Working with attachments in Mac OS X Mail

Adding an attachment to a message

In Mac OS X Mail, you may add an attachment when you are creating a new message, or when you are replying to or forwarding a message. To attach a file, you may either drag and drop it into the window of a message you are composing, or, while composing your message, follow the steps below:

1. In the window in which you are composing your message, click the Attach icon at the top.
   
   
2. In the sheet that drops down, navigate to the file you wish to attach, select it, and click Open or Choose File.

Mail will then insert the file into your message.

Displaying and downloading attachments

When you receive an attachment in Mail, the application will attempt to display the attachment within the message for you whenever possible. To download and open a file you have received as an attachment, you may either drag the attachment from the message onto your desktop, or follow the steps below:

1. With the message selected which contains the attachment(s), do one of the following:
   
   
   • From the File menu, select Save Attachments... .
   • In Mail 1.3 for OS X 10.3.x, in the header section of the email message, you should see a Save All... button. Click this button then proceed to step 2.
   • Right-click or Ctrl-click the attachment, and from the pull-down menu that appears, select Save Attachment... . If the message contains more than one attachment, Shift-click the attachments to group-select them, then right-click or Ctrl-click one of the group. From the pull-down menu that appears, select Save Selected Attachments... .
   
   
2. In the sheet that drops down, select the location where you would like the attachment(s) to be saved, then click Save.