Gif as a Wallpaper?

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Gif as a Wallpaper?

Hi, I was curious if there is a way to set a .gif image as your desktop wallpaper? Maybe an app or software? Thanks for any feedback! 🙂

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Mar 26, 2016 8:27 PM

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Roxy_luv Author

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Mar 27, 2016 5:17 PM in response to Roxy_luv

When I do that, it doesn't seem to be animated, just a still picture, is there a way to make it play the gif?

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UGADog

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Mar 27, 2016 6:07 PM in response to Roxy_luv

I'm afraid OS X does not provide for animated wallpaper. There are some apps that claim to do this such as DeskFun and BioniX. But I haven't tried them and don't know if they cause system issues. If you try one, let us know what you think of it.

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May 30, 2017 4:54 PM in response to UGADog

deskfun works perfectly you can even make the gif transparent so you can see the old desktop under it!

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Nov 8, 2017 4:58 AM in response to UGADog

So, i tried this but it said that it couldn't run it because it was unsupported

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UGADog

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Mar 26, 2016 8:46 PM in response to Roxy_luv

Yes, and you don't need another app. Go Apple icon > System Preferences > Desktop and Screen Saver and see if the gif is available in the folders presented on the left. If not, click the + in the lower left and add the folder that contains your gif(s).

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