"send file to a email recipient" on osx leopard

[jbucho]

Hi!

Is there away to imitate the windows action: send file as attachement? You know, in windows you can right-click any file and choose to "send to mail recipient". This is very useful! How can I do it in osx leopard?

If it is not possible is there a keyboard shortcut that gets you directly to a new email message?

Thanks!

 

[Queso]

On a Mac you drag the file to the mail icon in your dock and it will pull up a blank mail with the file attached.

 

[jbucho]

Oh great hint!

Thanks!

 

[gr8tfly]

Or, (while in the Finder) under Finder->Services>Mail select "Send File..."

 

[wynand]

Alternatives

As I hide my doc I've made two adjustments to the tip.

1) Made an alias of mail and placed it on my desktop. Putting a space in front of the "Mail" name places it on top of my desktop.

2) Put an alias in my finder window tool bar. See image attached.

 

[lcalcote]

Alternatively, you could create an Automator workflow to give you right-click functionality in Finder similar to that found in Windows Explorer. Follow these four steps to create such a workflow - Create a Send to Mail Recipient in Mac OS X using an Automator Workflow