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DownloadHelper for Safari: Download Any Videos in Safari

Video DownloadHelper is a free extension built in Firefox, which allows people to download videos from video sharing sites as well as convert videos to various format. It is not strange to you if you are a frequent Firefox user. But if you are using a Mac system, you may tend to use Safari instead of Firefox as Safari is the default browser of Mac OS. So, you may need a Video DownloadHelper Mac alternative. Here, I humbly recommend Aimersoft Video Downloader for Mac to you.

This Safari DownloadHelper is a professional program that will help you download any online videos as you wish. More than 1000 video sharing sites are well supported, which include YouTube, Veoh, Vimeo, Hulu, and more. This program is not only an video downloader, but also a video converter. When you have downloaded your videos to your computer's hard drive, you can also convert them to other formats supported by your portable device so that you can enjoy your videos anywhere and anytime. Besides Safari, it also supports Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox. Download the program right now and have a try!

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Download videos with this DownloadHelper for Safari

Below is an instruction to save online videos from Safari. But before following the steps, please make sure you have successfully installed the right version on your computer.

1Locate your videos in Safari

The initial step is to launch Safari and visit the video sharing website where you are going to download videos.

Note: Windows version is equipped with a web browser, you can visit target site by clicking the "Online Video" button on the top of the program's interface.

2Grab any videos easily as you like

After the successful installation of the program, a "Download" button will be added to Safari. Then any videos you open with Safari will offer you a "Download button", and you just need to click the button at the top left corner of the video, the video will begin to be downloaded soon. After a while, it will be finished.

Grab videos in Safari

You can also capture your favorite videos by dragging the video URL from Safari to the program. Alternatively, you can copy the video URL in the address bar and then click "+Paste URL" on the top left corner of the program.

Note: Since this DownloadHelper for Safari software supports batch downloading, you can search more videos and download them at the same time. All of the videos that are being downloaded will be listed in the main window of the program.

3Convert the downloaded videos

Some video sites frequently used format such as FLV, SWF, etc. are not accepted by popular portable devices like iPhone, iPod and some game product like PSP and PS3. In order to make your downloaded files playable in different devices or players, you need to convert the original video formats. To open the output format window, you can hit “Downloaded” menu and then click the "Convert" button next to each clip.

Convert downloaded videos

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