Steps for set or keep Gif image as a Desktop background on Mac OS X: EI Capitan, Yosemite. Keep read below steps details once, might be one wrong steps gives fail result. Step 1: Keep ready some gif image on your drive or download images temporary for test purpose.
Animated GIFs as Mac Background It takes a few easy steps to inject some life in your Mac background. Step 1. Download a GIF image.
You can use for readymade GIFs, or create your own with Photoshop or, if you are trying to use a video, using. Step 2. Download the from Dropbox (link found via ) and extract the content to a local folder. Step 3. Double-click the GIFPaperPrefs.prefPane file inside the extracted folder to install the preferences pane. Go to your Mac’s System Preferences and double-click GIFPaperPref to launch the actual app. Step 4. Browse the computer, locate the GIF, set the Scaling to “Axes Independently” and the GIF will be set as the background of your Mac desktop.
If you have a multiple virtual desktops, only the current screen will be changed.