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Today’s Internet is hard to imagine without YouTube. Its limitless catalog caters to your every request, whether it’s for knowledge or for entertainment. But, as good as it is at searching, YouTube online will never stream as smoothly as an offline video. Let’s have a look at some apps that’ll let you download YouTube video to Mac for a better offline viewing experience:

How to Download YouTube Videos Mac with a Desktop App

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How to download YouTube videos on Mac? When it comes to third-party apps, you want functionality, comfort, and security. Well, you’ll be glad to hear - Airy brings all of that - and more - to the table! The videos will be loaded onto your Mac in your desired format, whether video or audio. Even entire playlists can be fetched without hassle, to be enjoyed regardless of internet connection.

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Save a YouTube Video to Mac with Airy’s 4 Step Guide:

1.Download Airy from its official website to your Mac. Install and launch as you would any other app.
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Copy the video URL from YouTube and paste it into the search field, then press Enter.

Step 1 on how to save a YouTube video on Mac
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Select the format and resolution that you want. To get audio separately, find MP3 in the list of available formats.

Step 2 on how to save videos from YouTube on Mac with Airy
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Click Download. The video will be saved to the "Downloads/Airy" folder. To change this path go to Airy Preferences.

Step 3 on how to download videos from YouTube on Mac

Before purchase, Airy YouTube video downloader for Mac offers a free trial version. You can download videos from YouTube Mac to try it out and get a feel for it. The free version offers two free downloads, while the full version will give you unlimited downloads and the full package of features. If you still have questions, the Airy website offers help on how to download videos from YouTube Mac.


How to Download YouTube Videos on Mac with Simple Browser Extensions

Browser extensions (or, alternatively, add-ons) are like small apps that extend the functionality of your web browser. Extensions are displayed in various ways; some of them add buttons directly to a webpage, whereas others show up as a button on your toolbar. But when compared to desktop programs, they don’t pack quite as much a punch. They may offer fewer features. And the same can be said about Airy when using the browser to save a YouTube video to Mac. Let us present some popular YouTube downloader Mac add-ons:

How to Save YouTube Videos on Mac with Chrome Extension

Chrome is unusual when it comes to YouTube downloaders. Google doesn’t approve of any attempts to download YouTube content (just look up their Terms & Conditions), so they’ve shut down any apps on the Chrome Web Store that know how to save YouTube videos to Mac.

However, there is a workaround - CrossPilot (available on the Web Store) provides Chrome the capability to install add-ons from outside the Store. And the add-on we’d recommend is Addoncrop YouTube Video Downloader.

How to download a YouTube video on a Mac with Chrome browser extension

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  1. You can go ahead and download the YouTube video and MP3 Downloader plugin from Addoncrop. Once you’ve downloaded the plugin, the extension will appear automatically as a "Download" button below any video you play.
  2. When you click the "Download" button, you’ll be presented with a list of available formats to download your video. Choose the one you want and the video will save directly to your Mac. That’s how you download YouTube video to Mac with the Addoncrop plugin.

How to Save a YouTube Video to Your Mac with Firefox Extension

As for Firefox, there are some plugins that’ll show you how to save YouTube videos on Mac. One of those plugins is the Easy YouTube Video Downloader Express. And it’s simple to get started.

How to save a YouTube video on Mac with Firefox browser extension

How to download with Easy YouTube Video Downloader Express:

  1. Download the plugin to your Firefox browser.
  2. Once it’s downloaded, you’ll find the "Download" button below any video you watch on YouTube.
  3. From there, you can click on "Download" and choose from the list of options provided (format, resolution, etc.) The video will begin to download and save to your Mac.

Download YouTube Video to Mac with Safari Using Airy’s Downloader

Safari doesn’t have any easily accessible browser-based solutions. Fortunately, Airy is here to save the day! Its browser integration function will act as a more advanced, faster version of your average browser extension.

So, how to download YouTube videos on Mac? If you have Airy installed, go into the "Airy" menu and select "Integrate into Browser". Your default browser will open; you’ll be given a link that should be saved as a bookmark. This can be done on the toolbar or in the menu - its location doesn’t matter.

Once that’s done, go to any YouTube page in your browser and click on the bookmark. Voilà! In just one click, your video has appeared in Airy and starts to download.

How to save YouTube videos to Mac with Safari browser extension

Online solution for how to Save YouTube Videos to Mac

Keepvid is arguably one of the most popular and reliable online YouTube video downloaders available today. It’s an all-around video tool that can download, convert, extract, and consolidate YouTube videos.

Save YouTube videos online with KeepVid

Steps to download YouTube video to Mac with Keepvid.com:

  1. Go to YouTube and copy the video link you want to download.
  2. Go to https://keepvid.com/ and click "Download".
  3. You’ll be presented with options like video quality, resolution, format, etc. Choose what you prefer and start the download.

How to Download YouTube Videos on a Mac with VLC Media Player

VLC has been around for probably one of the longest third-party video players that is still going strong today. It’s used to play local files and stream content online videos right from your Mac. Here’s how you can save a YouTube video to Mac with VLC Player.

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  • Step 1: Download VLC and open it up on your Mac.
  • Step 2: Open YouTube in your browser and copy the link URL of the video you want to download. Go back into VLC and select "File" and "Open Network Stream".
  • Step 3: Click "Open Network" and paste the URL in the box and click "Open" to start the video.
  • Step 4: Right-click on the video and choose "Media Information".
  • Step 5: Find the URL location and hit "Command+C". It’ll get copied to your clipboard.
  • Step 6: Open your browser again, paste the copied link into the address bar. Hit "Enter" to begin playing.
  • Step 7: Right-click the video and "Save Video as". After saving the YouTube video, it’ll start to download. Then you can play that video from your Mac offline.

FAQ

If you want to use a free Mac YouTube video downloader, you have plenty of online options such as savefrom.net. Airy YouTube to MP4 converter for Mac offers 2 free downloads as well.

Simply choose any of the methods we have just introduced above and use the one that is the most suitable for you.

For example, follow the easy steps with Airy:

  • Step 1. Download and launch Airy.
  • Step 2. Open YouTube and copy the link to it to paste it into Airy.
  • Step 3. Select the video format to save to and click the "Download" button.
  • Step 4. Wait for the download to finish and enjoy your favorite videos endlessly without annoying ads.

Keep in mind that you can even download the soundtracks instead of the whole videos. Simply choose MP3 from the list of formats and you can get your favorite songs in MP3 and without the videos.

Unless you change the location, all downloaded files will be stored in the Downloads folder.

If you don’t want to download the files on your computer but rather record them directly from YouTube, we have a solution for that as well. You can use QuickTime Player to record YouTube, download Mac files, and save them on your hard drive.

Here’s how:

  1. Run QuickTime on your Mac [use Finder to locate it or access /Applications].
  2. Go to "File" and select "New Movie Recording".
  3. You will see the FaceTime webcam activating and displaying a square on the screen.
  4. Click on the red record button to start recording.
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