I love my vacuum cleaner, but I have no idea what to do with some of those attachments. (I call the long tube extension "the spider catcher.") Luckily, Real Simple has this graphic of pretty much every vacuum attachment that exists, from basic to super specific.

iOS: When you get an email attachment in iOS, chances are it's something you need to deal with in another app. To make things a little easier on yourself, OS X Daily points out that saving that attachment to iCloud Drive makes the process a little smoother.

When Google first introduced the ability to attach files from Drive directly in Gmail, it originally only supported sharing links. Now, you can attach the files directly.

Gmail has just added a new "edit" button, which lets you edit attachments directly in Google Docs.

The default option for Word when opening attachments from Outlook is to display them in Reading View -- which to be honest is not the way you want to look at most documents when you're reviewing them. Fortunately, you can switch this off.

iOS: One of the most annoying parts of the default iOS Mail app is that you can't attach multiple files to an email message. Multiple Attachments is an app that makes that less of a pain.

Chrome: Attaching files to Gmail from a cloud service can be tricky if you don't have that service synced on your current device. Cloud Attach is a Chrome extension that enables 'attachments' from Dropbox, Evernote, SkyDrive and Google Drive, amongst others.

It's actually surprising this took so long: you can now attach files stored in Google Drive directly to an email within Gmail. That enables the attachment of much larger files (up to 10GB).

If you're going to email people, you're going to run into attachment size limits. It's a fact. You might not have noticed, but email client Thunderbird makes it nice and easy to convert attachments into Dropbox, Box.net and other cloud storage links.

Chrome: Heavy Google Docs users know it can be a pain when you get an email with an attachment -- even if it's in Gmail -- and want to save it in Google Docs for later. You have to view the attachment first, and then click to save it in Google Docs, and even then it only works if it's one of a few file types. With the Gmail Attachments to Docs extension for Chrome, saving one or all of your attachments is as easy as clicking a single link.

Android: Gmail's attachment handling on Android is not so great -- it can only view certain types of files, and it won't let you save those attachments wherever you want. Gmail Attachment Download solves the second problem by asking you where you want to save each file you download.

iOS (Jailbroken): iMessage is a great way to send videos and photos, but if you want to send anything else you're out of luck with the default settings. Attacher is a simple Cydia tweak that adds the function to send any file type or memo directly through iMessage.

In addition to adding some nice speed and interface enhancements (like swiping up to check for mail), our favourite Mac Gmail client Sparrow (which works great with IMAP, too) has decided to take a stand against email attachments.

If you open an attachment from within your email program and then save it, the file may seem to have disappeared. Similarly, files you download from the web can be hard to find if you don't know where the default download location is. This guide is here to help new computer users retrieve those missing files.

One of the fundamental uses of email is to share photos and other files with friends, family, or colleagues. But people who are new to email might not yet know how to attach and send files in email. Here are some beginner instructions you can share.

Saving attachments from Gmail just got a lot easier — if you're using Chrome. The latest update lets you save attachments by clicking, dragging and dropping them wherever you'd like.

Windows: drop.io is a quick way to share up to 100 MB in files, but it's easy to forget about. With a beta Outlook plug-in, drop.io can become your go-to means of sending really large files without annoying your recipients.

SugarSync is a worthy Dropbox competitor, offering finer-grained file management tools and more mobile app access. Now it's added another convenient feature: send a file to your personal SugarSync address, and your attachment is synced to your account.

Writing emails while offline can help keep you on top of things, especially while on the go. As of today, Offline Gmail allows you to add attachments to an email while you're offline, bringing essentially the full offline experience to Gmail.