Email companies often have size restrictions on attachments, so you can’t send friends and family as many things as you would like. Your email will be returned if it is too large. Luckily for us, Apple Mail Drop allows you to email attachments up to 5GB in size, making it ideal for sending large work documents, lengthy videos, or a ton of pictures. Let’s see how this helpful feature operates. With Apple’s Mail Drop functionality, users can transmit huge files like movies, presentations, and photos, directly via iCloud from the Mail app. In addition to Apple products such as your Mac, iPhone, or iPad, you may use the Mail Drop capability from any computer via the iCloud online portal. This enables users to get around email carriers’ attachment size restrictions, which are frequently set at 25MB (or less).
How do I use Mail Drop?
Send large files using Mail Drop on an iPhone or iPad:
1) The iOS Share Sheet or the Mail app both allow you to attach files.
• Launch the Mail app, write a new email, or reply to an existing one. To insert a photo, video, or attachment, tap the associated icon or press a space. Select the files now (see the left image below). Note: The video will probably be compressed using this method.
To send an image or video, open Photos, Files, or another app, select it, hit the share button, and then select MailMail (see the right image below). The video won’t be compressed using this method.
2) Type the email address, subject line, and content of the recipient.
3) Press the transmit button in blue.
4) A popup will appear if the size of the attachment is excessive. Select “Use Mail Drop.” If you are unable to see it, then the files are small enough to be sent by email as usual.
5) The email will be issued after the files have been submitted.
The email, including the iCloud links to download your attachments, will be sent to the recipient.
How do I use Mail Drop on Mac?
Here’s how to use Mail Drop on a Mac to transmit huge files:
1) Launch the macOS Mail application and send or receive fresh emails.
2) Click the paper clip icon to add the file, or drag and drop a massive file from a folder into the Mail app screen.
3) Press the transmit button. If no popups appear, either Mail Drop is enabled, and your email was sent with the file, or the file was tiny enough to be delivered routinely.
4) A popup requesting your permission will appear when Mail Drop is disabled (or, in certain situations, when it indicates Message Size in red, which you should disregard for the time being). Select “Use Mail Drop.”
How do I enable Mail Drop and automatically send large files?
You can set up Mail Drop to automatically transmit huge attachments without displaying any popups if you frequently send emails with large attachments.
For the iCloud Mail account, Mail Drop is turned on by default in the macOS Mail program. But you can choose to enable Mail Drop for accounts that belong to third parties, such as Gmail.
To enable Mail Drop on Mac, follow these steps:
1) Open the Apple Mail app and press Command + (comma key) or, from the menu bar, click Mail> Preferences.
2) Select accounts.
3) Click on Send huge attachments with Mail Drop after selecting the email account.
How to use iCloud.com Mail Drop
Here’s how to use Mail Drop if you use iCloud Mail on a Windows or Mac computer through a browser:
1) Go to iCloud.com and enter your Apple ID to log in.
2) Select MailMail.
3) To begin a new email or respond to an already-sent one, click the write button.
4) To add a file, either click the paper clip icon or drag and drop a sizable attachment onto the compose email box. It will begin uploading automatically. Like any other email, send it.
5) A popup window requesting your consent to send huge files using Mail Drop may occasionally appear. Select “Use Mail Drop.”
How to Use Mail Drop on Any Computer?
Actually, any computer can use the Mail Drop feature to deliver email attachments. An internet connection, a current browser, an Apple ID, and an iCloud email address are all you’ll need for this.
This is how you do it:
Launch your PC’s favourite web browser, visit iCloud.com and enter your Apple login credentials to log in.
To start a new email, click the Mail app icon and then the Compose button located in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Add all the required information, including the content, subject, and email address of the receiver. If you want to add an attachment than click on the paper clip icon.
Choose the location of the files you want to include (on your device, in iCloud Drive, or iCloud Photos).
Click Select to select the files you want to send. Wait for the app to complete downloading your files to iCloud, and be patient.
Click Send when finished.
Mail Drop limits:
Mail Drop allows you to transmit huge files via iCloud, including presentations, videos, and photos. You may have gone over one or more of the service limits if you shared URLs that are no longer active via Mail Drop.
With Mail Drop, attachments up to 5 GB in size can be sent. You may send these attachments straight from MailMail on your Mac, the Mail app on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, or from iCloud.com/mail on your PC or Mac. You can use attachments with any file, and they won’t deplete your iCloud capacity. If a message, with all of its attachments, is more significant than what your Internet service provider (ISP) permits, MailMail will ask you to send the attachments via Mail Drop.
If an attachment exceeds these limits, Mail Drop may not be able to send it.
• The message exceeds 5 GB in size when all of its attachments are included. To send your message as little as possible, try compressing your attachments or delivering the contents of your message in many email messages.
• The Mail has an uncompressed folder attached. To compress your attachments, follow these procedures.
• The maximum number of recipients has been surpassed, or there are too many messages sent. Find out about message-sending limits and mailbox sizes.
• The 1 TB Mail Drop storage limit has been achieved. You can send new attachments after older attachments expire, and more storage becomes available since each attachment has a 30-day expiration date.
Additionally, go over these limitations:
• Mail Drop is compatible with Macs running OS X Yosemite or later, iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches running iOS 9.2, and PCs and Macs running modern browsers. View Mail Drop’s system requirements.
• Recipients of your emails have 30 days to download the Mail Drop attachments once you send them.
• The attachment may not be transmitted because of a smaller message size limit on the recipient’s email app.
• The size of your content and the speed of your Internet connection can affect how long the upload or download procedure takes.
• If there are too many downloads or a lot of traffic to the link, the recipients might not be able to view your attachment.
