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Sharing images with your family and friends via email is easy on your iPhone or iPad. In this post, we’ll cover how to email photos through the Photos and Mail apps, as well as how to send multiple images using iPad’s multitasking feature.
how to attach a picture to an email using the photos app
The easiest way to email a snapshot on your iPhone is to use the Photos app. If you’re wondering how to attach a photo to an email on your iPad, don’t worry, you can still follow the iPhone method below.
1. open the photos app and find the image you want to email.
2. Click the Share button (the button that looks like an upward arrow coming out of a box).
3. Click the Mail icon, this will attach the image within the body text of a new message.
4. Enter the email address you’d like to send it to, write your message and hit Send.
Want to know how to email multiple photos from your iPhone or iPad? Just follow the same steps as above. The only difference is that when you select the first image and click Share, you also need to highlight the additional images by scrolling and tapping them. When selected, they’ll be covered with a blue tick icon.
How to attach photos from within the Mail app
1. open and write a new message in the mail.
2. make sure your cursor is positioned where you want your image to appear in the body of your email.
3. touch and hold the screen until the menu appears.
4. tap the arrow on the right side of the menu until you see the option to insert a photo or video.
5. Select Insert Photo or Video to add an image into the body text of your email.
6. Alternatively, select Insert Attachment to add the photo as an attachment. Select the album you’d like to attach a photo from – your Camera Roll, for example.
7. find the photo you want to attach, click it, and then select choose.
8. the image will now be inserted in the body of your email text or as an attachment, depending on the upload method you have selected.
9. Finish your message and hit Send.
attach multiple images to an email on ipad
ipad has a handy multitasking feature that lets you open two apps side by side, so you can drag and drop multiple images to add to your email. this method works by using the panel that shows your most recently used apps, so to ensure photos appear here when needed, launch the photos app right before you start your email. then follow the simple steps below.
1. compose a new message within the mail application.
2. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal the dock.
3. Tap and hold the Photos icon until it expands. If the Photos icon isn’t shown here, open the Photos app, then switch back to the Mail app and try again.
4. drag and drop the icon to the side of the screen to enable split view.
5. The Photos app will open next to the Mail app.
6. drag and drop the images you want to email from the photos app to the mail app. Alternatively, you can select more than one image and bulk drag and drop them.
7. Compose your email, then hit Send.
alternative ways to send photos on your iphone or ipad
In addition to the above, there are other methods to share images from your iPhone or iPad. we cover them in a bit more detail below.
google photos
google photos is a cloud-based tool that allows you to store photos and videos from your ios devices online. it is easy to use and offers unlimited image storage of up to 16 megapixels. You can share a link to your images with family and friends so they can access the images even if they don’t have Google apps installed.
third party applications
There are several third-party applications that you can use to share your images with your loved ones. whatsapp is a free messaging application for smartphones that makes it easy to share images and videos: you can send content to one person through a private message or share it with several contacts in a group chat. facebook is another social tool where, in addition to uploading public albums, you can share photos and videos privately using facebook messenger.
text
You can also send photos and videos via text messages. However, it’s important to note that if you’re sending content to someone who doesn’t have an Apple device (and therefore isn’t using iMessage), this may cost you money.