AutoMailSender
Comparison
AutoMailSender vs Apple Mail
Apple Mail can attach a file. AutoMailSender removes the email entirely — preset your recipients once, then a drag-and-drop is a sent email.
Try AutoMailSender — free for 200 emailsThe honest difference
Apple Mail is a great, full-featured email client — for reading and writing messages it's all most people need, and you can even drag a file onto its Dock icon to start a message. But it always opens a compose window and makes you address the email every single time.
AutoMailSender isn't an email client. It does one thing: it sends files to the people you email on repeat — your accountant, a client, your team, your family. You set those people up once, and after that a drag-and-drop just sends. No window, no addressing, no Send button.
Side by side
| Task | Apple Mail | AutoMailSender |
|---|---|---|
| Write a normal email | Yes — built for it | Not its job |
| Attach a file to a one-off email | Yes | Yes |
| Send a file to preset people with no compose window | No | Yes |
| Auto-email files dropped in a watched folder | No | Yes |
| Per-recipient drop zones | No | Yes |
| Send from any app via a screen-edge tab | No | Yes (Quick Drop) |
| Wrap blocked file types in a password ZIP | No | Yes (AES-256) |
| Works with Gmail / Outlook / iCloud / custom SMTP | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy: no cloud, no tracking | Yes | Yes — Keychain, TLS |
When to use which
Use Apple Mail for everyday email — reading, replying, writing real messages.
Use AutoMailSender for the repetitive chore: the same kind of file, to the same people, again and again. It turns a multi-step task into a single drag — or, with folder routing, into nothing at all.
Pricing
Free for your first 200 emails — no subscription, no account. Unlimited sending is a one-time €9.99 in-app purchase. Native macOS, ~1.7 MB.
Download on the Mac App StoreFAQ
Is AutoMailSender better than Apple Mail for sending files?
For files you send to the same people repeatedly, yes — a drag becomes a sent email with no compose window. For general email, you still use Apple Mail.
What's the fastest way to email a file on a Mac?
One-off: drag onto Apple Mail in the Dock. Repeat sends: AutoMailSender, where a drag (or a watched folder) sends to preset recipients automatically.
Does it replace Apple Mail?
No — it complements it, using your existing email account over SMTP just for the send-a-file task.