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How to view gifs in OSX (self.osx)

submitted ago by Shangriblah

I recently had a disk which a friend wanted to show me full of funny gifs, but in Preview, they don't move at all. This was never an issue in windows.

What is the mac way of looking at a folder full of animated gifs? This was quite a surprise (blow!)

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[–]TallestSkil 7 points8 points ago

Use QuickLook…

Or Safari.

[–]erikgil 2 points3 points ago

Drag 'em into a browser window.

[–]monkeybreath 2 points3 points ago

Select them all in the Finder window, then press the space bar to bring them up in Quicklook. Use the arrow keys to move between them. You can also show them in full screen.

This assumes you are using Lion. If not, you are probably limited to opening them in a browser.

[–]Shangriblah[S] -1 points0 points ago

I'm in Snow Leopard I'm afraid. Good to know they have sorted it out for the latest release of OS!

[–]FlyersPh9 1 point2 points ago

Animated GIF QuickLook Plugin

I'm not sure what I'm using anymore, but my GIFs are all animated. Most likely this plugin, as I know it wasn't an app.

[–]jimstr 1 point2 points ago

just as a FYI: You don't need that in Lion, but can help in Leo/SNLeo. I wish I knew about that! (~6 years w/o the joy of just previewing a gif from finder! D: )

[–]deathsmiles 1 point2 points ago

Didn't see the app mentioned here so i'll recommend Xee, far better for viewing images than preview and it's free

[–]derekdickerson -2 points-1 points ago

All gifs work on a mac your being silly what application are you using?

[–]Shangriblah[S] 0 points1 point ago

I was using preview, I was unaware you needed to pop them into safari or something.

[–]jimstr 0 points1 point ago*

you don't. use QuickLook as the best comment of the thread propose.

example: there's an animated .gif file on your desktop. click it once then hit spacebar once. you are now in QuickLook.
now let's pretend you're in a folder full of animated gifs. once in QuickLook, use the arrow keys to browse between images.

at least, QuickLook is displaying them fine (animated) in Lion (just upgraded to it Friday). They weren't animated in Leopard (PPC) for me. hth

e if you don't have Lion, use the plugin that FlyersPh9 is linking. It will enable the animation in QuickLook and you'll be good to go.

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