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Download YouTube Videos on Mac with Best Downloader Software

People are mostly searching how to download YouTube videos on Mac without software. I wonder why people less like using a free video downloader software but prefer to download YouTube videos on Mac by using Safari or Firefox. Don't they think it is also a good option to download YouTube videos on Mac with software? In the end, I figured out the reasons until I learned the following facts.

Disadvantages of Downloading YouTube Videos on Mac with Software

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Failed to download the YouTube videos on Mac.
It is the truth, some YouTube video downloader for Mac such as YTD video downloader claim that they can download videos via simple URL copy-and-paste but sometimes they failed in the process of analyzing the YouTube URL. In that case, they are either useless bloatware or buggy YouTube video downloader for Mac that only brings you trouble.

Packed with malicious malware.
It is not wise to download the YouTube Video downloader which is madly embedded with malware, spyware, or requires plug-ins and extra downloads. Even if this kind of YouTube video downloader for Mac can actually help you download videos on Mac, the heavy installation would still lag the whole downloading process. Plus your antivirus software will warn you constantly of using a malicious YouTube video downloader.

Need to purchase before downloading YouTube videos on Mac.
For a lot of useful and multi-functional YouTube video downloader for Mac, they require you to pay the service. One good example is Macx Video Converter Pro which not only downloads videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, etc fast indeed but also converts YouTube videos to MP4, MOV and to iPhone (SE/6s/6s Plus)/iPad/iPad Pro. Besides, the features of screen recoding and slideshow making allow you to do everything in one, but this kind of Mac YouTube downloader is not free - you need to pay $34.95 before using it to download YouTube videos on Mac.

Avoid Drawbacks of Downloading YouTube Videos on Mac with Software

1. Top 1 Solution - Use 5KPlayer to Download YouTube Videos to Mac (El Capitan Yosemite etc).

Among all the Mac YouTube video downloaders, 5KPlayer is safe, 100% clean and stable that stands upon the rest. Since 5KPlayer Mac version debuted on January, the Mac users have been saying they don't have to worry about how to download YouTube videos on Mac any more. This superb YouTube downloader for Mac supports downloading the latest music videos, movies, game videos, TV shows and downloading YouTube playlist on Mac in one shot. And more amazingly, downloading YouTube 4K UHD videos on Mac is unexpectedly easy with this Mac YouTube video downloader.

Download YouTube Videos on Mac with 5KPlayer:

Step 1: Free download this YouTube downloader for Mac and then launch it.
Step 2: Copy the URL of the YouTube video you'd like to download regardless the video format.
Step 3: Click "YouTube" button on the main interface of this YouTube downloader for Mac and then click "Paste URL & Analyze" to analyze the YouTube video.
Step 4: Click "Download" to start download YouTube video to Mac after the detailed YouTube video information showed.

2. Top 2 Solution - Download YouTube Videos on Mac without Software.

A. Download YouTube Videos to Mac with Safari.

Step 1: launch Safari and play the target video on YouTube.
Step 2: Press Command & Option & A to come to the Safari's activity windows.
Step 3: Navigate to the video name with the word "YouTube".
Step 4: Double click it and then it will start to download YouTube video on Mac as an .flv file.
Note: If you want to play the downloaded FLV files with your video player which doesn't support Flash, or watch them on your iOS device, you need to convert FLV videos to MP4 or other main stream video formats first.

B. Download YouTube Videos to Mac with Firefox.
The method of downloading YouTube videos on Mac with Safari won't apply on MPEG-4 files, in that case, your other option is to download YouTube videos on Mac with Firefox. But you need to install the free Downloadhelper extension.

Step 1: Install Downloadhelper extension in your Firefox browser and then restart your Firefox.
Step 2: Search the target YouTube video and start it playing.
Step 3: Find the icon of Downloaderhelper besides the URL frame and then click it.
Step 4: Choose the video format and click "Download" to download this YouTube video to Mac.

Conclusion: Sparkling Features of 5KPlayer

Not all Website provides MPEG or FLV videos, if you want to download many more YouTube videos in variety of formats, 5KPlayer is the best choice as it downloads MKV, AVI, 3GP, WebM, etc without plug-in or any other external help. What's more, this extraordinary Mac YouTube downloader is also a best free Mac media player, so you wouldn't install a third party application to play any YouTube videos downloaded on Mac. And guess what, one more sparkling feature of 5KPlayer is to stream YouTube videos from Mac to PC and receive from iPhone/iPad/iPad Pro to Mac. So, why not download YouTube videos on Mac with software? If you still have doubts, use 5KPlayer then!

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