Hi, I use the little Mail Attachments Iconiser add on for Mail, and have been able to send document to myself at work, and to my husband and other people with Windows machines without any problems on the other side.
http://lokiware.info/Mail-Attachments-Iconizer Attachment appear as icons when I send them, and appear to arrive as accessible icons. cheers, Susan. On 11/01/2011, at 11:52 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi again Peter, > > I forgot to mention that if you wanted to see what images (& their numbers) > in the Archive.zip. > Select the "Archive.zip" file, go to File > Quick Look "Archive.zip" > You > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 11/01/2011, at 11:37 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Hi Peter, >> >> You can compress several different files into one single archive file — just >> Command-click (or Shift-click contiguous files) on all the files you want >> included, then choose File > "Compress x Items" >> A file will be created named “Archive.zip" >> . >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad >> >> On 11/01/2011, at 10:54 AM, "Crisp, Peter" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for this Ronni. I understand the process if it is for one jpg but if >>> it is for numerous jpg files when selecting randomly (using the Control >>> button), to then go off to the finder and replicate the selections is very >>> difficult without knowing the image numbers – maybe there is a thumbnail >>> view in Finder which would emulate this process and allow a bulk zipping of >>> numerous jpg files – but I am sat at my Windows machine right now and not >>> sure till this evening to check fully. >>> >>> >>> >>> Windows for all it foibles, does this very elegantly and painlessly in >>> Picasa (a freebie download) giving the option of compression amount >>> (small/medium/large jpg) and attachment of the jpg (or numerous randomly >>> selected jpg’s) in a conventional way too (as opposed to embedded images). >>> Not that this helps the Mac users at all. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Peter.. >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Ronda Brown >>> Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 9:55 AM >>> To: WAMUG Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: Attachments/Displayed >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 11/01/2011, at 8:13 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/01/2011, at 4:55 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> When sending emails with images as attachments from Mail to Windows users, >>> there is a complaint that the images display but are not seen as saveable >>> as attachments should be. There is no problem with Mail to Mail emails >>> and I can see nothing relevant in Mail settings. >>> >>> Has anyone any words of wisdom on this, please. >>> >>> Severin Crisp >>> >>> >>> One thing that seems to work is to make sure that, before you send the >>> attachment, right click on it (if it displayed as an image in your composed >>> message) and choose "View as Icon" from the popup menu, then make sure that >>> you place the attachment at the very bottom of the message. I'm still not >>> sure why this should make a difference, but it seems to. >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Severin & Peter, >>> >>> >>> >>> When you right-click on an image & choose "View as Icon" from the >>> contextual menu, this affects only your view, not the way it appears to the >>> recipient. Even though a file appears as an icon on your screen, it may >>> appear inline on the recipient’s screen. >>> >>> >>> >>> To be certain that a graphic does not appear inline, you must compress the >>> file before attaching it—Mail, sadly, lacks a built-in compression option. >>> >>> The easiest way to compress a file (in Windows-friendly Zip format) using >>> Leopard or Snow Leopard is to select the file in the Finder and choose >>> File > Compress "filename". >>> >>> In Tiger, select the file in the Finder and choose File > Create Archive of >>> "filename". >>> >>> >>> >>> Always use Windows-friendly attachments: Sending attachments in “Windows >>> friendly” format (omits resource forks, if they exist). >>> >>> To tell Mail to use Windows-friendly encoding for all new messages, choose >>> Edit > Attachments > Send Windows-Friendly Attachments. >>> >>> >>> >>> Use rich text format for graphics: Although it’s no guarantee of what will >>> show up on the other end, you’ll improve your odds of having graphics show >>> up correctly if you use rich text rather than plain text. >>> >>> >>> >>> Always include file extensions: Extensions at the end of a file’s name. >>> >>> >>> >>> Place Attachments at the bottom of an email (below your Signature) >>> >>> >>> >>> To force them to go to the bottom of the message: For a single message, >>> with that message window open: choose Edit > Attachments > Insert >>> Attachments at End of Message. >>> >>> >>> >>> For all messages, with no message window open: Choose Edit > Attachments > >>> Always Insert Attachments at End of Message. >>> >>> This does not affect whether an attachment appears as an icon. >>> >>> >>> >>> I send a lot of images as attachments to Windows Users and have not had >>> any of the recipients experiencing any problems. >>> >>> I always use the above recommendations which are found in "Take Control Of >>> Apple Mail in Snow Leopard". >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >>> 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >>> >>> OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> >>> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
