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Video downloaders worth your time

Most of the Macs that roll through the repair café have one thing in common — someone's given up on them because they can't run the latest apps. A good free video downloader can change that. Grab a talk, a tutorial, or a bit of music and keep it on your own drive. No buffering, no ads, no "this video is unavailable".

Updated Logo of PullTube PullTube 1.8.6.41 Video Downloaders 250 MB Downie icon, 4.13.1 Downie 4.13.1 Video Downloaders 42 MB SiteSucker Pro icon, 6.2.2 SiteSucker Pro 6.2.2 Video Downloaders 6 MB iDownerGo icon, 10.15.0 iDownerGo 10.15.0 Video Downloaders 76 MB 4K YouTube to MP3 icon, 26.3.5 4K YouTube to MP3 26.3.5 Video Downloaders 218 MB iTubeGo icon, 10.15.0 iTubeGo 10.15.0 Video Downloaders 115 MB Logo of Folx Pro Folx Pro 5.34 Video Downloaders 30 MB YT Saver icon, 10.15.0 YT Saver 10.15.0 Video Downloaders 115 MB AmpliTube icon, 5.8.2 AmpliTube 5.8.2 Video Downloaders 3.1 GB 4K Video Downloader icon, 26.3.5 4K Video Downloader 26.3.5 Video Downloaders 247 MB Logo of YTD Video Downloader PRO YTD Video Downloader PRO 7.8.0 Video Downloaders 93 MB HarborDrop icon, 1.4 HarborDrop 1.4 Video Downloaders 9 MB YouTube Converter PRO icon, 5.1.20 YouTube Converter PRO 5.1.20 Video Downloaders 21 MB Logo of Musify Musify 5.3.0 Video Downloaders 68 MB

What goes in this drawer

We've rounded up 14 programs that still play nice with older macOS versions. Some, like Downie and PullTube, just work — paste a link and you're sorted. Others, like 4K YouTube to MP3 or Musify, pull out the audio when that's all you need. If you're after a proper download manager that handles video too, Folx Pro and iDownerGo are in the mix as well. Have a dig through — there's likely one here that suits your machine.

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