Mac Mail app in Sequoia won't show single page PDF previews inline when composing

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Mac Mail app in Sequoia won't show single page PDF previews inline when composing

After upgrading to Sequoia, the mail app will no longer show single page PDF previews inline when composing a message, and will just show the icon. Right clicking on the icon has the "view in place" option grayed out. Having these PDF attachment previews is helpful to our workflow, so hoping to find an option to get this back. Once the message has been sent, the attachment preview will show inline, just not when composing the original massage.

Other image file types appear to show the previews just fine, and trying to use terminal commands to reset the behavior so far has been unsuccessful.

Mac Studio (2022)

Posted on Sep 23, 2024 7:36 AM

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EdwardC245

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Sep 24, 2024 1:01 PM in response to CleanerSD

Same here, interestingly though once sent the PDF is displayed "in place" in the sent mail folder?

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Oct 9, 2024 1:56 PM in response to CleanerSD

I am having the same issue. It is so frustrating! Are there any updates to fix the issue?

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Oct 9, 2024 9:06 PM in response to CleanerSD

same problem here since updating to Sequoia 15.0.1 — (why change what ain't broke ?) — very very inconvenient (and inefficient) — they must send another update to fix this as soon as possible

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53Deluxe

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Sep 26, 2024 3:32 PM in response to EdwardC245

I'm having the same issue. Prior to upgrading my Mac to Sequoia 15 my mail displayed pdf attachments when sending to clients. Now just the icon appears and the "View in Place" is greyed out. I also see that once sent the PDF is displayed in the sent folder as EdwardC245 mentioned. Kinda frustrating as I've been all over the place trying to activate this setting. HELP!!!

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trinc

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Sep 26, 2024 11:51 PM in response to jen587

Same thing since upgrading to Sequoia. I hope they bring this back.

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Oct 10, 2024 1:11 AM in response to CleanerSD

Same here . . . urgh!!!! So annoying:(

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jen587

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Sep 26, 2024 5:53 PM in response to CleanerSD

Same for me. Would be nice to have this as an optional feature.

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Oct 20, 2024 3:54 PM in response to quiltedsails

What worked? Did you find a fix?

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Oct 20, 2024 5:54 PM in response to TheLawnWranglers

Looks like it's a new "feature" not a bug? ugh.

Good news: it looks like the pdf is viewable inline to the recipient. And for the sender, if you click on it and hit the space bar, the preview pops up.a

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Sep 27, 2024 3:17 PM in response to EdwardC245

This worked for me as well!

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