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In my opinion, this plugin is the best YouTube downloader. If you have Firefox, you'll need to install the GreaseMonkey plugin first, and a similar equivalent for Safari, but it works out of the box on Chrome.
I've never needed a plug in to download videos through Safari. Just go to the Safari Windows menu. select Activity, find the YouTube page (if you've got a few windows open), and look for the largest file on the YouTube page, then double-click). The file is then downloaded to your computer, you may need to convert the file to an iPhone friendly format though, but you can find freeware that'll do that.
There is now a YouTube download extension in safari 5. There is a button on YouTube above videos now that you can select to download in hd or lower quality formats.
Could you provide a link to it? I can't find it -- might not be available for Australians.
I have to hold the option button when I double click on the file but this will work for any video playing through Safari, not just YouTube.
Here you go just click where it says "download here" in blue.
It will now be in your safari extensions in safari>>preferences>>extensions.
Enable it and then go to youtube it has a download video tab above the video then right click to save it hd etc
http://github.com/jonathanboom/YouTube-video-downloader-for-Safari
Great, thanksHere you go just click where it says "download here" in blue.
It will now be in your safari extensions in safari>>preferences>>extensions.
Enable it and then go to youtube it has a download video tab above the video then right click to save it hd etc
http://github.com/jonathanboom/YouTube-video-downloader-for-Safari
I want to know this also because they have allowed a YouTube download extension on safari!
Apparently copyright reasons or competition with iTunes reasons. I really don't know exactly.
Are there any details for why this was pulled? As others have said, there are several apps in the store which perform this function. Personally I love iCab for this reason.
It sounds like the issue may have been with private API use or donation requests within the app.
It sounds like the issue may have been with private API use or donation requests within the app.
Because downloading YouTube videos is unlawful under copyright laws, and acting as publisher and distributor for software primarily intended to do something like that might well make Apple a secondary infringer and make them laible for damages in the same way Napster was.
Apple letting something like that through opens them up to very big legal risks.
Phazer
Other apps' (in the AppStore) primary function isn't to download YouTube files, letting an app through that has the sole purpose or at least one of the main purposes of downloading YouTube would be blatantly disregarding the YouTube TOS, and possibly put Apple at legal risk.
I don't think Apple allowed that Safari extension, that looks like it was all a third party with no connection to Apple's doing.
I wasn't referring to the Safari extension. This is a well integrated function within several iPhone apps. But you are right, in that it is not the primary function of these applications.
Apply the "Watch Videos Offline" module in iCab. You may also want to increase the download limit in the settings applet.
Browse to the youtube video you want. Click the modules button and select "Watch Videos Offline".
edit - hmm. it's not working for me right now from my iPhone, but the iPad version is fine.
edit 2 - I just tried again and it is working fine on both the iPhone and iPad.