How can I convert a .mov into a .gif (or a .apng)? I want to put a .mov file I have as the background for a website. I am guessing the best way to do this would be to convert it to a .gif file but I can't find any programs that do it. 

I have tried Handbrake, Graphic Converter and Gif Builder.
For Terminal lover

ffmpeg -i in.mov -s 600x400 -pix_fmt rgb24 -r 10 -f gif - | gifsicle --optimize=3 --delay=3 &gt; out.gif



-r 10 tells ffmpeg to reduce the frame rate from 25 fps to 10
-s 600x400 tells ffmpeg the max-width and max-height
--delay=3 tells gifsicle to delay 30ms between each gif
--optimize=3 requests that gifsicle use the slowest/most file-size optimization


You need to install


ffmpeg to process the video file
gifsicle to create and optimize the an animated gif




brew install ffmpeg 

#if cask is not installed
brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask

#dependency for gifsicle, only required for mountain-lion and above
brew cask install xquartz

brew install gifsicle


Above instructions taken from gist: dergachev/GIF-Screencast-OSX.md

The following error occurred while installing the ffmpeg


  Error: The brew link step did not complete successfully
  The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
  Could not symlink include/libyasm
  /usr/local/include is not writable.


For this follow this answer

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/include
sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local


Transparency

The code above don't keep transparent layers. In order to do that, use:

ffmpeg -i in.mov -f gif -lavfi split[v],palettegen,[v]paletteuse out.gif