YouTube to iPad: Download and Convert YouTube to iPad on Mac

"I know that iPad's browser does not support flash. So it sounds like we can not watch YouTube videos on iPad. right? Is it possible to watch YouTube videos on iPad? If yes, then how is that possible cuz there is no flash support?" -- Roozbeh

This is the general question about YouTube to iPad by people. Actually, the iPad comes with a YouTube app which gives you a "clean, uncluttered and re-designed" YouTube world. Most of them are TV shows and movies. If you are also looking for ways to download any YouTube video and watch on iPad, then you are in the right place. In this article, we will show you how to download YouTube video to iPad for watching offline.

Download YouTube videos on Mac Method 1: Safari Magic Trick

Download YouTube videos on Mac Method 2: YouTube Downloader

How to convert downloaded YouTube videos to iPad?

Download YouTube to iPad Method 1: Safari Magic Trick

If you're using Safari on a Mac, there's an easy way to download YouTube videos. Open the page with the movie and press Command-Option-A, which shows the Activity window. You'll see a list of them: scroll until you find the YouTube page and click on the arrow to show details about what is being loaded.

You will certainly notice an element whose size is over 0.5MB (most of the time, over 5MB). Double-click on it (even if it is still loading), and Safari will show it in the download list and start to download YouTube video. When the download is over, right click the file and select "Show in Finder" (which will probably be called get_video or videoplayback.flv if no extension, add the extension .flv). Now you can play YouTube video on Mac with VLC Player or QuickTime Player.

Download YouTube to iPad Method 2: Wondershare Free YouTube Downloader

Someone like the tricks, but others not. There are lots of software to download YouTube videos on Mac. Wondershare Free YouTube Downloader is one of the best YouTube Downloader on Mac. With it, you can directly download YouTube video by clicking floating "Download" button on the top right corner of the online video, or enter the video URL to download YouTube videos. It definitely deserves your try.

How to Convert Downloaded YouTube Video to iPad?

The downloaded YouTube video is in *.flv extension with both Method 1 and Method 2. Since iPad can only read M4V, MOV, and MP4, to transfer and play YouTube video on iPad, you need to convert YouTube to iPad compatible format that iPad can easily work with. To do this, you need a Video Converter for Mac. Here Daniusoft Video Converter is recommended. A few clicks are everything to convert YouTube to iPad.

Import MKV file to the program

Select iPad output profile to load default parameters

Start convert YouTube to iPad compatible format

Still confused about how to convert video to iPad? A detailed guide is here for more details. If you are using Windows, you can refer to iPad Video Converter.

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