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Attach unique attachment to email using apple script to send email to different users
I'm new to apple script: Does anyone have an example of using an AppleScript to send individual emails with unique attachments for each email using an excel list? (Lots of examples out there sending emails with an attachment, but no one seems to have done it with different attachments for each mail?...
I'm new to apple script:
Does anyone have an example of using an AppleScript to send individual emails with unique attachments for each email using an excel list? (Lots of examples out there sending emails with an attachment, but no one seems to have done it with different attachments for each mail???)
Basically
I have an email list in excel which holds all email addresses and file names
and
a Folder with each excel file in it.
I want to send the email to user in email list and attach file to email and on a loop until complete. Each person should receive the same email but will have different file attached.
Can someone provide example please?
j234212
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Oct 12, 2020, 02:45 PM
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How can I attach a photo in Gmail on iPhone rather than inline it with the body of the mail?
I want to attach a photo in [Gmail on iPhone](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gmail-email-by-google/id422689480). If I open Gmail and click on the paperclip attachment icon and select a photo, it does not attach a photo but instead it inserts the photo within the mail. How can I attach a photo in Gmai...
I want to attach a photo in [Gmail on iPhone](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gmail-email-by-google/id422689480) .
If I open Gmail and click on the paperclip attachment icon and select a photo, it does not attach a photo but instead it inserts the photo within the mail.
How can I attach a photo in Gmail rather than inline it with the body of the mail?
Franck Dernoncourt
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Oct 18, 2023, 10:25 PM
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Get attachments from .eml files that are not in ~/Library/Mail
I copied a large number of .eml files from Mail.app to a separate folder. Each message has two attachments: a .kmz in base64 and a .gpx in plain text. I want to get these attachments from the .eml files. Since the .eml identifies the original file name, it would be nice to keep that. But it's also p...
I copied a large number of .eml files from Mail.app to a separate folder. Each message has two attachments: a .kmz in base64 and a .gpx in plain text.
I want to get these attachments from the .eml files. Since the .eml identifies the original file name, it would be nice to keep that. But it's also possible that more than one might have the same filename.
Two possible solutions :
- [Using Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44323859/extract-attachments-from-eml-files)
- [Using Applescript](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/91013/how-to-auto-download-a-certain-attachment-in-mail)
But since I don't know much about either language, I don't know what mods they would need to be able to work on my files nor the syntax I'd need to run them.
There is also a free tool offered online, but since dozens of domain names are pushing it with identical web pages, I suspect it's malware.
I can go through the messages one by one in Mail.app and drag out the attachments, but it would be nice to not have to do that 408 times.
WGroleau
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Dec 9, 2022, 08:23 AM
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Attaching OneDrive File to Email in Outlook App
I'm using the Outlook mobile app for iOS as well as OneDrive. I'd like to attach files from OneDrive when I compose an email in Outlook, so I click on the paper clip, then choose Attach File, then there is a page titled "Files" and at the top are a list of cloud service providers, such as Google Dri...
I'm using the Outlook mobile app for iOS as well as OneDrive. I'd like to attach files from OneDrive when I compose an email in Outlook, so I click on the paper clip, then choose Attach File, then there is a page titled "Files" and at the top are a list of cloud service providers, such as Google Drive, Box, etc. (picture at the end)
Unfortunately there is an X next to each of these, and I accidentally clicked on the X by OneDrive, assuming it was an arrow ">". Now that option has disappeared. Have I permanently lost the ability to attach files from OneDrive to my emails? How do I bring this back?
It's not clear to me if this "Files" page is just a part of Outlook, or if it's related to the Files app bundled with iOS. The whole thing is a mess.
Evan Cox
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Jun 24, 2019, 08:39 PM
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Is there a limit for the attachment size in Messages?
I'm trying to send a **36 MB** `.mp4` video via Messages, but I'm not exactly sure if it's working. After sending the file, the CPU usage of the processes `VTDecoderXPCService` and `IMTranscoderAgent` goes up very high (~300%) and then **only about 11 MB of data are send**. I doubt that Messages is...
I'm trying to send a **36 MB**
.mp4 video via Messages, but I'm not exactly sure if it's working.
After sending the file, the CPU usage of the processes VTDecoderXPCService and IMTranscoderAgent goes up very high (~300%) and then **only about 11 MB of data are send**.
I doubt that Messages is performing some magical compression that results in *"Could not transfer file. Attachment too large..."*
Is there a limit for the attachment size in Messages?
gentmatt
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Nov 5, 2012, 11:13 AM
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Mac Mail application removes attachment when forwarding mails
When I forward email having attachment the recipient is not getting the attachment file. Mail application removes it automatically before forwarding. How can I prevent this?
When I forward email having attachment the recipient is not getting the attachment file. Mail application removes it automatically before forwarding. How can I prevent this?
Harikrishnan
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Oct 24, 2017, 06:33 AM
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How can i uninstall (and reinstall) misbehaving Preview on Mac?
Previously I took screenshots with Preview (comes with Mac), then embedded those images inline in text body of gmails. Suddenly now, Gmail insisting on their being attachments only, and often the attachment downloads on the other end as a corrupt file (even tho the screenshot looks fine upon first s...
