How to Create a Hyperlink in Rich Text Emails for macOS Mail
Inserting a link to a web page is easy in Mail for macOS. Just copy the webpage’s URL from your browser’s address bar and paste it into the body of the email. However, the way Mail formats outgoing messages may break the URL you’re trying to send. One workaround is to create a hyperlink. To add a clickable link, you must compose your message as rich text. The appearance of the linked text changes to indicate it is a link. When the email recipient clicks the linked text, the web page will open.
How to Create Hyperlinks to URLs in Plain Text Emails
Mac Mail won’t place a clickable text link in the plain text version of an email, as the plain text format by its nature does not support text links. If you are not sure if the recipient can read emails with rich or HTML formatting, paste the link in the message body directly instead of linking text to it. Follow these steps to make sure Mail does not “break” the link:
Paste the URL on a line of its own. If the URL is longer than 69 characters, use a service like Bitly or TinyURL to make the URL shorter. Mail breaks lines at 70 characters. If the break occurs in the middle of a URL, the link may not be clickable.
How to Edit or Remove a Link in a macOS Mail Message
If you change your mind, you can change or remove the hyperlink in macOS Mail:
