Now open Mail.app and go into the preferences Mail > Preferences > Signatures. This basically tells OSX that it doesn't have permission to edit this file. A popup window will appear with two checkboxes labeled "Stationary Pad" and "Locked". mailsignature file in the Finder, and hit command + I on your keyboard (or File > Get Info) from the top menu of the Finder. We want to prevent this from happening, so we need to tell OSX that it doesn't have permission to do so. With every restart of Mail.app, OSX will overwrite this file with it's default options. This is what my version looks like after the edits. mailsignature file, replacing the content just below the "Mime-Version" line. Open that with your text editor again if you closed out the window, and paste in the content into the. You should see text similar to this:įind the "signature.html" file that we made earlier on your Desktop. mailsignature file with your text editor. mailsignature file which we will soon replace with our fancy HTML version. If not, open up Mail.app, create a new blank signature and quit out of Mail.app. You should see a file with the extension. Go ahead and select the "Library" option which will open a new window.ĭrill down to "Library > Mail > V2 > MailData > Signatures".
With the "Go" menu displayed, click and hold the "option" key on your keyboard to toggle the visibility of "Library" in the menu. In the menu bar on the very top of your screen, click "Go". Once you have your email signature designed and laid out just as you like, save the file to your Desktop and call it "signature.html" For the more advanced users, basic inline CSS is ok to use, as long as it's not used to position items.tables only! If applicable, upload your image to the web server (or Dropboxhere with Dropbox. For this demonstration, we'll use first/last name, email, telephone, company name and logo.Ĭreate your signature in your HTML editor of choice (or download the one that's available in the download link below and edit it with your plain text HTML editor). See my article on how to do that here.)Ī HTML editor (Coda, Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, TextMate, or whatever you're comfortable with just as long as it's not MS Word as it will add unnecessary markup to your signature file.)Ĭapable of uploading an image file to a web server, or a Dropbox account as stated aboveĭecide what sort of information you want to display on your signature. Today, we're going to walk you through how to create a complex HTML email signature in Mail.app for OSX Mountain Lion.Ī web hosting provider to house your image (If you don't have one, I highly recommend using Dropbox to host your image for the time being.
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