to attach it individually.

This is one way to do it. Try this and see how it goes.

 

99% of what I call Mac X-files are the result of user error. It's easy to do, particularly for someone trying to make the transition to macs currently. Have you imported all your photo files to the current version of iPhoto and allowed the machine time to convert said files?

 

I could never understand how to work with iPhoto myself... it may be nice for storing and managing a photo collection but its a real pain if you just want to get some picture you made with an iPhone and, say, convert it to PDF or resize it. I would be happy if iPhoto could be easily bypassed. Similar stuff with iTunes: I love the software, but if you simply have a short audio sample you want to hear only once, iTunes automatically tries to add it to your audio collection and generally makes a mess.

 

There's an easier way.

When you open a new message, you should see a little box on the left with an icon that looks like a mountain with the sun behind it; if you hover your mouse over it you should get a popup saying "show or hide the photo browser." Click it to show the browser, and it will find the photos in your iPhoto or Aperture libraries, organized as they are there. Just drag and drop.

If the icon isn't there, go to View>Customize view… and add it.

Rob

 

Don't worry Mark, here's visual reference.

Assuming you are using the built in Mail app, when sending an e-mail, do this:

Click the "attachment" button on the New Mail window


From here, find the location of the pictures


While holding the "SHIFT" key, single-click on each picture that you want for your e-mail, then click "Choose File"


Now your images are on the e-mail! You can even choose to have BEAUTIFUL stationery, and don't worry, if the person can't view the pictures in the e-mail, they will automatically be converted into downloadable attachments. If they can view them, they can right-click and choose to save them!


I hope this helped you!