It's hard to find a good, reliable app to download videos off the internet. It seems that whenever I find one of these tools that I enjoy, there's a good chance that, soon, it'll either stop working, be abandoned by its developers, or get sold to a shady new owner. One app that's never faced these issues is Downie for Mac. Downie is a one-click video downloader for hundreds of websites, including YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, Vimeo, and many more. It has been regularly updated for many years, and comes with a simple business model—a one-time payment of $20. It's easily the best, most reliable option I can reccomend, assuming you have a Mac.
How to use Downie to download videos
Credit: Pranay ParabAfter that, just open any webpage that has a video, press the Downie button in your browser's toolbar, and the app will handle the rest. It really is as simple as that. The only issue you might run into is if there are multiple videos on a page. For example, if you open your Instagram feed in a browser, and press the Downie button, the app can't just download every video from your feed. The trick is to open the specific post you want to download in a new tab first, before pressing the Downie button.
In my testing, Downie was able to download most of the videos I needed to save. I tried Downie on a bunch of other social media sites and video platforms, and it worked quite well, even on tricky ones like Instagram Reels. The most notable exception was Instagram Stories, which it couldn't download with any degree of reliability, but you can use other websites to download those.
Configuring Downie's settings
Credit: Pranay ParabThe Destination tab lets you configure where you want your downloaded videos stored, and the format you want for video files. It also lets you save video thumbnails as images. You can also extract audio from video files, which means that if you want to convert a YouTube video to an MP3 file, Downie can do that for you. You can configure this feature in the Postprocessing tab in Downie's settings, where it lets you choose if you want to download audio as MP3, M4A, or in the original format.
The Subtitles & Audio settings section is also helpful, especially if you're hard of hearing. It has a neat option that lets you download all available subtitles, even across multiple languages. The Proxy Server tab lets you enable a feature where you can download videos blocked in your region, too. Finally, there's the Supported Sites tab, where you can configure individual download settings for each site that Downie supports. There are a few more settings pages that you can go through if you want even finer control, but you should be fine with just these basics.
Getting Downie at a lower price
Credit: Pranay ParabHaving said that, Downie is available as a part of Setapp, which lets you access over 200 Mac apps for $10/month. My colleague Justin Pot has given Setapp his own endorsement, and I have to agree that it's a good deal. If you plan to use more than just Downie, it could be a good way to save money overall.
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