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   
  
  
  
  

     
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.

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.

Standalone YouTubedownloader Mac OS X 

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.