Is it possible to turn off automatic preview of attachments when composing an e-mail?
NOTE: Yes I know that I can manually ctr+select the attachment and disable preview, but I want this done automatically
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In Terminal, type:
If you want to turn it off again, use
You may need to restart Mail after running this to change the behavior. |
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There is an extension for Apple Mail called Attachment Tamer. It has all kinds of settings, but the most useful is the one that defaults attachments to the icon view. http://lokiware.info/Attachment-Tamer It is $15 but well worth it. |
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To expand on @user43521's answer, there are two ways to solve this problem: First solution: If you drag-and-drop files—even images—into Mail.app's compose window, they'll be sent as real attachments ( Second solution: If you open a terminal and enter this command, it will always make attachments real attachments:
You only need to do this once. To revert to normal behavior:
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