Previously I took screenshots with Preview (comes with Mac), then embedded those images inline in text body of gmails. Suddenly now, Gmail insisting on their being attachments only, and often the attachment downloads on the other end as a corrupt file (even tho the screenshot looks fine upon first snapping). I would like to update Preview or uninstall and reinstall it, but can see no way to do that. Also don't know whether is is a Gmail issue or a Preview issue?
Shannon Miller
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Jan 25, 2023, 02:46 PM
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Is it possible to bulk delete message attachments on a Mac?
From the Messages app, I can delete attachments one at a time by right-clicking on them and selecting Delete from the context menu. But I have 1.7G worth of attachments to delete; is there a faster way to do this? Note: this is on a Mac. I did find instructions to do this on an iPhone, but I no long...
From the Messages app, I can delete attachments one at a time by right-clicking on them and selecting Delete from the context menu. But I have 1.7G worth of attachments to delete; is there a faster way to do this?
Note: this is on a Mac. I did find instructions to do this on an iPhone, but I no longer have an iPhone.
Also note: I don't want to just remove them from my computer, I want to free up space on iCloud.
Edward Falk
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Dec 17, 2022, 09:22 PM
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Send an email as an attachment from iPhone
This may be the most easy question to answer but I have struggled for few days now to get a proper view on how to achieve attaching an email on another email in iPhone 7. I am a new iPhone user and would like to achieve 1. Attach existing email onto new email 2. Attach existing email to a reply/forw...
This may be the most easy question to answer but I have struggled for few days now to get a proper view on how to achieve attaching an email on another email in iPhone 7.
I am a new iPhone user and would like to achieve
1. Attach existing email onto new email
2. Attach existing email to a reply/forward email
Is this at all possible?
Youbaraj Sharma
(215 rep)
Jan 19, 2017, 03:43 PM
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Working with attachments **to** a PDF file in Preview
I've got a PDF that has something else (actually, another PDF) as an attachment. Like most Mac users I use Preview by default to view PDFs, and Preview gives no indication that I can find that there is an attachment, nor can I figure out how to access the attachment now that I know it's there. I was...
I've got a PDF that has something else (actually, another PDF) as an attachment. Like most Mac users I use Preview by default to view PDFs, and Preview gives no indication that I can find that there is an attachment, nor can I figure out how to access the attachment now that I know it's there. I was pretty confused until I tried Adobe Reader which immediately makes it clear that there is an attachment. Am I missing something here or is Preview essentially ignoring attachments?
kuzzooroo
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Jan 2, 2016, 07:26 PM
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AppleScript file permission error when trying to save attachment of mail message
As per [various code snippets][1] on the web I am trying to implement a simple AppleScript to save the attachments of Mail messages to a folder. set thePath to ((path to home folder as text) & "Documents") tell application "Mail" set selectedMessages to selection set theMessage to item 1 of selected...
As per various code snippets on the web I am trying to implement a simple AppleScript to save the attachments of Mail messages to a folder.
set thePath to ((path to home folder as text) & "Documents")
tell application "Mail"
set selectedMessages to selection
set theMessage to item 1 of selectedMessages
set theAttachments to theMessage's mail attachments
repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments
set originalName to name of theAttachment
set savePath to (thePath & ":" & originalName)
display dialog ("Saving attachment to " & savePath)
save theAttachment in savePath
end repeat
end tell
Here is what the dialog box reports when I run the script with one message selected in Mail that has an image attached:
> Saving attachment to Macintosh
> HD:Users:billtubbs:Documents:20180415_103233.jpg
Here is the error message I get:
error "Mail got an error: To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info." number -10000
It is raised on the line
save theAttachment in savePath
Bill
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Apr 16, 2018, 03:22 AM
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Dragging a file on Mail.app doesn't attach it
When dragging any file onto the Mail app icon, a compose window with the file attached should open. Since quite a while (I believe since macOS 12.4), the compose window only contains the file name in angle brackets and no attachment. (Dragging a file into the compose window as opposed to the app ico...
When dragging any file onto the Mail app icon, a compose window with the file attached should open.
Since quite a while (I believe since macOS 12.4), the compose window only contains the file name in angle brackets and no attachment.
(Dragging a file into the compose window as opposed to the app icon works fine.)
Is this a known issue? Any idea how to fix?
Ortwin Gentz
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Jul 20, 2022, 10:26 AM
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Schedule email with attachment with Automator
I'm having issues when trying to add an attachment to a scheduled Email in Automator. If I use `Add Attachment to Front Message` it opens my predefined message and adds the file but as soon as I add `Send Outgoing Messages` the message is sent without the attachment. I execute this app with a calend...
I'm having issues when trying to add an attachment to a scheduled Email in Automator.
If I use 
Add Attachment to Front Message it opens my predefined message and adds the file but as soon as I add Send Outgoing Messages the message is sent without the attachment.
I execute this app with a calendar event.
