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

After upgrading to Sequoia, the mail app will no longer show single page PDF previews inline when composing a message, and will just show the icon. Right clicking on the icon has the "view in place" option grayed out. Having these PDF attachment previews is helpful to our workflow, so hoping to find an option to get this back. Once the message has been sent, the attachment preview will show inline, just not when composing the original massage.

Other image file types appear to show the previews just fine, and trying to use terminal commands to reset the behavior so far has been unsuccessful.

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Posted on Sep 23, 2024 7:36 AM

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techgoose

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Posted on Dec 11, 2024 12:01 PM

I'll add my voice to the "me too" chorus. This is YET ANOTHER un-announced, undocumented behavior change in Sequoia that is also UNACKNOWLEDGED by Apple.

This is a BUG. There is no compelling reason to change this behavior; single page PDF have shown in-line while composing eMail in Apple Mail for at least the last 5 versions of Mac OS, and there is no reason to change this now.

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filks1

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Apr 2, 2025 2:58 PM in response to CleanerSD

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.