[MlMt] Attachments open "Read Only"

[Henry Seiden]

Annamarie,

My 2¢… On my version of MM, 1.14 Test Build 5964, also on the last 
official Beta release of 1.14 (5937) (you can get a list of all releases 
from the Help Menu, without installing them), the double-click, assuming 
that is what you are doing, does indeed open a read-only version of the 
file assuming MacOS and the app in question supports it. Preview 
supports a PDF file opening in read-only. And so I can confirm that a 
PDF in MM, opens in Preview and appears as Read-only.

Again, what would you like it to do - open as a new version of the file 
that can be saved to a new location? That would then become several more 
steps to store the file - select the new location, and save it - two 
more steps but certainly do-able) from there as a copy.

The workaround I suggest is use the “eye” icon instead to confirm 
it’s what you expect. Then the “down arrow” icon instead if 
satisfied with the quick look. With practice you’ll find it useful and 
saves steps (keystrokes).

Respectfully,

Henry Seiden
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On 22 Apr 2023, at 19:35, Annamarie Pluhar wrote:

> hi
>
> Hasn’t been asked. I’m double-clicking on the attachment - as I 
> have for the many years I’ve been using MM. It’s fine if I 
> download and then open the file. But that’s an annoying extra step, 
> right?
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