Sharing files from the finder

[jwolf6589]

For some reason I am only able to share files from the finder through email when Apple Mail is the default email client but not when Outlook or Thunderbird is the default. Anyone know why?

 

[fisherking]

are the files in a specific folder? on the desktop? or in different places... and you're saying you can't attach files in outlook (or thunderbird), or you can't drag & drop into an email?

 

[jwolf6589]

are the files in a specific folder? on the desktop? or in different places... and you're saying you can't attach files in outlook (or thunderbird), or you can't drag & drop into an email?

I can drag and drop or attach them, but they cannot be attached from the share menu in the finder when Mail is not the default email client.

 

[fisherking]

could they ever? the share menu seems to be a default list; you can deselect things from that list, but not add apps (& if i'm wrong, someone please correct me)...

 

[ApfelKuchen]

Have you gone to System Preferences > Extensions > Share Menu?

Changing the Default Email Reader (Mail > Preferences > General > Default Email Reader) doesn't change the settings for the Share menu. That might seem to be unwanted behavior, but a benefit is that it allows you to have multiple mail apps available in the Share menu.