Solving the mysteries of the Mail Downloads folder<article>
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The scenario is straighforward: You receive a message with an attachment in Mail and double-click the attached file to open it in the appropriate app. But what happens next is anything but straightforward: file attachments are stored in a hard-to-find folder; they are sometimes downloaded more than once; and different apps treat these opened files in very different ways.</p><h2>Where is /Mail Downloads?</h2>
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When you open a Mail attachment with a double-click, it opens in its parent app, just as you’d expect. But it’s also automatically (and secretly) downloaded into the aptly named Mail Downloads folder.</p><p>
The folder’s name is the only thing that’s obvious about it: it’s deeply buried in a series of folders, one of which is invisible. To view its contents, choose Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, type (or copy and paste from here) <code>~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads</code>, and click Go.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2150769/solving-the-mysteries-of-the-mail-downloads-folder.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Solving the mysteries of the Mail Downloads folder
