In this article we will discuss about how to activate Mail Drop in non-iCloud accounts. People may think that the Mail Drop feature only works with iCloud, but Mail for Mac OS users can use the Mail Drop feature with other email accounts that are not in iCloud. This lets you use the great Mail Drop tool to send and receive large files with almost any email account you add to the Mac’s Mail app.
For those who don’t know, Mail Drop is a tool in Mail for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that lets you send and receive large files that most email servers won’t let you send or receive because they have strict file size limits. Instead, when using Mail Drop on a Mac, the large file is temporarily uploaded to iCloud, and the recipient of the email gets a temporary download link to view the large file.
It works pretty well, and you can send a Mail Drop from a Mac or an iOS device. Almost anyone can use the link to download the file, even if they don’t have an Apple device. Need to send a file that’s too big to fit in an email? If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can use the Mail Drop tool to get around these limits and send large files of up to 5GB at a time.
How to activate Mail Drop in non-iCloud accounts
Mail Drop stores your emails in iCloud, so it’s turned on by default for your iCloud email account. However, you can also use it for your other email accounts that aren’t in iCloud. In fact, you can use Mail Drop with any email account you have linked to the Mail app and that uses the IMAP email protocol. All you have to do to use the tool is turn it on. This is how:
- Double-click the Mail app.
- Select the Mail menu.
- Select Preferences…
- Click on Accounts.
- Highlight the email account you’d like to use with Mail Drop.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Check “Send large attachments with Mail Drop.“
If you often send big files to friends, family, and coworkers, Mail Drop will save you a lot of trouble. It’s a quick and easy way to get the job done without having to use something like Dropbox. If you want to know more information about this Visit Official Apple Support site.
What is Mail Drop by Apple?
There is a maximum file size that can be attached to an email. For example, if you connect a file larger than 25 MB, Gmail will ask you to upload it to Google Drive and send the link to that file. When you try to upload one or more large videos, PDFs, ZIP files, or other files in the Apple Mail app or iCloud Mail, if the total size is over 20 MB (or 28.3 MB in some cases, which might be a bug), it gives you the choice to send them via Mail Drop.
Mail Drop puts the files on iCloud and only sends the receiver the link to the attachment. They can click on the link to get the file. The good news is that this doesn’t count against how much space you have in iCloud. If you don’t use Mail Drop, the email with big attachments may bounce back and not be delivered.