YTD Video Downloader PRO 7.8.0 (macOS)

Clipboard detection. Open the app after install, copy a YouTube URL anywhere on your Mac, and the app picks it up without a manual paste. That is the feature that saves the most clicks over a week of use.

Download a single video

Copy a link. Click the paste icon in YTD. Choose a format. The download starts immediately, and you can pause and resume it if the connection drops. First video done in under a minute.

Download a whole playlist

Find a YouTube playlist. Copy its URL. The app lists every video in it. Click download once, and it queues them all. Leave it running; it works through the list while you do other things.

Convert a downloaded file

Open the built-in converter. Pick a file from your library. Choose an output format: mp4, mov, avi, wmv, mp3, 3gp or flv. The conversion runs locally, so it works offline.

Leaves no download history visible

YTD keeps your download history off the app by design. No log, no list of what you grabbed yesterday. That matters in a shared household or on a school machine where you do not want the last dozen videos visible to the next person.

The auto-retry after a connection break does not announce itself. If your Wi-Fi dips during a long playlist, the app picks up where it stopped without a dialog box or a failed download sitting in the queue. You only notice it worked because the file is there.

Clipboard detection is not just for YouTube. Copy a TikTok link, a Vimeo link, a Dailymotion link. The app sees it the same way. No need to switch windows and paste into a search bar.

Keeps current with site changes in the latest macOS build

Version 7.8.0 is the current release. It keeps the same workflow as earlier builds but the developer lists it as the latest macOS version. If you were on an older 7.x build, the update brings support for site changes that break older downloaders.

Workflow: save a playlist as MP3s for a podcast player

Find a YouTube playlist of spoken-word content. Copy the playlist URL. Open YTD. The app shows the full list of videos. Select all and choose the MP3 output option. The download runs through each item, converting to audio as it goes. No separate convert step needed. When it finishes, drag the MP3s into your music folder or podcast app. The whole playlist is there, in audio format, with no video files left to clean up. This works the same for AAC if your player prefers it.

Features that stay out of your way

The clipboard detection works in the background. Copy a link from Twitter/X or LinkedIn, and the app picks it up without a window switch. No extra clicks.

Pause and resume works across restarts. If you quit the app mid-download, the next launch picks up where you left off. No need to re-queue a partially-done file.

What 7.8.0 means for daily use

Version 7.8.0 keeps the same interface you know from earlier 7.x builds. The change is under the hood: updated site parsers for YouTube and the other 50+ supported platforms. When a video site changes its page structure, older downloaders break. This version catches up with those changes, so your downloads keep working without you needing to diagnose why a link stopped being recognised.

The converter still outputs the same formats. No new file types were added. If you were already using mp4 or mp3 output, nothing shifts in your workflow.

• macOS 10.10 or later
• Intel processor
• English interface