By Bertha Miller to YouTube, Download video|Last updated on Sep 12, 2019
The desire to free download YouTube videos on Mac fuels the growth of software, apps, adds-on and online tools, partly because some users give no heed to pay $9.99/month for Google's new subscription service YouTube Red which lets users watch/play YouTube videos with no ads at all, though. Here in this article, standalone tools and tutorailss for doing exactly in case you need to download YouTube videos on Mac freely are shared.
Jul 20, 2018 - You'll find that the software looks just like YouTube, except there's a Download button. You can download it from the Mac App Store.
YouTube allows you to watch, upload and share various videos including HD content with users. It's said 500 hours of video are uploaded to the site per minute nowadays. However, YouTube only allows you to do such things when you connect to internet and YouTube doesn't allow 4K streaming in Safari. What could you do if you wanna save your HD videos on Mac or what if you are in a place, e.g. on a plane, where you cannot access to network? Hold on, we just gather up the top lists of free YouTube downloader for Mac software, browser extensions and online services targeted for Mac users to deal with downloads of YouTube videos on macOS freely.
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Important news: Recently, YouTube has rolled out a series of changes to retard the download from the video site. As a result, many downloader tools such as 4K video downloader, Clipgrab, Realplayer and more encountered errors, such as 'Error. Unknown site', 'Can't parse this link. Please send it to our support and we'll check it' and more, but MacX YouTube Downloader successfully parses the YT link and makes downloading as easy as possible.
To Free Download a YouTube Video on Mac
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Try MacX YouTube Downloader. It can free download videos (HD 1080p/720p, 4k/8K) in MP4, WebM, FLV, 3GP from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and 1000+ online video sites, so that you can watch YouTube videos offline on Macbook Air/Pro, iMac, Apple TV, iPhone 11/XS, iPad Pro, etc without ads.
Just find that YouTube is not working again? It's not just you... YouTube is down for eveyone causing by all sorts of weird reasons. Here are the most common reasons for YouTube down and best solution to fix the not working problem.
By Bertha Miller to YouTube Tips|Last updated on Nov 20, 2018
'I am using my phone as usual today to play some videos on YouTube web but to my surprise the site is not working. After I clear the cache to all my downloaded apps and restart my phone but YouTube keeps buffering still. I activate some apps after a few failed attempts hoping they can help but unfortunately get the app not working problem. Why is YouTube not working? Any help?'
YouTube is the largest video sharing site which will be visited by more than 30 million unique users everyday. It has become an indispensable entertainment option for many users, offering various video resource like music, movies, funny baby videos, sexy clips etc. However, the a vast traffic also puts a lot of pressure on its server, causing YouTube not working problem time and again.
YouTube is experiencing a major outage. The latest problem reported on downdetector is an error 503 about the internet connection that YouTube, YouTube TV, YouTube Music are all down. And YouTube responded to the spreading complaints, saying the company is 'working on resolving' the issue. Yet besides the error 503, YouTube has been reported with many other issues all this time, such as a blank screen, 500 error, error 504 after getting error 500, unable to upload, no sound or poor sound on mobile YouTube app, YouTube videos not playing or not showing at all,everything goes slow and the streams has a lot of dropped frames etc.
Some could be fixed soon when the problem arised, while some not. Anyway, we'll take a close look at the reasons for why is the site down and simple way to fix YouTube troubles. However, if the YouTube video is significant for you, you'd better download it offline in case of any unexpected down issue or the deletion from the owner of video.
The Ultimate Solution About YouTube Not Working Problem
MacX YouTube Downloader - Download 4K ultra HD movies, HD SD videos free from YouTube, Dailymotion, Myvideo, Pandora TV, Facebook, etc. 1000+ movie sites to iPhone XR/XS(Max), iPhone X/8/7/7 Plus/6S/6S Plus, iPad Pro/mini 4, Android etc. No adware, malware.