Question :

I just received a message with an animated picture in it, that I want to save on my Mac to maybe send it to someone else later on. I thought it would be an animated-GIF file, but it turns out to be a .webp-file when I save it to my Mac.

Is there a way to convert this .webp animation to an animated .gif ?

Answer :

Yes, and it is rather simple, just do this :

• on your Mac, right-click on the icon of the .webp-file
• in the popup-list that appears, choose “Get Info”
• in the “Get Info” window that opens, goto “Name & Extension” and replace the “.webp” extension by “.gif”
• and to make double-checking easier, uncheck “Hide Extension”
• then, close the “Get Info” window (by clicking the X-marked red dot top left)
• now, open the renamed file in Preview.app to check if it has multiple images inside
• then, open the renamed file in your webbrowser to check if the animation runs smoothly

That’s it !

Note : this works if the original file inside the .webp-animation is an animated GIF, it’s not sure if this will work for any .webp-animation

enjoy 😉