Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 33

Forward Only a Mail’s Attachment

If you receive a mail message with an attachment, you might want to forward only the attachment and not the corresponding mail message. The solution is simple: select click the attachment once within the email so it’s highlighted and then hit the forward icon (or hit Shift+Command+F). This will create a new message with just the attachment.

Note that this same trick works if you want to forward only part of a message: click and drag to highlight only the text you want to send to the recipient, and then click the forward icon or hit Shift+Command+F.