How to Download YouTube Videos to MP4 on Mac

Have you ever thought to download YouTube videos on Mac? Yes, I did. When you watch funny videos or movies you want to enjoy again on Mac, or on your iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc, the best way is download YouTube FLV videos to MP4 format on Mac.

This article introduces 2 easy ways to help you download YouTube videos and convert them to MP4 format on Mac. With it, you can enjoy the funny YouTube videos on the go with your iPod, iPhone, iPad, and other MP4 Players.

Part 1. Download YouTube videos online and convert Downloaded FLV YouTube Video to MP4

1 Free download YouTube videos online

Search an online YouTube Downloader such as this one: http://keepvid.com/. Open the website and copy the YouTube video URL you want to download, then click "DOWNLOAD" button to download the YouTube videos online.

2 Convert YouTube downloaded FLV to MP4 on Mac

After download YouTube .flv video, use Video Converter for Mac to convert YouTube FLV videos to MP4 on Mac, then put the converted MP4 videos on iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc.

Tips: More details about how to use this Mac video converter here: How to convert and edit video files on Mac OS X?

Part 2. Youtube Downloader for Mac

Youtube Downloader for Mac can download videos from Youtube and other video-sharing websites Yahoo! Video, Google, Vimeo, MySpace, Gofish Video, etc and convert FLV to MP4, M4V, AVI, MPEG4, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, ASF, M4A, AAC, MP3, AC3, OGG and APE and so on for mobile players such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Apple TV, iRiver, Creative Zen, and a lot more.

Note: If you are using Windows, you can refer to Video Converter Ultimate for Windows.

1 Install this Youtube Downloader to MP4 software

2 Open the video pages to download the YouTube videos

After you launch the program, open the YouTube video page which you want download from; the video will show up in YouTube Downloader for Mac window with thumbnail and start downloading.

Tips: Clicking "Play" before the conversion or watching your local FLV files.You can turn this YouTube Downloader for Mac into a FLV Player by previewing the downloaded YouTube video.

3 Convert YouTube downloaded videos to MP4 with Youtube Downloader for Mac

Simply select the FLV file you want to convert and click the "Convert" button to start convert YouTube videos. And select a proper output format as "MP4" from the drop-down list of "Format Preset" and choose an output folder, and then click "OK" to start the YouTube videos to MP4 conversion.

After the conversion YouTube videos to MP4 completed, you can put YouTube videos on iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc. more.