Aimersoft YouTube Downloader for Mac Guide

If you want to save or enjoy interesting videos offline and on the go, this is the right article for you. Aimersoft YouTube Downloader for Mac lets you easily download videos from various video sharing sites including YouTube, MySpace, Google video, Vimeo, Fancast and many more. Below is the step-by-step guide to download videos using Aimersoft YouTube Downloader for Mac. Take a look at how it works!

Step 1. Install and run Aimersoft YouTube Downloader for Mac.

Free Download: Aimersoft YouTube Downloader for Mac

Step 2. Start to Download Online Videos

Open the video you want to download in Safari* and press play. A download button will appear at the top of the video window. You now have three options to download the video quickly and easily.

Note: Aimersoft YouTube Downloader only works with Safari, so make sure the video you need is opened in Safari. As you see, a filter is attached to the download button, so that if you do not like to download videos from a specific site, you can filter the site. Then the download button will no longer appear in the video window.

a. Download video by clicking the Download button.
Click the "Download" button above the video window to add the video to the download list.

b. Download by entering video URL.
In the program, under "Downloads" click on the tool menu and choose "Enter a URL" to download the video you want. You must know the exact URL of the video.

c. Drag and drop to download.
When you open a video, just drag the video URL into the program or to its icon and the video will be downloaded automatically.

Note: All downloaded videos will be listed in the video Library. You can play, convert and manage them freely.

Step 3. Play Videos with Built-in FLV Player

To make it easy to watch these downloaded FLV videos on Mac, a build-in FLV player is attached to the app. Just select a video from the Source list and click the "Space" button.

Step 4. Convert Downloaded or Local FLV Videos

Aimersoft YouTube Downloader for Mac combines the features of video downloading and converting into one. You are allowed to convert the downloaded videos to any video format.What you need to do is just selecting the files you want to convert from the Library List, and then click the Convert button to enter the convert interface.

Choose the target video format and the folder to output the video. To play these videos on portable devices, choose Apple Devices, iPad, iPhone or iPod, Media players, PSP, smartphones and so on.

Step 5. Manage FLV videos

Go to "Library">"Add flv files to Library" to add the local FLV videos to the Library. You can manage these videos according to date added, time and name. Whenever you need to find a special one among piles of files, type text in the search box.

Note: You can also edit the downloaded YouTube video before converting them. Or if you prefer to enjoy YouTube video on TV, you can simply to burn downloaded YouTube videos to DVD by using Aimersoft DVD Creator for Mac.