YouTube is no doubt the number one choice for many when looking for the most recent and most trendy videos on the web. It offers an enormous amount of music videos, educational videos, movie trailers, short original videos, full-length movies even, and more. However once you are disconnected from Internet, the rich resources of YouTube become unavailable to you. Even if you are connected to the web, the connection may be slow, and then it will take forever for the video to load. Don't even get started on HD videos. In this article we'll give you some solutions to be able to download a YouTube movie on Mac and watch it even without
Internet connection.
This little app can download movies from YouTube on Mac in various resolutions, even HD and ultra HD. It also can help you download private and age-restricted videos when you sign in to your YouTube account.
Airy offers a great convenience of pausing and resuming downloads, i.e. you don't have to finish your YouTube download at once, you can always get back to it, when you have time.
Elmedia Player PRO is another awesome app for movie downloading from YouTube. As it doubles as a super versatile media player you can watch downloaded content there and enjoy multiple features this app offers. You can even add subtitles to the movie in your language.
You have to be really careful when making a choice as some of these video-saving sites are not trustworthy, however there are some reliable options.
To use these websites you'll need to copy the YouTube link and paste it in a corresponding box. Select the file type and save the file to your hard drive.
You'll probably notice that the downloaded FLV or MP4 file is slightly lower quality than the YouTube original, however it will be on your computer, which was the goal.
Don't hesitate to share your tips and experiences on YouTube downloading in comments.