Nov. 9, 2009
One thing that I’m missing in Snow Leopard is the “add as email attachment” option in the Finder context menu as I find myself constantly right-clicking a file when I want to send it to someone. The functionality exists but not in the context menu. You need to go all the way to Finder->Services->New Email With Attachment.
Some may argue well, that’s the way it is, Apple decided this is the best way of doing things, you need to accept it and move on. Why do that, when fixing it the way you want it is a couple of seconds away?
If you want to be able to right-click a file in Finder in order to add it as an attachment, this is what you need to do:
- Start Automator
- Choose the Service template
- In the dropdown boxes that appear choose “files or folders” and “Finder”
- Click the Mail application in the Library tree
- Drag the “New Mail Message” to the workflow area
- Save the new service (the name of the workflow will appear in the context-menu)
That’s it! The new action should appear at the bottom when you right-click a file in Finder.
