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When coming across certain youtube videos (on a Mac) I don't have time to watch at the moment, I wish I could get them saved for later offline viewing on my iPad.
Is there some simple setup I could make that with just 1-3 clicks the video will get saved to the iPad?
I had no luck getting any extensions working. YouTube intercepts right clicks on video and shows a youtube context menu instead of the native context menu and thereby blocking the download button.
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV 1.3.8 is an extensions which is compatible with Firefox 11 (as of march 2012). It shows a download button below the Youtube video area.
The download format is .mp4 which is fine to use on an iPad.
Still, if you want to convert the downloaded video for your mobile devices, you can use a simple tool like the MiroVideoConverter, which is available in the Mac App Store for free.
Forcing Safari to quit works reliably for me. Double click the home button,tap the 'X' on Safari.
Best Answer
You don't specify what web browser you use, but if you use FireFox a simple plugin like Easy You Tube Video Downloader may be just what you are looking for.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/easy-youtube-video-downl-10137/
For Chrome you can use the following: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-your-videos/pipiejpiplliidbnncmckaljhhchoihc