How to Save YouTube Videos For Mac
The advent of online file-sharing means you can find a video with almost any information at all somewhere on the Web. Every day as of the date of publication, about 8 years' worth of video is uploaded to YouTube, which works out to 48 hours of video every minute. Three billion videos are viewed every day. Sometimes you would like the ability to save these videos for later viewing on your Mac. Luckily, there are a few ways to do this.
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Things You'll Need
- You would need to download Wondershare YouTube Downloader For Mac. You just need to scroll down on this page and download the appropriate version for your Intel or Power PC Mac. Save Youtube Videos on
Instructions
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Download the video without any other software by using Mac's native Safari browser. To do this, open the YouTube page with the video you'd like to save. Once the page has loaded, press "Command," "Option" and "A" simultaneously. This opens the "Activity" window. Scroll down the window until you see an element of about 5MB. Double-click it in the "Activity" window, and Safari will download it. Next, go to the file location and add ".flv" to the file name. It will now open as a video file.
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Install the "Download Helper" extension to your Firefox installation from downloadhelper.net. "Download Helper" integrates itself into Firefox and automatically activates when a video is loaded. Once the extension is installed and you've restarted Firefox, navigate to the YouTube page. When the video has begun to load, click the "Download Helper" icon and select "Download" from the pull-down menu. The video will download for later viewing.
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Open the YouTube video page and copy the page's address. In another tab, navigate to keepvid.com and paste the page address. Click the "Download" button and select your preferred file format from the list of available formats. You will be able to download and view the video file.
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Tips & Warnings
Most videos will be saved as a .flv file. To play these files, download and install the VLC media player from videolan.org/vlc.
