Convert Attachment to Cloud Document in WPS on macOS: Introduction

Convert Attachment to Cloud Document in WPS on macOS helps you save email attachments to WPS Cloud Docs on Mac; it includes 3 core tasks, with 3 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	3	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	3	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Convert Attachment to Cloud Document is a mail attachment saving feature in WPS Office for macOS. It lets you save an attachment from an email directly to WPS Cloud Docs so you can continue viewing, editing, and collaborating online.

Core capabilities include:

Save a single email attachment directly to Cloud Docs.
Choose the destination folder in the Save As dialog.
Save files to Team Docs for shared access.

This feature is useful for email file archiving, team file sharing, and continuing work on attachments online. After saving, the original attachment in the email remains unchanged, and the file format stays the same.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A Mac device that can run WPS Office normally
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office for Mac
Network	An internet connection is needed for saving to Cloud Docs, online editing, and collaboration
Other	Signing in to a WPS account is recommended so you can access personal Cloud Docs or Team Docs

Download & Installation

Before using this feature, install WPS Office on your Mac and sign in with an available account.

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Post-install check	Launch WPS, open an email with attachments, and confirm that the Save as Cloud Document entry is available in the attachment area

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	In the email reading view, you can save an attachment directly as a Cloud Document and choose the destination while saving. After that, you can continue editing and collaborating online.	Outlook for Mac mainly saves attachments to local locations. To move them into OneDrive, users generally rely on a locally synced OneDrive folder and then let it sync to the cloud.	Gmail lets users add attachments directly to Google Drive and open Office attachments as Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides copies for continued editing.	Notion Mail focuses on Gmail inbox management, views, and sync. Its official help does not describe a native workflow for converting an email attachment directly into a cloud document.	Adobe Acrobat for Outlook uploads files to Adobe cloud storage and inserts public links into emails. Its workflow focuses on file sharing links rather than cloud document editing.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: WPS provides a direct Save as Cloud Document entry in the email attachment workflow. Distinct: You can choose a personal or team document location during saving for follow-up collaboration.	Compared with WPS: Outlook for Mac depends more on a local sync folder for cloud storage routing.	Compared with WPS: Gmail is more centered on Drive storage and Google online editors.	Compared with WPS: Notion Mail does not present a direct attachment-to-cloud-document workflow in its official help.	Compared with WPS: Adobe is more focused on public link sharing and file distribution than on moving attachments into a collaborative document space.
Official Source	—	Save to Online Locations from Outlook for Mac desktop application	Open and download attachments in Gmail	Get started with Notion Mail	Adobe Acrobat for Outlook

Overall Conclusion
If your main goal is to move email attachments into an editable cloud document space with fewer steps, WPS provides a more direct in-mail entry point. Google and Adobe also offer cloud-based attachment paths, but their workflows focus more on Drive-based editing or public link sharing.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main challenge	Solution
1	Email file archiving	Everyday office users	Attachments are scattered across emails and are hard to manage together	Save attachments as Cloud Docs and keep them in one personal space
2	Team file sharing	Team members	Attachments often need to be forwarded again to coworkers	Save directly to Team Docs for shared access
3	Continue editing online	Editors and project members	Local saving often adds an extra upload step	Save directly to Cloud Docs and continue working online
4	Save into a new folder structure	Users who organize materials	Unclear save locations make files harder to find later	Choose or create the target folder in the Save As dialog before saving
5	Keep the original email attachment	All users	Users may worry that saving will affect the original email	Saving creates a cloud copy and does not change the original attachment

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Save email attachments as Cloud Documents	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic cloud storage	✅ 1 GB cloud storage	✅ Higher cloud storage, depending on the plan
Advanced PDF and AI-related features	Some features are limited	More advanced features are available, depending on the plan

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Usage scenario	Recommended plan	Why
Occasional attachment saving from email	Free version	It already covers the basic attachment-to-cloud-document workflow
Frequent cloud collaboration and broader advanced processing	WPS Premium	It is more suitable for users who need more cloud storage or additional advanced features

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