What features should have YouTube
Downloader for Mac for the most convenient downloading videos from
YouTube ?
In my opinion good YouTube Downloader
should have the following:
it should be fast and simple
the possibility to choose format
and resolution for downloading
intuitive interface
batch URLs downloading support
integration with browsers
built-in video converter
it should be ad-free
extraction of original audio from
YouTube
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Airy - a light and simple YouTubeDownloader for Mac
So many nice and useful and fun videos
on YouTube. Sometimes you just need them on your computer for not
depending on Internet connection or YouTube changing policies. And
there is a new way of downloading videos from YouTube. And it's easy
and fun! It's a paid download from YouTube Mac app - Airy. Airy was
just released a few days ago.
This YouTube downloader Mac app is
tiny, light and very handy. Downloading YouTube videos is as simple
as one, two, three - simply enter the URL, choose the format and
resolution, click "Download"! Airy
can download MP4, WebM, FLV, and 3GP file types.
However there is
also a nice peculiarity of Airy allowing you to download only MP3
sound of the video you like. In case you don't really want the video,
and only need an MP3 used in it, choose MP3 type from the drop-down
menu.
Airy costs $19.95, but allows first 5
downloads for absolutely free.
Thursday 16 May 2013
How to Download YouTube Video on Mac
You can probably
find any video you want on YouTube. But what if you need that video
often and even when there is no Internet connection available? Or the
video can be removed from YouTube for numerous reasons. To keep the
video for yourself even when it's gone from YouTube use an OS X YouTube Downloader.
There are several
methods you can use to extract video from YouTube on Mac: with the
help of add-ons of web browsers, with online services, with the help
of YouTube downloaders Mac apps.
Here is how to
save YouTube videos with each of those methods in brief.
Extract video
from YouTube with Safari browser.
Open the page
with the video in Safari and start playing it. Then press
Command-Option-A and Safari "Activity" window will open.
There you'll see the name of the video with "youtube"
ending. See which entry of several megabytes is loading and
option-double-click it so it will download as FLV file. No other
software is needed for this method but it takes time for video to be
processed completely and it doesn't work for Safari 6.
Extract
videos from YouTube with online apps
You
can find lots of sources on the Internet that will promise to save
YouTube videos to your computer. Simply do some alterations to the
video link and after that web browser will parse the link and should
be able to save the video right to your hard disk. These services
have a disadvantage though: lots of pop-ups or ads, no visualization
of the download process, and sometimes just an error message instead
of the anticipated video.
Let's
have a look at Elmedia Player as an example. It's not only a player
as it may seem from the name, but also a powerful YouTube downloader
for Mac OS X (when in PRO version). Elmedia Player PRO costs $ 19.95
and offers all possible benefits of a multi-format player as well as
HD YouTube downloader for Mac. Not only will you be able to download
YouTube videos, but also various online videos including those on
streaming RTMP.
How
to extract YouTube videos on Mac with Elmedia Player PRO:
Download simple
free version of Elmedia Player from here, install it, and
launch.
In Elmedia Player
menu choose "Activate PRO version" option and enter the
code that you received by email after purchasing the app.
Add the link to
the desired video to Elmedia Player PRO to see the Downloads list
being filled with all resources found at that link. Switch the filter
to "video" to see the FLV files that can be downloaded from
that address.
Choose the needed
file and click "Download". The video will be saved into
directory you specified in Elmedia Player PRO preferences. You can
also find the file in the Library.
