Educate me, please, cyber-pals and Goodreads reviewers: How do you make those animated gifs?

This GIF, for example, I found in the reviews of Release Me. (cool, huh?)

Not that I pop over to Goodreads and read the reviews of Release Me or anything (ahem), but if I did, I would undoubtedly notice a lot of really cool animated GIFs that look like they’re tiny, looped clips of television shows or movies.

And my curiosity runneth over.

How do you make those things? I would love to figure out how because … well, no particular reason, I just want to know. Can anyone share? Point me toward software? A tutorial? A magic potion I must drink to be inducted into the GIF-making club? (And if it matters, we’re 100% Apple at our house, so Windows-based software does me no good).

Thanks in advance, y’all!

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--J.K.