How to Add Links to Signatures in Mac OS X Mail

A signature without a link is like an email without a signature. Would you want an email like that? Or a signature like that? A link-less signature, a sans-signature link-less email?

Fortunately, Mac OS X Mail makes it easy to insert simple text links — all you have to do is type the URL —, and you can turn images into links comfortably, too.

Add Links to Signatures in Mac OS X Mail

To insert a link in your Mac OS X Mail signature:

• Type the URL.
  • Inserting anything that starts with http:// is usually enough for recipients to be able to follow the link.

To link text or an image in a Mac OS X Mail signature:

• Click in the signature you want to edit in Mail preferences' Signatures tab.
• Press Command-A.
• Now press Command-C.
• Press Command-N to create a new message.
• Click in the message body.
• Press Command-A again.
• Press Command-V.
• Highlight the text or image you want to link.
• Select Edit | Add Link… (or Edit | Link | Add...) from the menu.
• Enter the desired address.
• Click OK.
• Press Command-A once more to highlight all text.
• Press Command-C.
• Go back to the Signatures preferences window.
• Make sure the entire signature text is still highlighted.
  • If it is not, click in the signature and press, yes, Command-A.
• Press Command-V.
• Close the Signatures window.
• Close the New Message window as well, not saving the email as a draft.

Note that such rich-text links will not be present in the plain-text equivalent Mac OS X Mail automatically generates for recipients who prefer to read their mail in just text.