![]() ![]() You can find animated gifs just about anywhere on the web. If you just want a quick animated GIF to test this out with yourself, you can try this fireplace GIF I created some time ago for a different post: In the examples above I used a simple animated GIF created for this article about posting Live Photos to Instagram and Facebook. It’s up to you how you want to arrive at an animated GIF to use as your screen saver (more on that in a moment). There are a variety of settings to configure, including whether you want to center or stretch the gif on screen, adjust frame rate, load the animation, change the surrounding background color if the gif is centered, amongst other options, but all you really need to do is set the animated GIF path to the animated GIF of your choice. Now you just need an animated GIF to use as your screen saver. Under the ‘Screen Saver’ tab, select “AnimatedGIF” from the left side menu, then click on “Screen Saver Options” to configure your animated gif screen saver.Now go to the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences” and go to “Desktop & Screen Saver”.After you download the AnimatedGIF screen saver file, you can install the screen saver manually or double-click it and install it on the Mac that way.Download AnimatedGIF screen saver here from GitHub.This guide will be using a free third party screensaver to enable the usage of animated GIFs as the Macs screen saver, here are the steps: How to Use an Animated Gif as Screen Saver in Mac OS Using an animated GIF as a screen saver is a bit goofy and probably not appropriate for most people, but if you have a favorite animated GIF and want some low-resolution eye candy for fun or enjoyment, then this screen saver option may be right for you. ![]()
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