How to Download Youtube Video on Mac (Free)

[hans0m]

For Windows users, there are quite a few tools to download videos from YouTube. But if you are a Mac user, the choices are very limited and a lot of us have to turn to online conversion websites. Recently, Mac YouTube tools have also become available. Now, I will share a guide for Mac users how to use the Youtube Downloader with these simple steps.

Step 1. Launch Programme
Download YouTube Downloader for Mac, install and open the tool.



Step 2: Download YouTube Videos
Go to YouTube website and open the pages of the videos you want to download. The program will detect the URL and automatically start downloading a video when it starts to play. There is a pop-up window on the right bottom of your computer, which hints you the video is downloading.

From the source list, you can find the status of each file. See the figure below:


Note: If you want to find the downloaded files, you can click the Open button to go to the directory where the downloaded files are saved.

This YouTube downloader is totally free, if you don't want to convert downloaded videos to your mobile players, you don't have to pay for it.

[madmacmat]

if You want to have a no-frills free youtube converter, use tooble: enter the url, and by default the video is imported into itunes in the right format- NICE!

[TwisterMc]

I use TubeTV and it works well: TubeTV - YouTube and other flash video to Apple TV, iPhone, and iPod - Download and Export Software for Mac OS X

[hans0m]

Originally Posted by madmacmat

if You want to have a no-frills free youtube converter, use tooble: enter the url, and by default the video is imported into itunes in the right format- NICE!

Yup, online flv converter is convenient, but it takes more time and cannot customize video specs.
Wondershare Youtube Downloader has conversion function too. It can convert downloaded video to all popular video/audio format, such as MOV/MP4/AVI/3GP/MPG/MP3/AAC...

p.s.This Youtube downloader supports not only Youtube, but also many other video websites, like Yahoo, Google Video, Break, Metacafe, MySpace, Gofish. Youku, 56, Tudou, etc.