You’ve probably noticed there isn’t an attachment button when composing a new email message in iOS, so how do you attach pictures to mail on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? The easiest way is to use Copy and Paste, here’s what you’ll want to do:
- Compose a new mail message as usual, then hit the Home button and launch the Photos app
- Locate the picture you want to attach to the email and tap to open it
- Tap and hold on the image until you see “Copy” and tap to copy it
- Use a four-fingered swipe up or double-tap the Home button to bring up the multitasking bar, and select the Mail app to switch back to your mail message
- Back in the mail composition window, tap in the mail body and hold until you see “Paste”, select that to insert the picture into the email as an attachment
- Compose the remainder of the email as usual and tap “Send”
You can add up to five photos as attachments, though if you plan on sending multiple picturesit’s better to start from Photos app instead of Mail app because you can compose a new message containing several photos directly from there.
This is the source of some confusion for new iPad and iPhone users, and I have fielded this question several times in person to newcomers to the iOS platform. Hopefully a future version of Mail will include a more direct way of adding mail attachments to prevent some of the friction.
By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks
By Paul Horowitz - iPad, iPhone, Tips & Tricks