Easiest Way To Download YouTube videos

For all you Mac users out there, here is the simplest way to download videos from YouTube. All you need is Safari, a YouTube video and a double click of the mouse. Lets check it out.

Open YouTube and pick a video. Once your video has started playing,

1. open the Activity window (Command-Option-A, which shows the Activity window), it is under “Window” in the pull down menus.
2. Now look for the YouTube website listed. When you find it you may need to expand it by clicking the flyout triangle next to it.
3. Look through the listings under the YouTube website and find the largest file size. The file size should be larger than 5MB.
4. Double click that link and Safari will download the file, probably called Video.flv.

Now you can play it with VLC or with QuickTime (only if you have Perian installed).