Email, Messaging, & Video Calls > Email How to Save Multiple Emails to One File in Mac OS X Mail Tidy up that Mac Mail inbox By Heinz Tschabitscher Heinz Tschabitscher Writer University of Vienna A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on May 28, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Email Yahoo! Mail Gmail What to Know Select the emails you want to save, then select File > Save As from the menu.Choose a name, format, and location. This article describes how to save Apple Mail emails to a single text file in macOS 10.13 and later. Save Multiple Emails to One File To save more than one message from Mail to a consolidated text file that contains them all: Open the folder containing the messages you want to save. Highlight the emails you want to save to a single file. Hold down Shift to select a contiguous region.Hold down Command to select disparate emails.You can combine these two methods, too. Select File > Save As from the menu. If you want a file name different than the subject line of the first selected messages, type it under Save As. Choose a folder for saving under Where. Select either Rich Text Format (fully formatted email text) or Plain Text (plain text versions of the email messages) under Format. Select Save. The text file includes the sender, subject, and recipients as they appear when you read the messages in Mail. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit