animate GIFs

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sequitursequitur
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in Genius Bar edited May 2014

I have an incoming email with a dozen GIFs in it.  Half will animate; the other half won't.  ?????

 

How can I get those six to animate?  Will Preview do it?  If so, what do I have to do to get Preview to animate them?

If not, what else can I do to animate them?  

 

I'm not asking to build GIFs, just to animate these existing GIFs.

 

If I want to forward the email, how can I be sure the GIFs will animate for the recipient?

 

Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member

    QuickLook animates, as does Safari. Preview doesn’t (shows you each frame). Mail hasn’t de-animated anything; they’ll work fine if you send them on.

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  • Reply 2 of 5
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member

    That's the problem. They don't animate in QuickLook or Safari nor do they animate when sent on.  The sender checked out the site where they all originated and the originals ARE animating - both the one's that animated and the ones that didn't in the email I received. 

     

    BTW, I find that they will animate on my MBP w/ Snow Leopard but not on my iMac w/ Mavericks.

     

    I found this online.  









    Use Preview to play animated GIFs Apps

    Apr 08, '03 10:23:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous



    Stupid but true, Preview.app can play animated GIf's! Simply add the Play button to your toolbar and load an animated GIF, click on the Play button, and away you go! 

    It's over ten years old, but I thought there might be a way to use Preview in Mavericks.  What 'Play button' are they talking about?

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  • Reply 3 of 5
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post

    It’s over ten years old…


     

    That’d be why. I don’t even remember when that stopped existing.

     

    Well, if they don’t animate locally, you received them as static images. Unless opening them in Preview still shows the frames, then I’d guess it’s a corruption of the format.

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  • Reply 4 of 5
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member

    I'm not so sure that the format is corrupted or that I received them as static images. If that were so, why would they animate under Snow Leopard?  Is this another thing that Mavericks left out?  I've had all kinds of issues since 'upgrading' to Mavericks - after doing a clean install.   "Apple givith and Apple taketh away."

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  • Reply 5 of 5
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member

    Opening the GIFs in Preview in Snow Leopard shows the frames.  In Preview in Mavericks the frames don't show.  My conclusion: Mavericks must be the culprit.  Is there anything that can be done to to open them Mavericks Preview?  

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