I have no idea why. They are even zipping 56 kb files. And I can't email anything out from Pages or Numbers without exporting to another format first. And like so many other things, Apple Support blames the email, not the Apple files.
On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 6:35:52 AM UTC-5, Jessica D wrote: > > it is just one file. > why would apple mail zip files and not tell you? i have never seen this as > an issue before. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > If you have the file selected you can do a command-I to get info on the > file and the Size field will tell you how big it is. In general 10MB and > under should go through ok with most email providers. The internet > standards for MIME encoded attachments have no size limits but that doesn't > mean one service provider or another doesn't impose one. MIME also adds > about a third again of overhead so emailing a 3MB file will take about 4MB > of space, pushing you over the 10MB limit sooner. I know Outlook and some > other email clients have options to automatically zip attachments but I was > unaware of Apple Mail doing this. I have heard it will zip a folder. Are > you attaching the actual file or a folder of files? > > > > CB > > > >> On 1/21/14 5:27 PM, Jessica D wrote: > >> i have no clue, how would i find out? > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > >>> > >>> How big are the files you are trying to send? Maybe something is > trying to 'help' you along the way by zipping the files. > >>> > >>> CB > >>> > >>>> On 1/21/14 5:04 PM, Jess wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> I am having extreme difficulty sending word and/or excel files to > people who have older versions of windows. It sends them as .zip files > instead of .xls, csv, or .doc. why could this be? > >>>> Jessica > >>>> I walk by faith, not by sight. > >>>> 2 Corinthians 5: 7 > >>> -- > >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > >>> To post to this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]<javascript:>. > > >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
