How do you view GIF on Mac?

Click on the GIF in the finder window and hit the space bar.

Select the file (don't open it, just select it) and hit Command+Y. You can only open one at a time. Use tab to cycle through your various files. You can adjust the image size by dragging the corner. Note, all windows will remain that size while cycling through them. Unfortunately, you can't adjust window sizes with command plus or minus.

Drag them into Safari or another web browser.

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try Preview or an application called "Image Tricks". usually do a "get info" (cloverleaf+I) on the .gif itself, and then open with Preview or whatever. Save your changes and that should do it

there's usually a way to do it that'll work

John b

Hi,

I'm on OSX 10.9.2 and there is no way--even Safari-- to open gifs and view them. I just got a new stop motion gif and i would like to see it

Get Info on the file and expand the little "Preview" space in the getInfo box

works wonderfully! and you can click the direction arrows to move through the different pictures in the folder!

select the file in finder and press the space bar.

The "select file and hit ⌘Y or space bar" technique is very convenient. Works for jpg, gif, animated gif, mp4, even wmf files. As pointed out, the arrow keys will move you from one file to next. Interesting to note, if you're displaying the files in icon view, then the you must move up/down to the next row of file icons with the up/down arrows… the left/right arrows don't automatically do that.

OK this is working,

But this is for opening GIFs from Finder,
How to open GIFs in default photos app? is there any way ?

Set the Finder window in Column View. Select the GIF file, it will play in the column to its right. Resize the column or the Finder window as necessary...