program to download videos off you tube

[shake the cove]

Hi guys( and means girls too).New to the forum. Bought a 2017 I Mac 27" running OS X I think. On my old microsoft run HP. I would be on You-tube running mozilla and a program running I think video downloader. I could watch/download fireworks videos with a click and it would capture it to my desktop as a file and then I could add it to my other files various firework videos. Alas when mozilla updated I am unable to do it now. I would rather be on the Mac. Much better screen and clarity. What program do you suggest to download,also willing to pay for a program if necessary but not over $30. Would prefer a free download. I currently have over 300 videos in categories. I do not like storing them in favorites on their site because they get removed at times and I cannot categorize them.
Iam over 60 yo and not that skilled at this so looking for an easy to work program. Any suggestions?

 

[Slydude]

Welcome to the forums.

There are a number of browser extensions or stand-alone applications that do this for the Mac.

Since you mentioned Mozilla I assume you're running Firefox. If so you can probably find something useful here. You mght even try searching for the name of the extension you were ussing to see if there is a Mac version. I don't use Firefox much so I can't offer much more there.

There are also extensions for Safari that do the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't remember the one that I used to use. From within Safari go to the Safari Menu>Preferences>Extensions>More Extensions.

I'm currently using an application called ClipGrab

 

[shake the cove]

Thank you. Something to start with. Idid see a post also for fastest Tube. I was running firefox on the old HP, It is safari I think on my mac

 

[MacInWin]

There is a Firefox version for the Mac. Don't know if it works the same as on the Windows machines, but thought you ought to know it exists.

 

[Gandalph]

I could be wrong here, but I think Downloading from You Tube has now been disabled, something to do with copyright. I used to use Fastest Tube in Safari Extensions but for some reason after the new upgrade last Autumn it disappeared and I have been told that downloading is now illegal.

I don't use Fire-fox so cannot speak about any extensions that may be available for that browser. HTH.

 

[Rod]

I am Currently running Firefox Quantum (the latest vesrsion of Firefox) on my MacBook Pro. If you had an account with Mozilla on your Windows PC you can login to Firefox with the same credentials thus saving all of your bookmarks. You can also import any bookmarks from Safari to Firefox. Once you have it up and running click on the three bars (top right of the tool bar) and in the menu that appears select "Add-ons". You can then search the extension site for compatible extensions for downloading You Tube clips which should go to your downloads folder by default.

 

[chscag]

I could be wrong here, but I think Downloading from You Tube has now been disabled, something to do with copyright.

I don't think Google has stopped the downloading but they do have about two pages of legalese that one needs to read. Most of it has to do with copyright (as member Gandalph indicated) and the rights of the originators. Downloading certain videos (instructional videos for example) usually do not infer copyright but others such as music do. I guess it's like anything else that falls under copyright, let your conscience be your guide.

 

[Rod]

I agree with the above. At the end of the day it's often about redistribution. eg. I used "1-Click YouTube Video Downloader" to download a lecture. I would assume it would be covered by copyright and certainly is the intellectual property of the lecturer. I do not intend to show it publicly, share it, nor will I edit it in any way. I will watch it with my wife then delete it. I can see no harm in this but you can see where I am going.

 

[shake the cove]

I don't think Google has stopped the downloading but they do have about two pages of legalese that one needs to read. Most of it has to do with copyright (as member Gandalph indicated) and the rights of the originators. Downloading certain videos (instructional videos for example) usually do not infer copyright but others such as music do. I guess it's like anything else that falls under copyright, let your conscience be your guide.

Thank you a lot for the help. I thought it was an issue with the video downloader program. I used to save a lot of video on knot tying and programs that showed a firework display ranging from a few minutes to over 45 minutes. Unfortunately a lot of them are pyromusicals that have misc/songs attached.
On to another theme I am not sure if I should start a new thread. I copy pages/articles from hunting/fishing, car/truck, flying magazines etc. Is the a program app that lets me scan then in to read like a book. When I scan each page in say 5 pages it will only let me see one then trying to view the next page I have to do multiple clicks to get to the next page . Is there some way to hit an arrow or forward button to seamlessly get to the next page?

 

[dtravis7]

For videos on the Mac i use Firefox so I can use Video Download helper. Works great for me with You Tube.

 

[Rod]

I too use Download Helper it's pretty good but I tried it with a You Tube clip, something I don't usually do because I seldom save You Tube clips, and found it would not save. Obviously things have changed because I'm sure it used to work.

 

[dtravis7]

I get city council meetings for a friend who speaks at them and needs the video for his organization, and so far have never had an issue getting them.

 

[ferrarr]

Maybe it has something to do with government or location laws?

 

[shake the cove]

Yea, i had issue with Video downloader and Fastest tube. neither would transfer to another file on my computer.

 

[shake the cove]

Maybe it has something to do with government or location laws?

Ill bet Russia or North Korea can get them,LOL. Maybe just the government watching everything I do on my Mac. Not sure why clips on how to tie knots would violate any copyrights but **** lawyers in the USA. Sigh