YouTube+Downloads

There are times when you may want to have your YouTube videos downloaded to your computer rather that showing them "Live". You can download them and save them to your computer as Quicktime movies using these instructions:

**Downloading YouTube Videos **


 * Here’s one way to download Youtube videos: **


 * Safari: ****
 * Find the Youtube video you want to download and save.
 * Highlight the URL and copy it
 * Go to [|__http://www.convertfiles.com/__]
 * Click the bullet next to “or download it from”
 * Paste the URL into the box next to “or download it from”
 * Change the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Output format__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to Quicktime Movie File (.mov)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Click Convert
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After it finishes Uploading the video (watch the bar at the bottom of the green window), it will give you a message that it is “Converting”. (It may take a few minutes)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When it’s done converting - Control- Click (or right-click) on the link it gives you.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose “Download Linked File As” in the little window that appears and select where you want to save it.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hit “Save”.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Firefox: **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The only difference if you use Firefox is that when you Control-Click or right click on the link after it’s converted, you will choose “Save Link as” instead of “Download Linked File As” **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other sites like <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.zamzar.com__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - will also convert and send you the link to download the converted file. **