Safari Youtube Downloader Mac

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A little shell scripting can make this a bit more convenient:

That way you don't have to figure out which folder it's in; the globs will do that for you. Yay globs!

Safari, the default browser of the Apple devices as well as Mac is used by the people all over the world due to its fast and effective functionality.

From Terminal.app: will give you your current temporary directory. You can open a Finder window to the directory with:

Thanks, I didn't know that.

That cp line should have been:

Thanks! Before trying to download and covert a Flash video, I would always use the following code, saved as a bookmark, to see if YouTube has a quicktime version of the video saved: I don't remember where I found this (it might have even been on this site, but I can't find it again), so I can't give proper attribution.

Wow. That rocks, dude. Thanks!

Is this really that difficult?
Just use Firefox's Download Helper and forget about it.

Or you could download them with one click (in Safari), using CosmoPod:
http://www.cocoamug.com/cosmopod/

Or download and use the vixy converter:
http://vixy.net/
(Don't use the online option, it takes forever. Download the software and off you go.
The teachers at my school love it, no internet access required for youtube playback.

Don't remember where I found this. When the page with the embedded file opens (.flv or .swf or whatever), open Window: Activity. Find the file (if it's an flv file, you will see its size changing). Option+double click on the file and it will download to your default download spot. Change .flv to whatever using iSquint.

I haven't used realplayer in years. But the other day I had something in real media format that just would not play in mplayer so I downloaded Realplayer 11.0 for mac. It comes with the real player downloader. Basically it saves you all the work of trying to locate the temp flash files. So if you happen to watch say a movie in safari it will give you the option to save it. Works for every site that has video that I have found. Then you can just run the FLV through a converter if you want to watch it on your pod or phone.
thedude

If you add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL and use the activity window it downloads as a an MP4

absolutely.
and you might just alias the RealPlayer Downloader app separately.
then open in QT and save. (or not)

Here is a much better method that is faster and easier for those who don't want to have to use any type of script and would rather just use Safari to copy our videos to the downloads folder.

The way to do it is to let your YouTube Video play as usual, but then once it is finished loading, just hold down the âŒ˜ Command as you click.

I feel really stupid right now, but what exactly should I click as I hold Command? First I thought he meant the video file in the Activity window, but that certainly wont work.

When you have SafariStand installed you can Command+Click on a YouTube Video to save it to the download folder. As stated in the comments on the webpage:

No SafariStand no command+clickage

Why settle for the highly compressed version and transcode it?

Safari Video Downloader Plugin

Why settle for the flv version and transcode it? You could download the the less compressed mp4 version and skip the VisualHub transcoding step (which further degrades the quality).

This is what I do:
1. I go the video page in Safari and manually add the the &fmt=18 or just click the 'watch in high quality' link below the video. I bet you could fix a bookmarklet to add the &fmt=18 if you think it's troublesome.
2. I do the old Activity window trick mentioned. I look for the a file with MB size instead of KB or bytes and I just double click it. The video will be downloaded as video.mp4.
3. I watch my hdd free space shrink as I download every cute cat video I can find on the tube.

TubeTV - It is free and is fairly easy to use. I have found that is also works with some other sites with flash video as well.

[link:]http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/tubetv/

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Safari Download Video Extension

Worked for me in 10.4.11

i just use this free youtube downloader

Very Useful, Thank You!

Until my most recent update, I was able to save Youtube videos by going to Window Activity, clicking on the the video from the menue and Safari would save it in my assigned download folder. However, since my Mac upgrade, this method will not longer save the video. Does anyone have any suggestions?

If there are any issues while downloading the videos via Safari, it's better to use YouTube downloaders like Elmedia Player PRO or online services like saveyoutube.com and so on.