Sending jpg's to PC's.

Can someone explain to me why when I e-mail a jpg photo to a PC from Mail, they need a utility such as Winzip to view the image.
Yet when I e-mail the same file using Webmail the recepient can see the image without any utility.
Thanks, Peter

Make sure "Always Send Windows-friendly Attachments" is enabled when sending to PC users (to strip the Mac resource fork). Check out the Edit menu > Attachments. If that option lacks a check next to it, click it to activate.

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I'm having a problem in sending JPG files in MAIL. Nobody can open de files i send. Need Help.
Tanks.

Makes sure extensions are fully apparent, checks the form of preview that may have been created on the Mac for its use. Two support documents are linked below, and the one for earlier version of Mail is still useful:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/4.0/en/9965.html
and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/3.0/en/9965.html
If you were sending to someone using a really old version Mac OS, it might be a hinderance, btw.
The issues that can arise from use of Rich Text Format are separate issues, and relate to MS and AOL not processing RTF from other systems.
Ernie
Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

Mail not sending jpg/pdf files

You've probably all heard about this problem but does anyone have a fix?
When i send jpg or pdf files to windows computers they don't show up at the other end.
This problem is intermittent. If i'm sending mutliple files it sometimes send one but not others.
Clicking 'windows friendly attachments' does not work. It's already ticked.
I'm using a Macbook pro 10.5.4 with Mail Version 3.3 (926.1/926)
Can anyone give me a definative anwser? Searching the wbe and these forums just throws up more unknowns!

Zipping files takes very little time, since it's built-in to OS X and available as a Contextual Menu item. Aside from that, your files are being received, even if your recipients don't know it. There is something about their mail client that blocks them from seeing them, but if they were to display the full headers of your email, all the images should indeed be there.
Entourage is no panacea, either; the same thing could happen with that program and your recipients. The only way to ensure that files are received as visible attachments is to archive them all and send that archive file.
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Sending jpg attachments to AOL subscribers

HI all!
I'm consistently unable to send jpg pictures as attachments to friends with @aol.com email addresses. They tell me that the picture numbers come through but no picture. When I send the attachments (and verify in the "sent" box), the picture are definitely attached to the email. Friends not with AOL get things no problem.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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Hi Allan, I hope toy don't mind me cc'ing a post I put up earliet - but saw this and could see that the problem is related: "This problem is going to really mess up my recent migration to Macintosh. I prepare a lot of documents in Word and Excel and am careful to append them with .doc and .xls before emailing them to clients and colleagues - all of who are Windows users. One colleague - a senior who calls the shots uses an AOL account and email. I have never had a problem sending .doc and .xls attachments to him but he is now saying that the .doc's and some of the .xls's are arriving as un-open-able .bin files. This is a real bugger. I have tried the 'send Windows friendly attachment' button in iMail but it makes no difference. I have looked at other posts which point the problem back to AOL - but Windows users do not have the problem. Is there a viable solution to this problem because my colleague absolutely will not ditch AOL".
I send email from iMail using plain text. The AOL recipient says he is now able to open .pdf (but the filename gets changed in transit) and .xls (no probs). He can open .doc by using the 'open with' command. The file name is shortened and the suffix is removed. Any suggestions gratefully received.

Sending jpgs to AOL customers

I can't count the number of times I send simple jpg files to AOL customers and they write back saying they can;t open the file because AOL converted the file to a MiMe file and now the receipient needs Winzip decoder to convert the file back to a jpg. Many people don't want to or don't know how to get the decoder or use it.
Is there something I can do on my end to send jpgs to AOL customers besides tell them AOL *****?
imac 24" 2.16 Intel2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Email at AOL is an odd beast and very archaic. The MIME encoding turns 8 bit files to 7 bit gibberish. Your image is basically turned into text by AOL mail and then "decoded" (expanded) when viewed.
If using OS X Mail app you can try "Windows friendly attachments" and it may work at AOL.
I would suggest "Archiving" prior to sending the image:
From iPhoto "export" to the Desktop
Highlight the file in Finder and then Archive (File menu)
This will make your file blah.jpg.zip
attach that to your email and send to AOL as a test.

OSX Mail - Sending JPG Attachments

I am having issues sending emails with JPGs attached. For some reason, they are being attached in-line and people are unable to download the attachments. Why is this?

The easiest to send jpg are to drag the image to the destop, then attach the iimage to a PDF, via Adobe, or pages. Select print, then select the image, and choose.
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Sending jpg to iPhone via mms not working

I'm trying to send a jpg from my email to an iPhone via mms, i'm using the correct format [email protected] but the iPhone gets an error that reads:
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Tamara wrote:
You cannot send an image to an iPhone using @mms.att.net. mms.att.net was a workaround for phones that are not capable of email. If you want to send an image to the phone, just send it to whatever email address you are using on the phone.
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RE: Sending jpg bytes over a server

I had another topic but it has not been answered for a couple days so I guess I will clarify my problem more.
I'm sending my image over a server, Client->Server->Client.
My sending and receiving works but I get the image and it cannot be displayed.
Sending
try{
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Here you are ignoring the result of the read() method.Meaning?
Here you are not telling us how the incoming data got into 'image'.I put the bytes of the image into an object and passed it over the network.
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Edited by: Krytical on Aug 10, 2008 12:09 AM

Sending jpg attachments in Mail to Windows 8

When I send a jpg attachment from my iMac 10.9.4 to a Windows 8 laptop the recipient sees only a square with an X in it. Is there something I need to do that will make it possible for them to see the jpg?

Make sure you send Windows-friendly attachments. To do so for all messages, from the main Mail window choose Edit > Attachments, then make sure Always Send Windows-Friendly Attachments is selected. For a specific message, click the Attach button in the toolbar of the message window, then make sure Send Windows-Friendly Attachments is selected.
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Any jpgs I attach and send from my Mac to my friend's PC end up embedded in the message so are not able to be saved on her end, only copied. My outgoing message shows an attachment with paperclip, but her incoming message only shows the insertion. Is there a setting I need to change on the Mac, or something she needs to do on her PC to make this compatible?
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The person trying to receive is running a PC with Windows 7 and using Outlook.
Thank you!

Hi Rubypoo,
If the Windows recipients are having issues with your images showing up as embedded instead of as attachments, you may want to try setting them as Window-friendly attachments, as outlined in the following article:
Follow these tips when you send files to Windows users:
Make sure Edit > Attachments > Always Send Windows-Friendly Attachments is selected. For a specific message, click the Attach icon in the New Message window, then select Send Windows-Friendly Attachments.
Mail (Mavericks): Add attachments
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14914
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OS X Mavericks: Compress and uncompress files and folders
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13964
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Ahhhhhh! I usually drag and drop my attachements, so I never see that box. Can you tell me what is happening when I check the box? Does it still convert it to a MIME file or the check tell it to convert to a different format? Thanks!

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I can't send a jpeg attachment with Mail. It always arrives in th body of the text and the receiver can do nothing with it.
Another thing:
Also when I want to forward an email, very often the attachments doesn't follow, or even the text of the email doesn't follow !
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You need to upgrade to the current version of Adobe Reader 10.1.3. PPC applications are not supported in Lion.
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Open Office
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am i correct that this 'my photo stream' process is not removing any image data?
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Sending jpg's to PC's.

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