GIPHY CAPTURE
GIPHY Capture is a free screen recording tool that lets you capture part or all of your screen and convert the recording directly into an animated GIF file. It was developed by GIPHY to let users quickly create and share short looping clips for messaging, social media and web use. The app includes editing controls for trim length, frame rate, pixel size and loop settings, and can upload finished GIFs directly to GIPHY's platform or save them locally as GIF or MP4 files.
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1 suggestionGIPHY Capture has been abandoned by its developer — the last update was in 2020, over five years ago, and there is no native Apple Silicon build. The app will stop working entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028). For screen-to-GIF workflows, several actively maintained alternatives run natively on Apple Silicon: Kap is a free, open-source option that handles recording, trimming and export in one menu-bar interface and exports to GIF, MP4, WebM or APNG. ScreenFlow and Screenium 3 are paid Mac App Store options with more polished interfaces. CleanMyMac X's screen recording feature also includes GIF export. All of these are under active development and will continue to work beyond macOS 28, so moving your workflow to one of them now will save you from losing the tool entirely in September 2028.
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