How to import a photo from the Internet into Apple Mail

Find out how to add a photo from a webpage directly into the Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac if you’re a new user and want to start learning the essentials right away.

When you compose a new email or reply to one, you’ll notice a paper clip attachment button that lets you add an image or file from the Photos app or iOS Files/macOS Finder file managers. Unfortunately, there isn’t an option to fetch an image from a web link or open a webpage and get a photo directly from the Internet.

Therefore, to attach a photo to your email from the Internet, you will have to either drag and drop the image or copy it to the device clipboard and paste it into the email body. These are simple things, but if you have just got your first iPhone, iPad, or Mac, here are step-by-step instructions.

Important: Both methods may not attach the image at full quality, but it should be acceptable for email. If you want to attach the image at its original quality, download it to your device, then attach it to your email or use Mail Drop.

Mac

Open both your browser of choice (Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox) and the Mail app side by side using one of these methods:

• Place the mouse pointer on the left and right sides of the app windows and drag to adjust their size.
• Click Window in Mac’s top menu bar, followed by Move & Resize, and select an option.
• You can also place the mouse pointer over the green traffic light button and select an option, as shown in the screenshot below. Then, repeat this for the other app window.

Now, drag a photo from the webpage and drop it onto the Mail app compose screen.

Important: Not all webpages and websites allow dragging & dropping images. In this case, you can use the tips here to extract the hard-coded image, then attach it to the email using the paper clip icon.

Another method to import a photo from the Internet into Apple Mail Control-click or right-click on the image on a website and copy it. Then, Control-click or right-click again in the Mail compose screen and paste it there.

iPhone and iPad

You can drag & drop text, images, files, and other things on iOS with relative ease. But if you’re a new user, I recommend taking the easier approach.

1. Touch and hold the image on a webpage until it lifts, and select Copy (Copy Subject only copies the main element of that photo).
2. Now, go to the Mail app and paste the image on the compose screen.

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