Attaching photos from email applications

Question

when trying to attach a photo from an email applicaton, the icons that appear on the window are small and do not allow me to choose the photo I want. When accesing the same folder from Finder, the icons are big enough. How can I solve this? Thanks, Sigal

Answer 1

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In Mail, Attach, using the 'icon & filename view' as shown below, single-click on a photo filename to select it without attaching it, and then press the [Space bar] to enlarge the image.
In the example below, I selected the image Screen shot 2013-01-21 at 5.21.27 PM.png
Then pressing the [Space bar] enlarges it.
Once you've enlarged the view of one photo, using the [Up] or [Down] cursor arrows on the keyboard lets you browse the other photos in enlarged state without returning back to the first step.
(If the image is still too small, clicking the 'enlarge' diagonal double arrow below an enlarged image brings it to full-screen view. In full-screen view, you need to click the 'reduce' diagonal double arrow before you can view another image)
Once you've located the photo you want to attach, press [Space bar] again to return to the icon view, and press [Enter] or click the Choose File button to attach the image to your email message.