by on September 26, 2009 2 Comments

Attaching Finder Files to Mail with Services

In an earlier post, we introduced you to OSX Services. These application services provide a way for applications to communicate with each other.

One particularly useful way to use Services it to send file attachments through Mail. The typical workflow for attaching a file to an email message is to open Mail.app, create a new draft, open the Finder to the folder with the file you want to attach and drag it to the email draft. With services this is much easier.

I was going to create a video illustrating this but found this instead.

As you can see, it’s simply a matter of selecting the file in the Finder and choosing the Services Send To menu.

If you have other ways to use Services to make computing easier, let us know.

by on September 25, 2009 2 Comments

Mac OSX Services Speed up Common Tasks

Services, a feature introduced in the early days of OSX is unknown to many Mac users. However, learning about Services will take your understanding of OSX to the next level.

Services are a way for applications to communicate with each other. These services allow you to use a set of features from one application while using another. For example, the Mail service in the Finder opens the Mail application so that you can email a file directly from the Finder without opening the Mail application separately. This is a handy way to send file attachments.

In this video from C|Net, OSX Services and the Services Menu are introduced.