DOC
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Feb 3, 2022, 09:51 AM
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Attached pictures not shown at recipient
I send a lot of mails to many different contacts. Sometimes with attached pictures like png and jpg files. Quite often I get people responding to me that they cannot see the attached file. And their response will almost always include the attached file, proving that they *did* get it. Often it is a...
I send a lot of mails to many different contacts. Sometimes with attached pictures like png and jpg files.
Quite often I get people responding to me that they cannot see the attached file. And their response will almost always include the attached file, proving that they *did* get it. Often it is a Microsoft client, but I don't know for all different cases.
Sometimes I can explain that they need to check the list of attached files, if the pictures do not show inline in the text area. But other times they insist that they cannot see any traces of the attached picture, whatsoever.
This did not seem to be the case when I tested AirMail, for example.
No issues with attaching for example PDF files. I remember something about a configuration setting for attaching inline vs. not inline. But I cannot seem to find it anymore?
What can I do about this. Is it possible to make Mail.app attach files in a manner, that "all" mail clients are able to understand?
Dennis Thrysøe
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Nov 24, 2021, 02:06 PM
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Freeing space by deleting older files in the /Library/Messages/Attachment folder
I would like to be able to free up space on my MacMini main hard disk, and I have found that I have about 61 GB of attachments in my /Users/mlittle-macmini-20200921/Library/Messages/Attachments folder. Would I be able to free up space either by deleting older attachments, or archiving them on to a U...
I would like to be able to free up space on my MacMini main hard disk, and I have found that I have about 61 GB of attachments in my /Users/mlittle-macmini-20200921/Library/Messages/Attachments folder. Would I be able to free up space either by deleting older attachments, or archiving them on to a USB drive?
Flash Jack From Gundagai
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Jun 28, 2021, 12:47 PM
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How can I find deleted Apple Mail attachments in Time Machine?
I deleted some I need now, but I haven't found them. Where do they live? Thanks.
I deleted some I need now, but I haven't found them. Where do they live? Thanks.
vonlost
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Jun 10, 2021, 09:32 PM
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Why does a word doc attachment on my Wife’s phone show as winmail.dat?
Note: I understand the general issues about Outlook encoding attachments, but this is about a specific device. Our school sends out a newsletter as a .doc attachment. My Wife and I both have iPhone SE’s. I can open the attachments fine, but on my Wife’s it shows as a winmail.dat attachment and she c...
Note: I understand the general issues about Outlook encoding attachments, but this is about a specific device.
Our school sends out a newsletter as a .doc attachment. My Wife and I both have iPhone SE’s. I can open the attachments fine, but on my Wife’s it shows as a winmail.dat attachment and she can’t open it. We both have the same mail provider (a private mail server). Even if I forward the email I received, her phone shows it as winmail.dat. It opens OK if she views it on webmail so this is very specific to just her phone.
Her iPhone is up to date, mine is running the iOS 12 beta, but she has been having this problem before I installed the beta so I don’t think it’s related to the iOS version.
As far as I can tell, there are no settings on the phone that might control this. Any ideas?
Darren
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Sep 7, 2018, 05:34 PM
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Saving mail attachments to external drive
I want to save certain incoming mail ***attachments*** to an external drive, not a whole folder or even a whole email. I want to set up a ***rule*** in Mail that will automatically select certain regular attachments I receive and file them in a designated folder on a connected external drive, deleti...
I want to save certain incoming mail ***attachments*** to an external drive, not a whole folder or even a whole email.
I want to set up a ***rule*** in Mail that will automatically select certain regular attachments I receive and file them in a designated folder on a connected external drive, deleting them from Mail.
Clearly, Apple Mail's rules exclude any such capability and only allow filing in another Mail folder.
Can anybody suggest a simple way of accomplishing this?
Jools
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Dec 11, 2020, 10:50 AM
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How to show "only mails with attachments" in MacOS Mail?
In the search box in the top right of Mail, I enter the search term but then want to restrict the results in the same way you can with Outlook on PC "has attachment" to only show those mails that include the search term AND have an attachment. Is this even possible?
In the search box in the top right of Mail, I enter the search term but then want to restrict the results in the same way you can with Outlook on PC "has attachment" to only show those mails that include the search term AND have an attachment.
Is this even possible?
adolf garlic
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Oct 21, 2020, 12:51 PM
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Apple Mail not downloading attachments
I am using macOS Sierra. Recently, the Mail app started having problems with attachments. On many (but not all) messages, attachments show up, but they are displayed as "Mail Attachment", not as the actual file name. Curiously, sometimes the correct icon shows up. I thought that maybe they needed so...
I am using macOS Sierra. Recently, the Mail app started having problems with attachments. On many (but not all) messages, attachments show up, but they are displayed as "Mail Attachment", not as the actual file name. Curiously, sometimes the correct icon shows up. I thought that maybe they needed some time to download, but waiting for hours does not solve it. I tried turning on and off the automatic attachment download and deleting the Mail Downloads directory, but that did not fix it.
This is an Exchange account, which may be part of the problem.
Any idea what could be causing this?
burger
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Nov 16, 2016, 04:58 PM
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