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Gifs not playing correctly using quick preview in Finder!

So I recently did an erase and install on my iMac, finally upgrading to Catalina and installed all new software across the board and all is wrking great minus Photoshop gifs I create for my client. I've been making these gifs for over 7 years now and I could always preview them and they displayed/animated perfectly. Since I installed Catalina none of them animated properly.


They're all over the place with load times and sequence. Things load out of order randomly and all of this only happens using Finder's Quick Look (spacebar in the finder). In order to preview my Gif's to ensure they play properly, I have to attach them into an E-mail to watch them play and its a huge inconvenience.


Before any Apple "Techs" suggest I restart in Safe Mode and try X, Y, Z… Please note that I've been an Apple tech since 1997 and know this stuff extremely well and have brought many issues to Apple over the years, some of which were never addressed.


I saw this posted by someone else and several people chimed in with nonsense and suggestions based on their lack of understanding the issue, and offered absurd solutions/advice, but it was never resolved.


This is the link —> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251023794


To clarify, I can set all animations perfectly in Photoshop just as I always have and the GIF exports properly, as confirmed by attaching it to an E-mail or opening it in a browser, but when I try to view them in Quick Look the files don't follow the correct order and you can never see the gif properly.



Thanks in advance for a proper fix Apple!

Posted on Feb 8, 2022 1:29 PM

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Feb 12, 2022 6:25 PM in response to the incubus

https://tenor.com/view/cat-noodles-gif-21397743


The Cat Noodles, when downloaded to my desktop on Monterey does animate in the multicolumn view in the Finder under the preview of the image. And when I load QuickLook, it works fine too.


Now mind you, this article may be related to your problem. If you are reducing motion in accessibility, that could affect your GIF animations in Quick Preview.


I recommend whenever you spot a bug, not to rely solely on the Support Communities, or even http://www.apple.com/feedback/


http://developer.apple.com/ allows you to submit http://bugreporter.apple.com/ reports to Apple to get at least an idea if this bug has been reported before, and if Apple is reviewing it. Mind you, you can't report your status on the Support Communities, but for your own peace of mind, it may be helpful to submit there


I too have been an ACMT, ACiT, and have been fixing Macs since the first one.



Gifs not playing correctly using quick preview in Finder!

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