Mail save attachments in MacOS X
The attachments of your E-Mails, you can save in several ways:
- You can see the preview of an E-Mail in the Mail program. Hover your mouse over the "address-content-divider" in the E-Mail. The mouse icon to a Hand and in the middle of different Icons. Click on the attachment icon. You can Backup either All or only a specific Appendix-save to file.
- Alternatively, you can select the appropriate E-Mail in the Mail program and in the menu "file" the entry "attachments", select save. Save the files using "Save".
- Furthermore, you can get the attachment directly in the E-Mail download: Click with the right mouse button on the files and select "save attachment".

Mail-attachments secure
So no one in your mail intercepts, you should be in Apple Mail SSL encryption enable.