To receive and download an attachment

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The attachment shown on the opposite page appears in someone's Mail message, or yours, as a file icon or as an actual image, shown below.

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There are several ways to deal with this file: If it's a photograph and you can see it in the window, then you see it and maybe that's all you want to do with it. So you're done. If it's one file or photograph, you can do any of several things:

Note: If the email went to your .Mac account, you might get a message that you need to download the file before you can save or open it. Just click the “Download Now” or “ok” button in the message that appears, and then try ...

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