Our iPhones & iPads are excellent portable devices to access our email messages on the go and respond to them quickly. They are also home to all the photos we take, all the images and GIFs that we save, and all the files we download — all of which iOS stores neatly either in the Photos app or in the Files app.
Although most apps these days are pretty easy to use, knowing how to attach photos or files to an email on iPhone or iPad isn’t always obvious or straightforward. Many third-party app developers try to implement their own custom flow, thus complicating things. To learn how to attach photo attachments, videos, or files to emails on iPhone or iPad, follow along for this detailed guide.
Before we learn how to email photos or videos from iPhone or iPad, it’s important to learn the difference between emailing photos or videos on iOS, and emailing files or attachments on iOS.
Photos & Videos (Photos App) vs. Files as Attachments (Files app)
There is a stark difference between how iOS handles photos & videos on your iPhone or iPad, and how it handles your files. You see, by default, any photos or videos you take using the iPhone or iPad camera are stored in the Photos app on iOS. The Photos App is a fully-managed library of sorts — you don’t have to manually choose how and where your photos or videos are saved, as iOS handles that automatically for you.
On the other hand, iOS now offers the Files app that lets you store, move, copy, delete files on your iPhone or iPad, just as you would on your Windows PC or Mac.
Understanding this difference between the two is important, because the process of attaching either to emails is slightly different. So let’s first take a look at how to attach photos & videos to email on iOS.
How to Attach Photos to Email on iPhone or iPad
Your email with your attached photos and videos is now ready to be sent.
How to Attach Files to Email on iPhone or iPad
This method explains how to attach files as attachments to email on iPhone or iPad using Spark.
Your email with your file attachment is now ready to be sent.
Spark makes it easy to attach photos, videos, and files stored on the cloud to any email on your iPhone or iPad. With a few simple taps, you can send an email with photos or videos on your iPhone or iPad, even when you’re on the go.
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