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Download and convert Youtube videos on Mac
YouTube is pretty much the one stop shop for videos online. In case you are interested in downloading YouTube videos to your Mac computer so that you can play them on iPod or iPhone. The steps listed below will help you quickly and easily get that content and convert to other formats on your Mac OS.
Step 1. Download iFunia Free YouTube Downloder for Mac
We’ll be using a very nice YouTube video downloader tool for Mac OS called ‘iFunia Free YouTube Downloader’ to download videos from YouTube website, head over here and download iFunia Free YouTube Downloader.
Step 2. Run iFunia Free YouTube video downloader for Mac
Now run iFunia free YouTube video downloader on your Mac. It's really easy to use yet powerful. You may use iFunia Free YouTube video downloader to download any favourite videos from YouTube as many as you want.
Step 3. Add video URLs to download videos from YouTube
There are the field for a Video URL, the field for an output path. Simply copy-n-paste a YouTube or Google URL to the Video URL field. The URL looks like: http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=uTJAsZP2iLk. And then specify a directory on your computer to save the output FLV files.
Step 4. Click to download YouTube videos.
After adding the YouTube video you want to download, you can now click "Start" button and start your magic YouTube downloading now. After finish, click "Open" to view the downloaded FLV video.
Step 4. Convert the downloaded FLV videos to other formats
After YouTube videos have been downloaded onto your harddisk, you can watch them easily anytime if you want. However, what should we do if we'd like to watch them on the go with mobile devices like iPod, iPhone, PSP? Convert them!
Get iFunia YouTube Converter for Mac and convert YouTube videos to other video formats for your iPod, iPhone, PSP, mobile phone, etc. Click "Add Files" button to add your video, choose the output format for your mobile player from the “Format Preset” drop-down list, specify the output directory, and click "Start" button. That's done!
