Best Video Grabber Alternative to Download Videos on Mac

Video grabber is a free online tool which help users grab videos from all popular video sharing sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion, Break, etc. You're able to grab online videos free easily on Windows PCs, since this smart app is available on Windows 10/8/7/XP. But things are different when it comes to MacOS.

How do you download videos on Mac with Video Grabber?

Some would say that install the video grabber for Mac, copy and paste video URL, choose video format and click Download. All done! Not exactly. You took it for granted since Video Grabber, unfortunately, is not available on MacOS as a separate app.
Some else feels it's easy too. Just navigate to official site with Safari and repeat the steps above. You are done as well. Surely it did indeed. But as you actually do it, you'll find it may be awfully slow, easy to get stuck on the half way, and sometimes you're asked to share for Video Download Capture vip account, or your downloaded video can be attached with hidden malwareat times. Given this reality, a more reliable tool is introduced here.

Best Alternative to Video Grabber to Download Online Videos on macOS

MacX YouTube Downloader is a specially designed video grabber for Mac that targets the needs of downloading videos on Mac computer from video sharing sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Veoh etc. It ensures 100% security, blazing fast speed and original output quality. That's why this free Mac video downloader win the battle for supremacy among with many other alternatives like Keepvid, ClipGrab, YouTube-dl etc., but not limit this.

It downloads any videos, be it 4K movies, 1080p/720p HD movies or TV shows, music videos to MP4, MOV, FLV, WebM, WMV and any formats.
This free MP4 downloader has an access of over 300 video sharing sites, including YouTube, Instagram, Vevo, Vimeo, Metacafe etc.
It supports to audio download as well, for example, downloading AAC, AC3, MP3 music to iPhone iPad from SoundCloud, Audiomack, MusicPlayon, etc.
Adding downloaded videos to iTunes Library has never been easier with this tool, just tick the box of that to make it possible to play videos on iTunes, or transfer to iPhone iPad iPod or any other further use.

[Tutorial] How to Download Videos Free on MacOS with MacX YouTube Downloader

Step 1: Install the program and analyze video URL.
Firstly, free download MacX YouTube Downloader on your Macbook Pro/Air, iMac, and launch it. Open Safari and navigate to YouTube and copy the target video URL (For example, Bruno Mars - Finesse: ). Back to the program, click on Add URL button > Paste & Analyze to detect the video info of this video.

Step 2: Choose output format.
After the video parsed, you'll see a popup with detailed video info and you're free to choose any video formats, resolution, codec and size. Well, H.264 MP4 in 1920×1080 and 1280×720 is highly recommended for watching on Mac/Windows desktops; while 960×640, 640×480 for iPhone iPad Android tablets and smartphones.

Step 3: Specify the output video path.
Click on Browse button, and you're able to save your downloaded video anywhere besides Mac Video Library.

Step 4: Start downloading video right now.
Hit Download Now to start downloading video for free with this free Mac video downloader. The process will be accomplished in no time. It has been tested that no more than 30 seconds are needed for a 3-5 minutes video on YouTube.

Note: Maybe you use video grabber not only for video download, but also video conversion and screen recording. Never mind. The advanced edition of video grabber for Mac - MacX Video Converter Pro can do all of that, free downloading video from YouTube, Veoh and 1000+ sites, converting any video to any formats any devices and screen recording videos with audio for sharing.

Video Grabber: Download Online Videos on Mac with Safari

As it's stated that you're able to download videos using Video Grabber with the help of web browser like Safari, though it may be a little bit slow and not safe enough. Definitely, it requires no registration, sign up or even any apps to download online video on Mac. What you need to install is a Launcher before downloading. Owing to the security preferences of Mac OS, some third-party apps including Launcher may be not permitted to run there. To make it available, you need go to Preference > Security & Privacy, and hit on padlock to change and check the box Allow applications downloaded from Anywhere.

Now you're able to download videos:
Step 1: Visit video grabber official site with your browser like Safari.
Step 2: Watch and copy the video URL you love. (Take Bruno Mars - Finesse as example still: )
Step 3: Paste the video link to the URL space and click Download.
Step 4: choose the desired video format, resolution and tap Download icon.

Disclaimer: Finally, MacXDVD Software doesn't advocate any reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast or sell any content for any other purposes without prior written permission of YouTube/Facebook or the respective licensors of the content. Please refer to specific terms of service for YouTube, Facebook or any other online video sharing sites before you use this free video downloader.