

Settings can be saved, restored and rest to default.The Service can be set to automatically download from the URL of the current web page without showing the Main dialog.Optional macOS Service which gets the current text selection, clipboard contents or active web browser URL, switches to MacYTDL and pastes URL of video to be downloaded.Download or extract audio-only files in chosen format.Download and optionally embed thumbnail images and metadata.Download and embed subtitles in chosen format and language including auto-generated captions from YouTube.Localisation – currently Spanish, Italian, French and German are available (switching languages is supported in macOS 10.15 and later).Option to choose from available download formats.Download a text description of the video.Settings for level of youtube-dl feedback, download folder, file format, remuxing format, download speed, proxy URL, Quicktime compatibility, custom file name template etc.Can pass through any custom settings to youtube-dl and YT-DLP.By default, will resume interrupted downloads if passed the URL.

Can switch between youtube-dl and YT-DLP on Macs running macOS from 10.15 to 12.2.1.Works with all sites supported by YT-DLP.Download multiple videos separately (in parallel) or in one process (sequentially).Download individual videos and playlists.However, text exports of the code are in the "Code" folder above and can be opened in Script Editor. The code is not accessable from within the applet. MacYTDL has been developed mostly in AppleScript. MacYTDL runs on any Apple Mac with macOS 10.10 or later. youtube-dl and YT-DLP are able to download videos from a great many web sites. MacYTDL is a utility which downloads videos using the youtube-dl and YT-DLP video downloader scripts.
