If you’re a GIF lover on your iPhone, there are a few things you can do to help keep your favorite animations and videos safe and sound.
- Use an app like iGIFSaver to store your GIFs offline. This will help you keep them safe from being deleted or lost in the shuffle when you’re not using your phone.
- Use iCloud to store all of your photos and videos together so that they’re always accessible and easy to access. This way, if something goes wrong with your phone or iCloud, you can always access all of your videos and photos without having to worry about them getting lost or deleted again.
- Keep an eye on Apple’s website for new updates and changes related to GIFs that may affect how they work or how they can be stored. Updates may make it easier for you to store your GIFs securely and easily, so be sure to check back often!
Do you fancy a GIF on a website or in a message someone sent you? You can save that and any other GIFs to your iPhone’s Camera Roll, giving you quick access to them for viewing and sharing.
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Save a GIF From a Website on iPhone
If you like a GIF on a website and you’d like to save it to your phone for offline access, here’s how to do that.
First, open your preferred web browser on your iPhone and launch the site where your GIF is located.
Once you see the GIF, tap and hold on it.
In the menu that opens after tapping and holding on the GIF, select “Save Image.”
Without any prompts, your iPhone will save the selected GIF image to your Camera Roll. To access this downloaded image, launch the Photos app on your iPhone.
You may now play around with this GIF however you want. Also, feel free to share it with others via social media or instant messaging apps that you use. Enjoy!
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Download a GIF From a Message on iPhone
If you have received a GIF via an iMessage, you can also download that image to your iPhone’s Camera Roll.
To do so, open Messages and find the message containing the GIF. Tap and hold on it.
In the menu that opens, tap “Save.”
And your GIF is now saved in your iPhone’s Photos app.
Use these methods to download as many of your favorite GIF images from the internet or iMessage as you want on your iPhone.
On a similar note, did you know you can convert your iPhone’s Live Photos to GIF images? Try that out if you’re interested.
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