Gif selection issue for posts on X in Safari after macOS Sequoia update

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Gif selection issue for posts on X in Safari after macOS Sequoia update

I recently updated my 2021 M1 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar to Sequoia 15.3 and Safari 18.3, and now, for some reason, when I am posting on X.com through Safari, I can open the gif option to add a gif, but once I type in a gif description in the search bar the next window just has colored rectangles instead of the gifs themselves. This did not happen until I upgraded to Sequoia 15.3 and Safari 18.3 two days ago.

I have checked Safari settings to see if changing to "Allow All Auto-Play" fixes it. It doesn't. I have cleared my History Cache, closed Safari, and reopened it. Doesn't fix it. I have shut down my Mac, waited, restarted, reloaded my window and tabs. Doesn't fix it. Could definitely use some help here, or find out if this is a bug that needs a hotfix.

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MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Jan 31, 2025 10:15 AM

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JonathanJEM

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Jan 31, 2025 11:35 AM in response to HistoryofMatt

I have exactly the same issue today

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ginna67

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Feb 4, 2025 12:47 PM in response to HistoryofMatt

Same. Updated today, Feb. 4, and now I'm getting those colored squares. Meantime, you can download GiF in your applications and get them from there.

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Feb 4, 2025 6:59 PM in response to HistoryofMatt

same issue. Just got new macbook pro with latest OS and updated Sequoia. I hope this resolves soon. Must be a bug in the update?

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Feb 6, 2025 5:17 PM in response to HistoryofMatt

Same thing called AppleCare said it was an X thing, no help at all.

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Feb 6, 2025 5:36 PM in response to happy6748

No, it's obviously a bug with either macOS Sequoia 15.3 or Safari 18.3 or the combination of them together, because this wasn't an issue until the upgrade.

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ginna67

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Feb 7, 2025 11:24 AM in response to HistoryofMatt

The problem is with the update, NOT X.

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Feb 9, 2025 9:07 AM in response to ginna67

The only place I can recreate it is MacOS on Safari. Gifs work on my iPhone X app, and they work on the same Mac Studio is I switch to Chrome. So it's Safari ever since the last MacOS update. Been well over a week now where I have to switch to iPhone or Chrome to post a gif. Not sure why Safari or MacOS can't fix this with an update. But one thing is for sure that it is nothing wrong with X.

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Feb 8, 2025 6:53 AM in response to ginna67

It only happens to me on X. My GIF works on all other Social media sites.

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Feb 21, 2025 11:46 AM in response to HistoryofMatt

It will be fixed in macOS 15.4.

As of now, your oply option is to use Safari Technology Preview or update to a **** build.

Yes...I'm not allowed to talk about **** builds.

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Feb 4, 2025 7:00 PM in response to ginna67

I'm clueless. Can u pls tell me exactly how to get GIF into my applications on my MBP laptop? Tks!

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ginna67

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Feb 9, 2025 7:47 AM in response to CyrusRite

You mean it's an Apple issue.

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Feb 13, 2025 10:08 PM in response to HistoryofMatt

WOW DISAPPOINTING APPLE!

I still have the same issue Feb 14th, even after updating to macOS 15.3.1 and using Safari Version 18.3 (20620.2.4.11.5). Chrome works perfectly, so I guess I'll have to stick with Chrome to insert Valentine gifs on X. :-/

(Courtesy of Chrome)

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Feb 9, 2025 9:00 AM in response to CyrusRite

No, it is not an X issue. That's not how it works. What you're doing by right clicking and opening the gif in a different tab shows you that both X and the link X is using to show the gifs in it's UI works. That's all. This specific issue for people happened with the macOS Sequoia and Safari updates. There were no problems seeing the gifs in the pop-up window until the updates. Whether it's both updates together or it's one of them specifically, the issue did not appear until the updates.

Do you also know how I know it's not an X issue? If I sign in to X on my iOS Safari on my iPhone SE2, I can see the gifs as normal. I also have an old MacBook still on Big Sur and I signed in to X there and checked, and I can still see the gifs. That means the problem is not with X, it's with either the macOS or Safari updates or both together.

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Feb 9, 2025 12:20 PM in response to HistoryofMatt

Agree. I have a brand new 14" MBP (with Sequoi latest update) that can't do GIFs, but my 2019 16" MBP running Ventura posts GIF's just fine. So it's the updated Sequia for sure. PLEASE fix this Apple!

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Feb 12, 2025 10:23 AM in response to ginna67

Did as you suggested but there is no "GiF Keyboard" in my applications. Have brand new 14" MBP with current Sequoia OS. I went to Finder>Applications & no GiF there. Did u leave something out perhaps? I'm old lady so not super tech savvy. Would love to have that option! Tks!

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