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Can you recommend a YouTube video downloader for Mac?
I suggest giving a try on AllClipDown. I have been using it for months on MacBook Pro and downloaded hundreds of videos from youtube without any issue. It can also save and convert the video to MP3.
Here is the step-by-step guide you can check out: https://www.sandeski.com/bulk-download-youtube-videos
You can also download playlists, music and podcast as well on your Mac.
If you know something about front-end, parsing YouTube video links directly in JavaScript is a great way to do it, without installing youtube downloader for mac software, purely in the browser.
- Open the YouTube video, press F12 or ⌘+Option+I to enter the developer tools (DevTools).
- Switch to Console, paste the following code and enter:
var video = document.querySelector('video');
console.log(video.src); 3. The terminal will print out an MP4 address, copy it.
4. Paste the address in a new tab of your browser, enter and the video will play directly.
5. Right click → Save As, done!
this method is cmpletely native, no download required YouTube video downloader for Mac. But it can only get embedded MP4 streams, some videos may not be captured.
If you don't want to install YouTube video downloader on Mac and know a little bit about development tools, this method is absolutely simple and violent, easy to download!
If you know something about front-end, parsing YouTube video links directly in JavaScript is a great way to do it, without installing youtube downloader for mac software, purely in the browser.
- Open the YouTube video, press F12 or ⌘+Option+I to enter the developer tools (DevTools).
- Switch to Console, paste the following code and enter:
The terminal will print out an MP4 address, copy it
Paste the address in a new tab of your browser, enter and the video will play directly
Right click → Save As, done!
this method is cmpletely native, no download required YouTube video downloader for Mac. But it can only get embedded MP4 streams, some videos may not be captured.
If you don't want to install YouTube video downloader on Mac and know a little bit about development tools, this method is absolutely simple and violent, easy to download!
thank for your reply, It seems this YouTube video downloader for Mac method is pretty cool, but I tried it and it doesn't seem to work?
I opened DevTools and ran your code, and video.src returns null, so it seems like YouTube wrapped the video? Did something change in the new version of YouTube? Is there another way to get around it? Or do I need to use other YouTube video downloader for Mac? I'm looking for a solution!
