[Chris Breen]

dougster said:

His 100% sure fire way, as -Chris mentioned, is to Zip those puppies: NO problems...

Ah so NOW you agree with me -- 4 Thumb Bums too late, Doug. ;)

[cschueren]

Another reason that I use Entourage instead of Mail. Its too easy.

[ae222]

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[ae222]

Any well written client should allow a user to save an image within an HTML-based mail message. It's unfortunate that there are Windows, Linux and Unix users who cannot, for example, drag an image appearing in an email newsletter to a folder/directory of their choice. Knowing this, Apple should have made it easier for Mac users to accommodate recipients using clients such as Outlook.

Perhaps it's worth noting that in the case of Microsoft Outlook, it is possible to save embedded images -- although the feature is not well implemented. Users can right click on an image and may save that image as a Windows bitmap. They cannot -- without creating a Macro with Visual Basic code -- save the image in its original format. A solution to the problem of saving pictures in their original format, complete with code, can be found online.

Of course, creating special macros is well beyond the skills of 90% of those who complain about your embedded images. The other 10% probably has no interest in creating a macro to deal with your Apple Mail pictures. So, the easiest solution REALLY is to send a plain text message when necessary. You could also zip your files, but chances are that a .zip file will perplex some users.

[diver14]

I have not purchased my Mac yet but right after x-mas I am getting the IMAC 24. Taking some of the free Mac intro classes at the apple store I took a Mobile Me class I think if you have that it will cure that problem as well since I do have a Iphone or touch that was the selling point for me
or Iam I just wasting money on it {if verizon had the Iphone I would have it}

Michael

[Schneb]

diver14 said:

I have not purchased my Mac yet but right after x-mas

How soon after Christmas? I would be sure to wait after MacWorld 2009. You may find yourself with a better Mac at a better price.

[dougster]

> {if verizon had the Iphone I would have it}

Michael
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:::ditto::: :D

...even though its a little off topic of attaching files and keeping their integrity...

As mentioned: Might wait until after the Macworld Expo 2009. Just maybe an updated version of the iMac and Mac Mini...

[chadmac3]

ummm...can window users and mac users both just right-click the any image in an email and choose save-as??? I've encountered the "not able to attach" problem when sending to Windows users and have always understood it to be a problem with people not know how to save-as in this manner. Seems simple enough to me.
I used to be a Windows user and that's how I always did it. If it's "embedded" the file is still there, it's not like it's stuck in some mystery place that no one can get to.

[bastion]

Thisis, on 10 July 2012 - 01:54 AM, said:

orgopete, on 01 December 2008 - 12:04 PM, said:

This sounds like a good solution to the wrong problem. I like to have the photos embedded. That was my objective so you could immediately see the photos.
If I were to suggest a solution, I would ask that Microsoft or someone to write a solution to allow the recipients to save the photos. While the suggested solution (don't embed the photo's) works, it strikes me as perverse.

Embedded photos are no good at all for professional usage - such as journalism where you need to send images of at least 2MB.

Your suggested solution that Microsoft write a solution for an Apple problem is laughable.

Apple get so many things wrong with regards to usability. I work on both Apple and PR (in PR and media) and Apple is one long frustration. Everything has to be done the hard way. It is absolutely ridiculous. In a busy office you shouldn't have to faff around, you should just be able to attach and send so the other person can Save As.

Apple sucks!

The vast majority of the times that someone thinks a task is too difficult on the Mac it's because they're expecting some needlessly complex process that they had to use on a different platform and end up getting lost making things gratuitously difficult for themselves. Like taking 3 left turns in order to go right.

Your comments above make little sense. Attaching something to e-mail is attaching something to e-mail. It's not limited in size just because it happens to be presented (by the receiving client) as an embedded image versus a "plain" attachment, so I have no idea what you think "embedding" has to do with "at least 2MB." You're much more likely to run into an issue because modern publication quality images can routinely be large enough that intermediate hops along the way will block the message as being too large. (Exacerbated by the reality that Base64 encoding necessarily inflates the attachment by 1/3.) They really should be put up on a secure site with just links mailed.

The suggestion to which you were responding is not that Microsoft write a solution for an Apple problem, but that Microsoft fix their own problem. Presentation and processing of e-mail messages, content and attachments is completely, 100%, in the domain of the recipient's mail client. If an Outlook user isn't able to save an image from a mail message it's not because the sending software did or didn't "embed" the image. It's because Outlook is coded to not allow the image to be saved off in circumstances that somehow apply to that message. Shouldn't surprise anyone; Microsoft's handling of e-mail (and attachments in particular) has *always* been screwy.