Mac Mail app in Sequoia won't show single page PDF previews inline when composing

The view in place for single-page PDFs has been an integral part of my workflow for years. In a single glance, it is so incredibly easy to see the files I'm about to send off to vendors and quickly check to make sure all is correct. Same with proofs for clients: I can see that I have the correct one going to the correct person INSTANTLY. No extra steps required.

I understand you can highlight and hit spacebar, but that's not improving the workflow - it's adding extra unnecessary steps. At the very least, give us a toggle option somewhere in mail that allows this feature to be ON for those who rely on it. Heck, I'd take VIEW IN PLACE over what we've been left with.

And, why-oh-why leave the viewable PDF just for recipients?? Where is the sense in that?

I can already count on my making mistakes without this feature - so, thanks for nothing, Apple!

(And don't even get me started on how the "me too" button is still trying to process the fact that I hit it before I even started typing this.)

Another OS update today April 2025 and still Appkecare incapable of addressing this PDF viewing problem. This is what's so horrible with Apple. They let be suffer with silence. They make millions of dollars. Create forums where people can share their technical and work flow issues and they respond with sweet F A. Not a single peep out of them. So much for brand loyalty. The big caring cool Apple people. It's just nonsense. A company of robots without ears and empathy. If they cared about their clients they'd give themselves a voice and let us know why this is a problem and what they are doing to address it. But they are not and that's B S.

Boooooo Apple. Very annoying, especially when I'm sending multiple invoices. I want to be able to visually be able to check that I'm attaching the correct documents to the email. You used to be able to choose between icon view or view in place. Why change that?

Thanks tana218 thats very helpful, I prefer the space bar option tbh.

The save as draft only appears inline when the email is viewed inside the Mac Mail app window, not when the email is viewed in its own separate window, for example on another display.

Same here, interestingly though once sent the PDF is displayed "in place" in the sent mail folder?

Same for me. Would be nice to have this as an optional feature.

Same thing since upgrading to Sequoia. I hope they bring this back.

This worked for me as well!

I am having the same issue. It is so frustrating! Are there any updates to fix the issue?

same problem here since updating to Sequoia 15.0.1 — (why change what ain't broke ?) — very very inconvenient (and inefficient) — they must send another update to fix this as soon as possible

Same here . . . urgh!!!! So annoying:(

What worked? Did you find a fix?

Me too, this is very frustrating! Please undo this change Apple.

Thank you. Not a full solution but gives a big problem an easy workaround.

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