10.4: Mail attachments via the Finder's contextual menu

Jun 15, '05 10:03:00AM

Contributed by: dbenne

Tiger only hintI wanted something like the "send to" option I have under the contextual menu at work on Windows 2000. I know I can use the Services menu, but that isn't in the contextual menu by default.

It turns out this is really easy with Automator. It's a two-step workflow:

  1. [Finder] - Get selected Finder items.
  2. [Mail] - New Mail Message.
Select "Save as Plug-in" from the File menu, and call it something like Mail-to. Now when you select a file in the Finder and use the contextual menu (control- or right-click), you will see your new workflow under the Automator item. It should create a new mail message with the file already attached.

[robg adds: There are, of course, other ways to send files. Drag to the Mail icon in the dock, for instance. Or use the similar-yet-different Mail/Automator hint from yesterday. I tested this one, and it works as described.]

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