Click the gear icon next to the reload symbol and select Preferences.

Press Command + Space then type System Settings ( System Preferences for macOS Monterey and older), then click the most relevant result.

Here’s how to do this for both and the Mail app on your Mac:

How Do I Access the Feature?įirst of all, you need to make sure that you have turned on the iCloud Mail and Mail Drop features in your settings. If you go over this limit, you won’t be able to use the Mail Drop feature until one of your files is deleted and the storage space it occupied is made available again.

One terabyte can be stored by each user at most. Having said that, the storage space available in your Mail Drop is limited. Instead, they will become invalid after a 30-day expiration date.įortunately, Mail Drop uses a different storage space from your own quota. After you have used Mail Drop to upload a file or files to iCloud, there is no way to retrieve or delete the link or links. The file is uploaded via the Mail app, and a link to the file is sent to the recipient so that they may download it. You have the option of using this feature if you need to send an attachment that is too large for your mail client. Note that the link does have an expiration limit of 30 days, but it is plenty enough to not encounter any issues along the way. You can share this link with anyone you want to have access to your files. When you use this feature, your files are encrypted and uploaded to Apple’s servers and a link to them is generated. iCloud Mail Drop is a feature that allows you to send files that are up to 5GB in size. The good news is that Apple provides a way to bypass this issue. I am way too familiar with situations in which you are simply unable to send an email because the files that are attached to it are too large.

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