{"id":1368,"date":"2018-03-07T06:34:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:50:10","slug":"how-to-download-videos-from-youtube-to-macbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-download-videos-from-youtube-to-macbook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download Videos from YouTube to Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">To catch up with a video on YouTube is something that every user in a million across the globe is doing right now, right at this very moment, no matter where they are. Isn\u2019t that really mind-boggling? The ensnaring response of our brain to calm down itself on watching videos is not something uncommon to be seen. Whether at work or not at work, taking a glimpse of what is up there on the home page of the website has become kind of an addiction nowadays. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">But it\u2019s not possible for users to have a steady network always. So it would be better for them to <strong>download videos from YouTube to Mac<\/strong> for later. But often who are new with YouTube sneak \u2013peak find it hard to find a way to download videos from YouTube as there are no direct feature or provision from the site to do so. You need to have certain tools and applications on your system, whether on computer or on mobile. So long as they are not installed on your system, it will be difficult for you find a way to download the videos directly from the YouTube website on Mac OS X.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Method-1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Method #1: Download YouTube Videos to Mac using VDYoutube<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Method-2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Method #2: Download Videos from YouTube to Mac using ClipGrab Tool<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Method-3\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Method #3: Download YouTube Videos on Mac using VLC<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><b>[ps2id id=&#8217;Method-1&#8242; target=&#8221;\/]<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #1: Download YouTube Videos to Mac using VDYoutube <\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdyoutube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VDYoutube<\/a> is an online video downloading service which is basically used to download videos directly from online websites. Here we would use it to download videos from YouTube. The method is explained clearly in steps below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Go to the website of YouTube.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">On the search bar, type the video you want to download.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Once the video page appears, go to the URL address bar, and add \u201cvd\u201d before the \u201cYouTube\u201d portion of the video\u2019s URL and hit &#8220;Enter&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/VDYoutube.jpg\" alt=\"download YouTube video to mac\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. You will be directed to the website you just changed in the address bar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Now click on \u201cDownload\u201d option which will open up a drop down menu with different options for download quality. Choose any option as per your requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 5. After choosing any of the listed options, your downloading will be started. You may need to click \u201cSave\u201d before your download begins to save it in any particular folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>WARNING: <\/b><\/strong>Do not choose any video quality which has \u201cx\u201d next to the speaker icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Don&#8217;t Miss: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-download-youtube-videos-to-computer-windows-10\/\">How to download videos from YouTube to Windows 10<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><b>[ps2id id=&#8217;Method-2&#8242; target=&#8221;\/]<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #2: Download YouTube Videos to Mac using ClipGrab Tool<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">ClipGrab is a 100% free and easy video downloader available on internet market which is used for downloading videos from various websites. The tool is available for Windows, Mac, Linux also. We would make use of it to download videos from YouTube. Continue reading to know the method which is explained as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Firstly you need to download and install the <a href=\"https:\/\/clipgrab.org\/faqs\/howto-download-youtube-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClipGrab<\/a> tool. Click on the link to do so :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Launch the program after installing it properly and copy the video URL link from the YouTube website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clipgrab-download.jpg\" alt=\"clipgrab download\" width=\"642\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. Now on the tool interface screen go to the \u201cDownloads\u201d tab, and insert the copied link into the input field. The tool will automatically collect all the necessary information regarding the video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Select the video format and quality from the \u201cFormat\u201d and \u201cQuality\u201d box.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/formats_clipgrab.jpg\" alt=\"download video to Mac\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 5. After you have chosen everything as mentioned, click on \u201cGrab this clip!\u201d button. You would be asked to give a name for the video file. Once you give it, your downloading will be started just in a moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><b>[ps2id id=&#8217;Method-3&#8242; target=&#8221;\/]<\/b><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #3: Download YouTube Videos on Mac using VLC<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/download-macosx.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VLC media player for Mac<\/a>\u00a0 is one the popular media players available across internet. but actually it is not one-trick pony. There is a huge number of features underlying its surface which you might have been completely unaware of till now. For instance it can be used to download videos in addition to playing them. Continue reading to know the method in full scale:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Select a video on Youtube and copy the video URL from the website address bar.\u00a0\u00a0Open VLC and go to \u201cMedia&gt; Open Network Stream\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Paste the copied link in the box and click \u201cOpen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/vlc1.jpg\" alt=\"Download YouTube Videos on Mac using VLC\" width=\"634\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3.\u00a0Now,go to your VLC plalist, you will see your video listed in the program, just click to choose Media Information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/vlc2.jpg\" alt=\"Download Videos on Mac using VLC\" width=\"614\" height=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. A windows will pop up,\u00a0 just copy and paste the location URL into your browser\u2019s URL bar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/vlc3.jpg\" alt=\"download video to Mac\" width=\"643\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 6. Go back to the YouTube website and paste the link in the address bar. This will automatically open the source file directory on YouTube\u2019s server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 7. Now right-click on the playing video and choose \u201cSave Video as\u201d from the context menu to initiate the download process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It is quite a cumbersome to always go online and watch the videos directly from the YouTube website. Thus it is better to download them onto Mac so that you can lavishly enjoy the video afterwards with no interruption of buffering or loading issues. The most viable way to do that is to third-party tools and web services which are genuinely explained above in the article. 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