Turn GIF GIFs into ICNS. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop GIF files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop GIF files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the ICNS, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The GIF to ICNS converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your GIFs are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
GIF is limited to 256 colours and produces very large files for anything longer than a few seconds. ICNS is what macOS expects for app and file icons. GIF is at home in short looping clips and reactions; ICNS is the usual choice for macOS application and folder icons.
ICNS holds a single still image, so an animated GIF does not stay animated.
If the GIF is animated, only its first frame is converted and the result is a still picture. The picture is fitted into a square, with empty margins if it is not square, and written at 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512 pixels (and 1024 when the source is at least that large), each as a PNG inside the icon file.
GIF is a 1987 format that survives because it loops silently everywhere. Each frame can use at most 256 colours, so photos and video look grainy and files are far larger than an equivalent MP4.
Opens in Every browser, phone and messaging app
GIF converterICNS is the icon container of macOS. One file holds the same icon at many sizes, from 16 to 1024 pixels including Retina versions, each with transparency. Every Mac app carries one in its bundle.
Opens in macOS Preview and Finder, Xcode and icon editors; not browsers
ICNS converter| GIFGIF image | ICNSmacOS icon | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Graphics Interchange Format | Apple Icon Image |
| Type | Raster image, often animated | Raster image (icon) |
| Compression | Lossless, but limited to 256 colours per frame | Lossless |
| Transparency | On or off only (no soft edges) | Yes |
| Animation | Yes | No |
| Introduced | 1987, by CompuServe | Around 2001, by Apple |
| Opens in | Every browser, phone and messaging app | macOS Preview and Finder, Xcode and icon editors; not browsers |
| Best for | Short looping clips and reactions | macOS application and folder icons |
| File extension | .gif | .icns |
No. The GIF to ICNS conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
No further quality is lost: ICNS stores the decoded pixels exactly. The result is identical in content.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the GIF file, press Convert and save the ICNS. There is nothing to install.
Pictures of up to 120 megapixels are accepted (for example 12,000 by 10,000 pixels); a larger one is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.