downloading youtube videos stopped working

najicta · Apr 17, 2012, 12:19 PM

For years, I've used the old "Safari Activity Window" trick to download videos from youtube and now, all of a sudden, it has stopped working. the activity window used to show a .swf file that I could download. now, none are available. I know what file it is in the list, but it won't download as a .swf file. instead it downloads as a document. anyone know why or how I can fix it?

EvilC5 · Apr 17, 2012, 07:23 PM

Get glimmerblocker, it will allow downloading of hd video in mp4 format.

ppc_michael · Apr 20, 2012, 06:01 PM

I just find the file in the Activity window that has the largest filesize. Many times that is "videoplayback" (with no extension) which is actually an MP4.

Boyd01 · Apr 22, 2012, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ppc_michael

I just find the file in the Activity window that has the largest filesize.

I always used to do this myself too. But recently it doesn't seem to work for me. So I have been using a free program called MacTubes and that works well (in spite of the fact that it often puts up an alert saying there was an error).

inscrewtable · Apr 26, 2012, 03:29 AM

I recently went through all this malarky it took a long time but eventually I came across FastestTube which is a Safari extension that adds a download button to youtube videos. Couldn't be simpler.

Apr 17, 2012, 12:19 PM	#1
najicta macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2009	downloading youtube videos stopped working For years, I've used the old "Safari Activity Window" trick to download videos from youtube and now, all of a sudden, it has stopped working. the activity window used to show a .swf file that I could download. now, none are available. I know what file it is in the list, but it won't download as a .swf file. instead it downloads as a document. anyone know why or how I can fix it? __________________ 1st Gen 13" White MacBook, 32GB White iPhone 5; iMac 27" QuadCore i7; 64GB original iPad
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ppc_michael macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA	I just find the file in the Activity window that has the largest filesize. Many times that is "videoplayback" (with no extension) which is actually an MP4. __________________ -PPC_Michael Apple is just a company. Think for yourselves.
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Apr 26, 2012, 03:29 AM	#5
inscrewtable macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2010	I recently went through all this malarky it took a long time but eventually I came across FastestTube which is a Safari extension that adds a download button to youtube videos. Couldn't be simpler.
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