Macstories:
There are few macOS utilities I’ve tried that take a potentially complex, multi-step process and boil it down to a simple task as well as Softorino YouTube Converter 2 does. That’s because it’s a difficult technical and design challenge to hide complexity without creating an inflexible app with too many compromises. Softorino YouTube Converter, also known as SYC, does an excellent job avoiding the pitfalls and striking a balance between utility and simplicity. It only takes a few steps to go from a URL to a downloaded video or audio file, but SYC still allows for just enough tweaking along the way that it preserves a level of versatility that should make it attractive to a wide range of users.
While I wouldn’t call it “effortless” (there are a couple of minor annoyances), I’ve been using SYC 2 for a couple of weeks and really like the ease of use. I download a lot of videos for offline viewing and this app makes it a simple process.
I don’t know about that “effortless” thing. I use youtube-dl (http://youtube-dl.org/) and it downloads not only from youtube, but from many other sites. Helps a lot and, guess what: is open source, so you can add support for more sites, and is free; and works on multiple OSes.
404 “Not found”???
But is it worth $19.99?
Try this: http://youtube-dl.org
Obviously, disqus has problems parsing urls.
Thanks but wow.. that seems difficult. I mean command line download…
What difficult? Are you afraid of terminal?
brew install youtube-dl
then copy url from youtube, then open terminal,
cd ~/Downloads
youtube-dl URL
Done.
Free.
🙂
What is terminal?