

Once installed, open the VLC app on your Mac.

If you don’t already have it installed on your Mac, you can click here to download and install it. VLC is one of the most common apps for managing media and is completely safe (and free!) to use. Method #2: Use VLC Media Player to download YouTube videos to Mac

When you’re ready to stop recording, press cmd + shift + 5 again and click the Stop icon:īy default, the video will be saved to your Mac’s desktop. Once you click that, it will start recording your Mac’s screen. This will pull up a panel at the bottom of your screen with various options, including:įor our purposes, we’re going to choose Record Entire Screen: Once your video is opened, press cmd + shift + 5. Keep in mind that this is going to save the entire window, so you might want to go fullscreen for this. To use this method, first open the video you want to save on YouTube. The simplest, safest, and easiest way to save videos to your Mac is by using the built-in screen recording features introduced in macOS Catalina. Method #1: Screen recording – the easiest way Below are three of my favorite ways to download YouTube videos to Mac, and each of them is a method I have used regularly for years without issue. But since YouTube is the dominant video sharing platform by far, I’m going to dedicate some time to it first. Later on in this post, I’m going to show you how to download videos from all across the web. How to download YouTube videos to Mac: Three methods

