(this is an old post, to see updates please go to homepage)

The problem

I've been struggling with OS X Mail app for some time now. The Mail app is fast, simple, quick and fun to work with. It is so much more than the other bloated mail client apps.

However, there is this annoying issue with sending image attachments to anyone who is not using Mail app (gmail, yahoo, outlook, thunderbird,...). The images always end up inlined and the result is that the people who receive my emails get this little tiny image without options and need to do extra work to see the image. Also a lot of those people are not tech savvy so they quickly lose patience and move on. The solution is to disable image inlining.

I've tried every possible combination to disable image inlining with options and defaults but without any luck. Google searches didn't provide much except that other people are having the same problem. As good old Attachment Tamer stopped working there was no other way than to code one.

The solution - Anti Inline Plugin

So.. I have waited for OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) hoping that this annoyance will go away. It did not. I finally ran Xcode and wrote this tiny plugin that forces images not to inline.

I can again, finally, just drag and drop images to the email with no worries, yippie!.

If you get into trouble I will gladly assist - just drop a note in the comments section or via email (clive@clivegaleni.com).

Also, I have only tested it on Yosemite so I would appreciate feedback on any older OS X versions, thanks!

It also required some plugin updates so here is the updated version:
Anti Inline Plugin - updated for OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 

See original post here.

so we have here yet another OS X Yosemite update.

And here it follows!

Another CG Anti Inline Plugin update so we can send those attachments the way we all want!

Grab it here: Anti Inline Plugin - updated for OS X Yosemite 10.10.2

Thank you all for your feedback and to satisfy your every request I've placed a PayPal donate button. It's up there. On the right. 

Keep those pictures attached! :)

Thank you all for your awesome feedback and support!

(go to plugin page)

As we all live in a fast paced world, I'll keep it brief:

• The plugin is no longer free / it took a lot of work
  (all who donated get a license for free, just drop me an email clive@clivegaleni.com)
• The plugin now leaves signatures inlined
• Issue with Office 365 and Exchange recipients is now resolved
• Gmail now shows attachment icon for your emails with attachments
• Weird att.000 files are no longer manifesting

The plugin's main purpose is to disable inlined images for your recipients that are using other email software (Windows Mail / Outlook / Gmail / Thunderbird / ...).

Note: This plugin does not prevent annoying Mail app "auto preview" feature (yet)

Grab your copy, try it out and if it suits your needs, please purchase a license.

If it doesn't fit your needs, let me know what troubles you so we can fix it!

Thank you again for a massive feedback and support.

Open plugin page

Got questions? Requests? I'm here.

The anti inline plugin now has a preference pane, update notification and other additions such as:

Legacy mode

When this is turned on the plugin operates the way it used to when it was free. In short, everything turns to attachments, no support to leave signatures inlined.

Display signatures inlined

When composing you see your signature images inlined and not as icons. Regardless of this setting your recipients get signatures inlined. 

Multiple signature images

You can now have multiple images in your signature, for example icons for facebook, twitter, web, etc. All you have to do is rename images you use in signatures to contain "email-signature" text. Some examples:

• my-email-signature.png
• email-signature-fb.png
• email-signature-business.jpg
• office-email-siganture.jpg

Situation with disappearing attachments that occured in some cases is resolved.

On what will the development focus be next, you ask?

Single task: disabling Mail app auto preview feature / when we receive attachments (or browse our sent email) we don't want them to auto preview.

So stay tuned! And thank you all for awesome support and feedback!

Apple released yet another OS X El Capitan update.

All of you who updated or plan to update please update to new CG Anti Inline plugin version.

It is just a plugin compatibility update so you can keep disabling inline attachments.

Download from the plugin page.

Thank you, and as usual - if you need anything just send me an email.

This version contains one of all: 

• a feature: possibility to use custom text for the signature filename match
• an update: plugin updated to support new OS X version: El Capitan 10.11.4
• and a fix: a rare issue with the text part of the message disappearing

Thank you all for awesome feedback!

When viewing email in your inbox, sent or any other folder you may finally stay relaxed as nothing will eat your entire window. This update will disable attachment auto preview feature and disable inline attachments when reading messages.

I got a lot of questions about a macOS Sierra version.

Anti inline plugin version for Sierra is ready and is soon to be released.
We are trying to integrate the new version and make a single plugin for all OSX versions.

An update is expected sometimes this week.

Thanks!