Printing Multiple Emails at Once in OS X Mail

· by · TMO Quick Tip

Mac Geek Gab listener Andrew writes in with a great tip for printing and archiving multiple emails at once using OS X Mail.

First, go to your preferred inbox in Apple Mail and select all the emails you wish to print or archive. (Hint: use the shift key to select multiple sequential messages or the command key to select non-sequential messages).

Select multiple messages OS X Mail

Once all messages are selected, go to File > Save As and save the document as the default rich text format to the desired location on your hard drive.

Save As feature in Mail

Save Email as Rich Text

Finally, find the file you just created and open it to reveal a rich text file with all of your emails listed one after the other. This file can be printed or archived accordingly.

Emails displayed in Rich Text Document

Thanks, Andrew, for the great tip!

Jim Tanous

Jim Tanous

Jim writes TekRevue, a general interest technology site covering the most important Mac, Windows, Mobile, and Gaming stories each day, along with tons of tips and tutorials. He also stops by The Mac Observer each week to drop off a tip or two from the Mac Geek Gab podcast.

Sign Up for the Newsletter

Enter a valid email address

Join the TMO Express Daily Newsletter to get the latest Mac headlines in your e-mail every weekday.

Adding to list…

1 Comments

Zach

Maybe I’m missing something, but when I try this, I get only the bodies of the messages, not the headers.

If I save as raw message source, I get too much information: all the long headers.

Is there a way to save just the messages with their short headers: sender, recipient, date, and subject?

Thanks,

Add your comment

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?