How To Download YouTube Videos

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Downloading Youtube videos isn’t as hard as you might think, it’s as easy as double clicking a link, given that link may be hard to find. The first step is to open Safari and locate the video you want to download. Then open the Activity window by pressing Option + Command + “A”. Then look through the Status column for the video file. It’s the one that’s a few MB’s as opposed to a few KB’s. Once you have determined which link belongs to the video file, double-click it. A new window will open (it will be blank) and then a download will start for a file called “get_video”. This is an FLV file which can be read by Quicktime with the right plugins installed, but I recommend converting it to a friendlier format ,such as MP4, by using iSquint.

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4 Responses to “How To Download YouTube Videos”

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    darren
    I have tried this and only get the audio and no picture. Could you please provide a solution?

  2. that's strange, it always works for me, you could try it again using the zamzar method, or perhaps your file is corrupted. try a different video.

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    PierreB
    there is a free application that does the download for you. It is called TubeTV and it is donation ware. The website is http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/tubetv/

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    windbell
    And I just came across a guide which told two ways to download video from youtube for free, that’s very easy, share it here
    http://www.aimersoft.com/tutorial/free-download-youtube-video.html

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