Apple Mail HTML Signature

Before we get started, I’ll let you know that this won’t work when viewing it in Gmail, Windows Mail, and a lot of other e-mail clients.

I suggest you make a note of who you know uses Apple Mail (or works on a Mac) and make a back-up signature for everyone else. It’s really neat to use for those who use Mac.

Here’s an image of what I’ll be producing:

Fancy isn’t it! Yes it is! That’s why I have made it and I use it with my friends on a MAC!  The great part is I’ve made the text in HTML and it’s still viewable, clickable, and they can copy and paste it into their contacts programs.

Lets get started. Don’t make things too complicated, as you might not get the turn out you want, but here’s what you need to do:

• Open Apple Mail.
• Create a new signature and name it what you’d like.
• Close Apple Mail.
• Design out your HTML signature. (I used Dreamweaver.)
•  Once you’re done building it, make sure everything is referenced online. (All your images/graphics.)
• Save your HTML file.
• Open your HTML file in Safari.
• Save the page as a Web Archive.
• Open your Finder and go to your home folder. Navigate to: Library -> Mail -> Signatures  (If you can’t find it, you might of not been inside your home folder. Thats the one that says your name on it.)
• Organize your files by date, and you’ll see the new .webarchive file you’ve just created in Mail.
• Copy that name.   (Something like: A793483C-2620-40C8-9732-9D082B06399B)
• Rename the .webarchive file you just made of your signature to the one from your Signatures folder.
• Go ahead and drop that file into your Signatures folder and replace it.
• Start Apple Mail, and SHAZAM!

It should be that easy. If not, you might be doing something wrong. If so, let me know.

Have fun impressing your friends and family!