Pavel Jelic Apple offers a bunch of native apps on all of its devices, which in most cases work really well. However, there are certain exceptions that unfortunately do not offer as many functions and options as, for example, competing applications. One of these less-than-ideal apps is undoubtedly Mail. Of course, Mail is fine for ordinary users who manage a single personal mailbox, but if you're looking for advanced features, then you'd look for most of them in vain. Unfortunately, Mail even lacks absolutely basic things in its settings - one of them is inserting a signature in HTML format.
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How to add an HTML signature to Mail on Mac
If you're used to native Mail and don't want to switch to a competing solution, you might be interested in how to set up an HTML signature on a Mac. You would really look for this option in the application preferences in vain, and if you put the HTML code in the signature field, the conversion will not happen. Fortunately, there is a trick with which you can get an HTML signature in Mail in macOS. The procedure is relatively complicated, in any case, you certainly don't change your signature every day, so you can try it:
- Right at the beginning it is necessary that you get into the application Email they moved.
- Then click on the tab in the top bar Mail
- This will open a drop-down menu where you can click on an option Preferences…
- Once you do so, another window will appear where you can move to the section Signatures.
- Within this section, click on the bottom left the + icon, which creates a new signature.
- The newly created signature does not does not regulate only you can have it rename.
- After creating the application signature Email completely quit.
- Now move to Finder and click on the tab in the top menu Open.
- After opening the drop-down menu hold Option and open the bookmark Library.
- In the new window that appears, then click on the folder Mail
- Here, move to the named folder Vx, for example V3, V5 or V8.
- Once done, unclick the folder MailData -> Signatures.
- Here are the files sort by creation date.
- Now on latest file with the suffix .mailsignature click right click.
- In the menu that appears, tap on Open in Application -> TextEdit.
- A text file will open where delete all but the first five lines.
- Under these first five lines then insert your HTML signature.
- After inserting the HTML code file save and close.
- Once done, right click on the file and select Information.
- In a new window with information in the section In general tick the option Lock it.
- Finally, just move to the app Mail, signature check and possibly assign to mail.
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You've successfully added and set up your own HTML signature on your Mac using the above procedure. Note that the signature itself may not display correctly in the preview before sending the email. So don't try to edit the signature right away without sending a test email that shows the signature correctly. At the same time, it is necessary to mention that if you decide to use your own font, you must deactivate the option Always according to the default message font below in the preferences for a specific signature. As for fonts, you can only use those that are available directly in macOS. You are probably wondering if there is an option to insert an HTML signature on the iPhone or iPad - unfortunately not.
more or less all websites dealing with this topic describe the same procedure. But there is a fundamental "error" here. The instruction to delete all remaining content below the Mime-type line is wrong. because there is an html tag. the new html signature needs to be inserted between BODY and thus it will work. so please correct this discrepancy.
Thank you, HG