Picking a Mac Video Downloader

The downloader video downloader category covers thirteen macOS utilities that pull media from streaming sites, usually by hooking into the network session or parsing page data. Most handle YouTube, Vimeo, and similar platforms, but the underlying extraction engines vary a lot — some use bundled yt-dlp forks, others maintain their own parsers. Support for high-bitrate codecs, HDR, and container choices like MKV or MP4 depends on the tool. A few, like 4K YouTube to MP3 and Musify, focus on audio extraction, while Downie and PullTube are general-purpose video grabbers with broad site support. Folx Pro also integrates this as part of a larger download manager. Apple Silicon native builds are available for most of the active projects.