How to Add Links to Signatures in Mac OS X Mail or macOS Mail

This article explains how to insert a text or image link in your email signature in macOS or OS X Mail. Instructions cover Mail in macOS Catalina through OS X Lion.

Add a Link to Your Mail Signature

Mail makes it easy to insert links into your email signature so your message recipients can easily visit your website or follow another link.

1. Open the Mail application. Select Mail > Preferences.

2. Click the Signatures tab at the top of the Mail Preferences screen.

3. Select All Signatures or choose the account with a signature you want to edit in the left column of the screen. Select the signature from the middle column. If you select from All Signatures, drag the edited signature to the email account you plan to use it with when you are finished.

4. Add a new signature by pressing the + key at the bottom of the middle column, Give it a name and type your information in the right panel. You can change the font, size, and color of the text using the Format tab on the Mail menu bar, or choose to always match your default message font.

   To have the signature appear at the bottom of your emails, clear the box next to Place signature above quoted text.

5. In the right panel, highlight the text to which you want to add a link in your signature.

6. Select Edit > Add Link from the menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Command+K.

7. Enter the complete internet address for the link, including http:// in the field provided, and click OK. Alternatively, add a link to your email address (mailto:example@gmail.com), which the recipient can click to start a new message to that address.

8. Drag the signature from All Signatures to the account you plan to use it with. Close the Signatures window.

Test the Signature Link

Create a new email in the account with the signature you just added and select the new signature from the drop-down menu next to Signature. The links won't work in your draft email, so send a test message to yourself or to one of your other accounts to confirm that the text and image links work properly.