How To Download YouTube Videos in Google Chrome on a Mac (SEE DESCRIPTION)

***UPDATE: February 15, 2016***
Given that this video is now over 3 years old, Apple has released several newer operating systems than the Snow Leopard OS I am running in this video. Also, several plugins have come and gone which make this task much easier and quicker to complete. However, some of the basics I demonstrate in this video can still be used, as well as some of the other suggestions from other users in the comments section below. I am trying to be transparent about why this video may not be as useful today as it was 3 years ago. So if you are still reading this and are with me on all this, thank you for your patience and your time with this!

***UPDATE: April 8, 2015***
Through helping some people at my IT job, I recently found out that HTML5 for YouTube no longer works. This video is over 2 years old at this point, and as you all well know, things are constantly changing out here on the Internet. I hope some of this information is still useful, but I still encourage you to research newer plugins and methods for downloading videos as well. There's a lot of great information out there!

***UPDATE: July 26, 2014***
As many of you probably already know, there are many extensions out there for Chrome that make this process way simpler. One such extension that I use now personally is HTML5 Video for YouTube. Next to all the video playing options there is an option to actually download the video file. Much simpler and much easier. I made this video a long time ago before I really knew about extensions or decided to use them. I appreciate all the feedback and the input I have received regarding other extensions and other methods. That's why the YouTube community is awesome, we all help each other out. This video just shows an alternative method to accomplish the same goal. It is clearly not the best, but hopefully some of the other information you learn about file storage can be useful in some shape or form!

This video shows you how to take any YouTube video and download the actual video file to your computer for future use using Google Chrome! There are no extensions or plug-ins required! This demonstration is for Mac users.

***TIP***
GhostmanOnThird provided a great tip to help make this process faster. After you find the cache folder, sort it by size so that the biggest file sizes are at the top so you can locate it much easier!


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