What I Found
Apple Mail does not make it easy to copy an entire email conversation at once, so I built a shortcut that copies the.
I have been using ChatGPT to turn long email chains into organized notes, especially when I am prepping for a job on location. The emails usually contain the important stuff: what to bring, schedule details, transmission settings, technical requirements, and all the little decisions that happen before the job starts.
The fix I made is a small Apple Shortcut called Thread Copy. With an email conversation selected in Apple Mail, I run the shortcut from Spotlight, and it copies the full email thread to the clipboard.
What this video covers
- Why Apple Mail Gets In The Way
- The Shortcut Workflow
- Using It With ChatGPT
- What This Helps With
- A Few Caveats
The short version
The fix I made is a small Apple Shortcut called Thread Copy. With an email conversation selected in Apple Mail, I run the shortcut from Spotlight, and it copies the full email thread to the clipboard.
