Apple mail disable attachment preview

To disable attachment preview in Apple Mail on a Mac, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open Apple Mail and go to the "Mail" menu.
  2. Select "Preferences" from the drop-down menu.
  3. Click on the "General" tab.
  4. Uncheck the box next to "Show preview of attachments".
  5. Click "OK" to save the changes.

Alternatively, you can also disable attachment preview by using the following Terminal command:

defaults write com.apple.mail DisableAttachmentPreview -bool true

This will disable attachment preview for all accounts in Apple Mail.

Note: Disabling attachment preview may affect the functionality of some email clients or services that rely on this feature.

If you want to disable attachment preview for a specific account only, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open Apple Mail and select the account for which you want to disable attachment preview.
  2. Go to the "Mail" menu and select "Preferences" from the drop-down menu.
  3. Click on the "Accounts" tab.
  4. Select the account from the list and click on the "Edit" button.
  5. Uncheck the box next to "Show preview of attachments" in the "Account" section.
  6. Click "OK" to save the changes.

This will disable attachment preview only for the selected account.