How to Email Big Attachments
If you're planning on emailing a large attachment, do the recipient a favor and compress or zip the attached files first. Compressing or zipping shrinks the files by up to 50 to 90 percent, depending on what type of file it is. This makes the files faster and easier to download from your email. With some especially large files, you might not even be able to attach them at all without first shrinking them. You can compress large attachments before you email them on both Windows and Mac systems.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
-
Mac
-
1
Click on the "Finder" icon at the dock and click "File" on the menu bar. Select "New Finder Window" from the drop-down menu that appears.
-
2
Locate the file or files you want to e-mail in the newly opened Finder window.
-
-
3
Control click on the file and select "Create Archive" from the Action menu that appears. If you're emailing multiple files, shift-click on each one and then choose "Create Archives of X Items."
-
4
Single click on the newly archived file and type in a new name for it. When you send your E-mail, attach this renamed file to your message as you would normally.
PC
-
5
Right click the Start button at the lower left corner of your computer screen, then select "Explore" from the menu that opens.
-
6
Locate the file or files you want to E-mail in Windows Explorer.
-
7
Right click the file and point to "Send To" on the box that appears beside it. Select "Compressed (zipped) Folder."
-
8
Right click on the new folder, click "Rename" and give the folder a new name. Attach this renamed folder to your E-mail as you would any other file.
-
1
References
- Photo Credit The tired chief image by Ella from Fotolia.com
