Most email clients restrict the size of files that can be attached to an email. Gmail has a limit of 25 MB while Apple Mail and Outlook restrict it to 20 MB.
However, you may sometimes need to send files that are larger than that via email. In such cases, you may work around this issue by using cloud services to attach the files to emails. You can also compress the files to decrease their size or use online file transfer services.
you may easily send large files via emails by uploading those files to any cloud service. After uploading the file to the cloud, you can generate a link to that file which you canattach to your emailto send to others.
Some email clients also provide cloud services and have them integrated into the email client. For instance, you may useGoogle Drivewith Gmail, iCloud with Apple Mail, and OneDrive with Outlook.
Now, let’s see how you may use different cloud services and email clients to send large files via email.
Google Drive With Gmail
you may use Google Drive and Gmail to easily send files that are larger than 25 MB. When a Gmail account is created, Google automatically allocates 15 GB of free Google Drive storage to that account.
So, if you use Gmail, you won’t have to worry about signing up for a cloud service. Here’s how to send large files via Gmail with Google Drive.
If you want to use Google Drive to send large files, but using a different email client like Apple Mail or Outlook, here’s how to do so.
OneDrive With Outlook
If you instead utilize the Microsoft Outlook email client, you may use Microsoft OneDrive to easily share large files via email. Similar to Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive also gets automatically created if you have a Microsoft account. It also provides 5 GB of free storage to any account created.
Like Google Drive, you may also use OneDrive cloud storage to send large files with any other email clients. Here’s how to do so:
iCloud With Apple Mail
If you use Apple Mail to send emails, it is pretty easy to send large files via it. When you attach a file larger than the file size limit allowed by Apple Mail, it will ask if you want to send the file using Mail Drop. Doing so will automatically upload the file to iCloud, and send a link of the file to the recipient email address.
If you instead want to use iCloud with any other email clients like Gmail or Outlook, here’s how to do so:
