

To ensure you have the right file, somewhere in this code you should be able to see the placeholder text you entered as a placecholder eSignature on step 4.ħ. Select the file with the long codename that ends with the suffix ‘.mailsignature’, and drag it into your TextEdit app to open it. Your Mac will open a folder with several hidden text files that looks something like the below:Ħ. Don’t worry though, we will walk you through an alternative method of locating these sneaky files.Ĭopy the following text to your clipboard into your Spotlight search bar and press enter: Trying to navigate through by clicking in Finder will usually lead you to Netherland or Narnia. Unfortunately, you are not going to be able to use Finder to get to this folder.Īpple goes to great lengths to hide these files from people as they usually contain info that is not editable or needs to be protected. You will be swapping this out later.ģ. Associate the placeholder signature with one of your email accounts by dragging it’s name from the second column in the Preferences > Signatures window to an email account in the first column.Ĥ. Close the Preferences window to save it, then quit Apple Mail.ĥ. We are going to need to locate the folder on your Mac that contains the placeholder signature. Open Apple Mail and go to Preferences > Signatures and create a signature with any random content. If you have no idea how to do this, drop us a line.Ģ. First you need to create your email signature using HTML. Thousands of articles on Google detail instructions on how to create consistent email signatures, and here is another one, for our ‘frenemy’ Mac Mail on the new OS X Yosemite (10.10).ġ. Email Signatures, a deceptive but necessary evil in the building of a cohesive of corporate identity.
