Top 4 Solutions to Free Download 4K Ultra HD Video from YouTube

With the advent of technology, the masses are apt to improve their quality of life, even entertainment being no exception. A convincing example to be given is to watch YouTube video with the HD 4096X2160 pixels. Of course, you are entitled to stream tons of stunning 4K Ultra HD videos from YouTube.

But the major problem is that watching 4K videos online will take a long time for buffering, and even drub your network speed badly, and Mac Safari users have no option to stream newly uploaded 4K video. A steady internet connection speed of 13 mbps or higher is required for YouTube 4K 60fps content live streaming. And even streaming 4K with YouTube app severely affects battery life and causes overheating on iPhones even running the newest iOS 12. In such cases, you probably feel the necessity to download 4K YouTube for offline playback on your devices.

To capture YouTube video in Ultra-high definition on PC, you possibly have a host of YouTube 4k video downloader apps and browser extensions to achieve it. Comparatively, Mac users may have less options. But this doesn't mean there are no trust-worthy apps for Mac users to download YouTube videos HD and even 4K/8K clips. Well, the below article will show you top 4 most efficient ways to download 4K YouTube videos, with both Mac and Windows being compatible well.

Solution 1: Free Download 4K UHD Videos from YouTube with MacX Video Converter Pro

MacX Video Converter Pro is an all-in-one Ultra HD video YouTube downloader that enables you to free download 4K videos at 60fps/30fps from YouTube in MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, MPEG-4, WMV etc. without any errors like "cannot parse link", "computer freezes", "poor video quality" that happen to other 4K video downloading apps. But its features don't end there. All of those below make it the first choice for capturing 4K videos.

• Over 300 4K sites supported. This YouTube 4k downloader is accessible for more than 300 sites for saving 4K UHD videos, such as Facebook, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Myspace etc.
• Support videos in 4K as well as any resolutions. You can download 2160P, 1080p/720p HD, 640p/480p/360p SD videos in MP4, MOV, 3GP, WMV, FLV, WebM, HEVC (H.265), and any formats with this program.
• Batch download. Unlike online apps, this tool allows you to download multiple 2160P content from YouTube, which will release more processor stress, omit the duplicated video setting and speed up the process greatly.
• 100% safe and stable. With this 4K YouTube offline downloader, you don't have to worry about the security and stability issues like halftime crashing, potential adware or malware, URL analysis failure etc.
• No.1 fast speed & optimal quality. Though the 4K UHD video downloading speed lies in the Internet bandwidth, MacX Video Converter surpasses other rivals up to 5x faster in our test of downloading a 4k MP4 file (3846X2160, 4.30min, 520MB) to iPhone (H.264, 1280x720). That's because it's built in multi-core CPU, which will free up the CPU exceedingly for other tasks while you're downloading 4K videos. Still the High-Quality engine also maximizes image quality dynamically.

[Tutorial] Step by Step to Download 4K YouTube Videos on Windows and Mac

Step 1: Download and install MacX Video Converter on your computer. It's available for macOS 10.5 or above(macOS Big Sur incl.) and Windows 10/8/7/XP.
For Windows: https://www.macxdvd.com/download/macx-hd-video-converter-pro-for-windows-setup.exe
For Mac: https://www.macxdvd.com/download/macx-video-converter-pro-setup.dmg
Step 2: Go to YouTube and find the content, you can use 2160p 4K as additional search term. Copy the video link from the browser.

Step 3: Open the program, click YouTube icon then paste the URL and click "analyze" to load the video details. Or click "paste & analyze" button to automatically detect the video opened in browse.
Step 4: Choose video format, resolution and file size you desire. Typically, you are suggested to download 4K MP4 video from YouTube as the MP4 (H264) format is widely compatible with mobile phones and tablets, like iPhone XS Max/XR/X/8/SE/6S/7/Plus, Galaxy, Sony, Nokia, Huawei, etc.

Step 5: Click "Browse" button to specify an output folder and tap "Download Now" to start downloading 4K video from YouTube. With its self-explanatory interface, you can apply it to capture and convert 4k Hollywood movies, music videos just as easy as rolling off a log, so that you can enjoy these videos on your awesome 4k video players.

1. It works as a 4k video converter that empower you to convert video to iPad, iPhone XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/7/SE/6S/6/6 Plus/5S/C/5, HTC, Samsung Galaxy, Sony, Microsoft devices with 350+ preset profiles offered to you.
2. If you think the UHD video too big for limited store space, you are also able to utilize this YouTube 4K downloader to compress 4K video to better compatible with your mobile device or other storing gadgets.

Solution 2: Free Download YouTube 4K Ultra HD video online with Safari

For the majority of Mac users, there are big chances that they would occur to Safari to accomplish this task, for Safari is so world-famous for its open source character of being a Safari YouTube downloader to save 720p/1080p video offline from numerous 4k video sites. As a result, it seems no problem to free download YouTube 4K movies.

Well, with this aider in hand, what you need to look after is to visit youtube.com and complete 3 steps: in the first place, open Safari->Window->Activity and then look at activity from YouTube. Secondarily, dig out the biggest video file size and double-click on it. Finally, to call 4K movies videos download begin. And the downloaded YouTube ultra HD video file will be saved to your Mac in FLV format.

Note:
1. The whole process is downright easy-to-operate, but the least of perfection is that the downloaded video is in FLV format, which is required to be converted, in case you are waiting for putting 4K VR video to iPhone, iPad, iPod for walking-around enjoyment.
2. Since YouTube began encoding uploaded videos into VP9, Safari YouTube 4K download may fail. That is because Safari doesn't support VP9 codec. So you're more encouraged to take advantage of Solution 1 to download 4K Ultra videos from YouTube.

Solution 3: Turn to Free Online YouTube Ultra HD Video Download Sites (Not Recommended)

There are few online video download websites that truly supports 4K Ultra HD 60fps. Most of them can only handle up to 1080p or 720p and a desktop program site pops up after users select the 4K video download option. We've tried a list of free online YouTube video download sites, including VideoGrab, Catch.tube, SaveTheVideo, y2mate, QDownloader, ACETHINKER, etc. None of them work for downloading YouTube 4K video online.

Online sites are not recommended to use when it comes to saving videos in 4K UHD from YouTube for the following reasons.

1. In fact, there is no online video download site supporting 4K UHD.
2. These sites promote pro desktop video downloader programs and are brimming with ads and redirects.
3. Some have file size limits and the download speed can be terrible.