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Animated gifs in mac m

Why is that sometimes when I send an animated gif by mac mail it animates and then other times it doesn't?

I have tried this several times and it seems to be totally random. I send the gif to someone, it works, try sending it again and it doesn't.

Anyone have any idea why this is. Same machine, Same gif, Same recipient

cheers


Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on May 15, 2020 8:01 AM

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May 16, 2020 7:27 AM in response to peekaybee

Hi peekaybee,


Thanks for your post! I see that sometimes when you send a gif using the Apple Mail application, it doe not always animate. Are you embedding the gif within the email or adding it as an attachment?


If adding as attachment, refer to this article for a quick refresher:


View, save, or delete email attachments in Mail on Mac


Does the gif intermittently not animate within your email or the recipients?


Let us know what you find!


Take care!


Animated gifs in mac m

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