How to Set a Picture as Desktop Wallpaper in Mac OS X Lion. Related Book. Mac OS X Lion For Dummies. By Bob LeVitus. One of the first things Mac OS X users do when they’re setting preferences and personalizing their computers is setting a favorite photo as the desktop wallpaper. This action starts with the Apple menu on the desktop menu bar. How to Set a GIF as a Live Wallpaper on Your iPhone January 14, 2019 / jamie / Comments Off on How to Set a GIF as a Live Wallpaper on Your iPhone Here at How-To Geek, we think iOS’s Live Wallpaper feature is pretty neat, although it’s underused.
All you’ll need to do is download (Dropbox link). As described in install the preference pane, and then head into System Settings. In System Settings, you’ll find the new GIFPaper option. Click it, then pick the GIF you want to use. It will automatically load up. If you want the animated GIF as your default wallpaper, you’ll need to also add the GIFPaperAgent app to your Mac login items.
Otherwise it wll go back to your default normal wallpaper when you log in again (which coincidentally is also the only way to turn it off).
Animated GIFs as Mac Background It takes a few easy steps to inject some life in your Mac background. 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. Download the from Dropbox (link found via ) and extract the content to a local folder. 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.
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.