So you want to print the digital photos you took with your camera, and you want to print them nice and large. Heck, maybe you want to blow them up and turn a blank wall into a mini gallery.

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I'm using a new iMac. Very fast cable connection (Comcast). The newest software on all Apple products I own (10.10.3 and iOS 8.3). I do not need to update any software.

Now, with that said, I am so incredibly frustrated. How do I email photos using the 'Photos' app like we always have with 'iPhoto'?? To clarify, I am selecting three simple photos to email to a friend.

I have all 3 selected, and then I click on that box (I don't know the official name of the box, but it's the square thing with an arrow pointing up out of it). When I click on that box, *THAT* is where I should see an option to email. This is what I see instead: iCloud Photo Sharing Messages AirDrop Facebook Flickr More None of those options are what I want----I want to EMAIL someone.

So I click on 'More'. Clicking on 'More' launches a System Preferences menu for 'Extensions'. Wow am I confused. Anyway, so I sit here staring at the 'Extensions' box, and I do see my email program in there (Outlook---I do NOT use Mail).

Outlook is 'greyed out' and is not clickable. But I do see that Outlook does indeed have a check mark next to it already. Folks, at this point I am so lost and frustrated I'm ready to scream. Parallels for mac windows 98.

I've been a heavy Apple user since 1985. That's THIRTY YEARS! I've never used a PC---ever. I have been Mac all the way, through all of their ups and downs.

And it's so frustrating to me that a user like me can not figure out something that SHOULD be incredibly easy. I would sure appreciate some help so that I can just email photos from 'Photos' just like we've always done with iPhoto. (PS: Yes, I know that I can drag photos out of Photos and plop them down onto the Desktop. Then I can create a new email, and click 'attach', and bring those emails into the email.

However: 1) That's too clumsy and way too many steps, and 2) It does not allow us to choose from small/medium/large/actual size. I also discovered that I can't even click and drag a photo out of Photos and into an email.

It just bounces back. Super, super frustrating!!!!). Thanks for any assistance. One last update!

I don't have Mac Mail setup on my MacBook Pro, that I frequently use for sending photos via email. So here's what I found to be fairly easy to do, using the current iterations of Photos and Outlook. Open Photos and select the picture(s) that you want to send. Once they're selected, go to the Photos > File drop-down menu, then select the 'Export' option. I use the first option: 'Export n Photos.' (or use the indicated Shift+Command+E' keyboard shortcut).

In the resulting window, select the options for the photos: Photo Kind selections are JPEG, TIFF or PNG. Then select the Quality options (Low, Medium, High, Maximum), and Size (Small, Medium, Large, Full Size, Custom). These options can help limit the size of the resulting photo files you'll be attaching to your email message.

Then pick the appropriate 'Info' and 'File Naming' options, and click the 'Export' button. Decide where you want to export the file(s) to -- I typically just use the Desktop as a temporary repository for the photos, but use whatever works best for you. Now all you have to do is to open Outlook, create a new message, and attach your exported photos. Pretty simple solution and ensures the photos you're sharing are attached in an appropriate size and quality and as standard attachments rather than being embedded in the message body.