I recommend that you pay for YouTube Red service so that you can download the videos and view them offline. It is against YouTube terms of service ( illegal?) to download Youtube videos. On Mac OS (the only sensible operating system), it is as simple as using VLC (which you should have already anyway). Just download all your videos to your HD. MANY thanks to my amazing unnamed friend/co-worker for teaching me about downloading YouTube videos.Īre you a coach struggling with youtube video disorder? You know, that awkward moment when you are trying to start a video in your course (in front of people that paid $$$ to listen to you) only to find out - NO INTERNET - or even worse, the dreaded - EVIL NON-SENSE FIREWALL - attack.
I updated VLC to the v3.x version and the process does still work as of this update. I had tested with a v2.x of VLC and the process was broken. Youtube must have sent a threatening letter… **UPDATE 2019 May 7** This how-to is still viable with VLC for Mac OS X 3.0.6. I successfully used the “Airy” product to test downloads. With recent updates Youtube killed downloads through VLC again.
