YT Saver — Mac download

People with slow connections, commuters stocking up a tablet, and anyone who wants offline copies of tutorials use YT Saver. It grabs video and audio from the web and converts it on the spot.

Grab playlists, extract audio & lock downloads behind a password

• Grabbing full playlists in one go with simultaneous downloads.
• Extracting audio only — saves as M4A, FLAC, WAV and more.
• Keeping downloads private with a password-protected folder.

Intel-only app needs OS X 10.10 or newer

• Intel Macs only. Does not run natively on Apple Silicon.
• Requires OS X 10.10, so older machines are fine but modern systems need a check.

Travelers who preload playlists and convert for iPad or Android

Three groups, mostly.

Commuters and frequent flyers. Grab a playlist before a flight, convert everything to an iPad-friendly format, and you are sorted. No streaming, no buffering, no data charges. The built-in conversion presets for iPad and Android tablets cut out guesswork.

Language learners. Download a channel's worth of videos, strip the audio to M4A or WAV, and load it into a spaced-repetition app. Offline listening means you practise anywhere. The private folder keeps study materials separate from the family media library.

Trainers and workshop hosts. Venues with patchy Wi-Fi are common. Keep every demo video as a local MP4. The simultaneous download queue handles a whole course playlist while you set up the room.

Set your output folder, enable a private password, then test one short video

• Set the output folder before downloading anything. Pick a location with plenty of space.
• Enable a private folder password in preferences if you share the Mac.
• Test one short video first to confirm the format and quality settings.
• Queue three or four downloads at once to check how your connection handles simultaneous fetching.
• Try the built-in browser for a site you use often — it can be faster than copying URLs across.
• Create a preset folder structure: Video/MKV, Audio/FLAC, iPad. Point the converter at the right one per batch.

Twenty minutes before a train: paste a channel URL and hit download

You have twenty minutes before a train. You need four tutorial videos and their audio tracks.

1. Open YT Saver. The built-in browser loads your default page. Paste the first channel URL.
2. Click the download button next to each video. The queue panel shows all four, lined up.
3. Pick MP4 for the video batch. Set the destination to ~/Desktop/Offline/Videos.
4. Add the same four URLs again — this time choose M4A audio-only. Point output to ~/Desktop/Offline/Audio.
5. Hit start. The progress bar jumps as simultaneous downloads chew through the list.
6. While the queue runs, you open the private folder and drag last week's downloads into a password-protected archive. The Mac is still tidy.
7. Downloads finish. You unplug the Mac, grab your headphones, and leave. Every file is named, converted, and sitting exactly where you expect.

• OS X 10.10 or later
• Intel processor