How to Download YouTube Videos for Mac OS 9
YouTube offers a wide variety of videos, from original works to popular TV shows and music videos. Videos that are available on YouTube are sometimes unavailable anywhere else. If that's the case, you may want to keep a copy of a favorite video that you've found on YouTube in your personal collection. If you would like to download a YouTube video onto a computer with a Mac OS 9 operating system, a couple of websites make downloading YouTube videos simple.
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Instructions
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Open the video on YouTube. You will need the direct URL of the YouTube video in order to download the video. Right-click in the address bar and choose "Select All" to make sure you get the entire address. Right-click again and select "Copy" from the list.
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Go to KeepVid or ClipNabber. Both of these websites have a very simple system for downloading from YouTube and both are compatible with Mac OS 9.
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Paste the URL of the YouTube video into the URL box on KeepVid or ClipNabber. To paste the address, right-click in the URL box and choose "Paste" from the menu that comes up. The video address will appear in the box.
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Press the button to download the YouTube video. On ClipNabber, this button is labeled "Nab Video!" On KeepVid, the button is labeled "Download." Once you press the button, two links will appear for downloading the video to your computer.
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Save the YouTube video. Once the links appear, you will be able to download as either MP4 or FLV. If you left-click on the link, the video will automatically save to your download folder. If you would like to select a different folder, right-click on the link and select the "Save as..." option. You can then browse for the folder of your choice and name the file. Once you have chosen a folder and named the file, click "Save" to finish saving the video to your computer.
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