Feel free to right click and save it to your Desktop as an example, and then move it from the Desktop into the Uploads directory you just opened up. My favorite background is this one right here. Second, copy an animated GIF into the Uploads directory. Now navigate to Application Support > Microsoft > Teams > Background > Uploads. Here are the commands for that: $ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Teams/Backgrounds/UploadsĪ new Finder window will open with the directory you need to be in.Īlternatively, open a Finder window, click on Go in the menu bar, hold the option key (⌥) on your keyboard, and then select Library in the dropdown. Open Uploads directory in Finder using open.Open Terminal from Applications > Utilities.On a Mac, the easiest way to get there is with Terminal. Sure enough, when you browse for a new background, anything other than image file types are grayed out and can't be selected.įirst, open the directory in which Microsoft Teams stores custom backgrounds. When you try to add a new background to Microsoft Teams, the tooltip reminds you that it will only accept file types jpeg, jpg, png and bmp. 8 min read This has absolutely nothing to do with anything.
