I'm probably overlooking something obvious but I can't think of a way to do this.
I need to send by email a list of what are folders on my computer but which can just be a name in the email, that when hovered over or clicked upon will open to show a list of the contents.
What's the easiest way to do this. I am on a Mac but it will be about 50/50 as to whether a Mac or a PC opens the email.
Other then sending a spreadsheet attachment, you could perhaps use a series of images with alt-text for the contents? That's actually a pretty complex thing to do.
I was immediately thinking HTML or XML format since these can be viewed in a browser. This program can create an HTML listing:
Install google drive on your computer, then send links to it in your email.
That's how we do it at work. You can opt to have the file save locally only, on the cloud drive, or both. Drive isn't the nicest format, but it works.
Same can be done with MS Teams or One Drive. Free, easy.
I think there is a way to do this with Slack as well. I think if you send a file via Slack, it doesn't send the actual file, it sends an encrypted pathway to the file on your computer if configured properly.
Do you just need folder names and file names, not actual folders and files?
Are you familiar with the MacOS command line, Terminal, at all? You can use the "cd" command to change directory to where your folders are, and the "ls" command to show the contents. Then you can copy the output into your email.
For example, if your files are in a folder called "Stuff" in your Documents:
- open Terminal
- type "cd ~/Documents"
- type "ls Stuff"
- you'll see the contents
- you can also do "ls Stuff | pbcopy" and the output will be directly copied to your clipboard.
I hope I understood the question correctly, and if so I hope that helps somewhat.
edit: on a second read it sounds like you need the recipient to be able to view the actual files. Something like Google drive would work well, or compress all the folders into one file
Yeah this is what cloud storage is for. Take your pick of cloud providers, upload files, send out share link.
In reply to mslevin :
I'll have to play with this tomorrow.
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