Mac Video Downloader for Mac

Free to try Mac Video Downloader Mac OS X 10.10/10.11/10.5 Intel/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9 Version 3.9.988.86 Full Specs

Editors' Rating:

3.5

Very good

Average User Rating:

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3.5

out of 24 votes

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Editors' Review

by Download.com staff / December 16, 2013

Featuring a video converter and a Web browser with an embedded media downloader, Mac Video Downloader for Mac helps you find and grab audio and video files from virtually any video-sharing Web site. This premium app manages to detect approximately 90 percent of all videos, with a 100 percent success rate for popular sites like YouTube and Vimeo, but it eats a lot of system resources.

After a quick installation, Mac Video Downloader launches its built-in browser. The browser, itself, behaves just like Safari with one exception: it lets you change the User Agent between Mac, iOS, and Android, effectively emulating the Web browsers of mobile devices. As soon as you land on a page with embedded audio or video content, Mac Video Downloader will pop up a window through which you can choose which file to download. The download is generally fast, but it depends of course on your connection. The conversion is also relatively fast; we were able to convert a four-minute FLV file to an MP4 in about 20 seconds. When it comes to performance, however, the app leaves a large footprint: over 500MB of RAM.

Mac Video Downloader provides an all-in-one solution for anyone who wants to download and convert media files for their mobile devices or just to keep locally on their Mac. While this app does its job well, the price tag and the large amount of RAM it eats are two big disadvantages, especially when comparing the app to the many free and better optimized options out there.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Mac Video Downloader for Mac 2.5.

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Editors' Review

by Download.com staff / December 16, 2013

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Mac Video Downloader for Mac 2.5.

Category
Category	Internet Software
Subcategory	Download Managers

Publisher's Description

From Mac Video Downloader:

Mac Video Downloader is a shareware web video application. It's a full-featured tool that can create, convert, and download web videos, but unlike freeware tools that only work with a few sites or file types (or just with YouTube) Mac Video Downloader can download pretty much any video that can be downloaded, and from any video hosting site. The embedded browser window lets you search securely for videos directly from inside Mac Video Downloader's interface without having to install any add-ons or codecs to your main browser. Mac Video Downloader can download videos from more than 200,000 sites, so finding suitable material was no problem.

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"Easy to Use and Effective!!"

killerstream February 03, 2016 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.318.18

2016-02-03 05:55:48 | By killerstream

Pros

I've tried three different software programs to capture videos, particularly because I want to record episodes for playback on my media system. This is the first that worked and was simple to operate.

Cons

Easy Use and Effective!!

Summary

Overall a great program that allows you to download videos from both paid (where you pay for a login membership) and free sites. It is running on both my iMac and MacBook Pro.

5 stars

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"The best download software I've used before!"

runeymeisy January 01, 2016 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.398.18

2016-01-01 18:07:07 | By runeymeisy

Pros

The program works like a browser and you must access the video content like you would thru any other browser. Once you start to play the video a download dialog box opens. From time to time you need to download the free update to keep the software working properly so keep the download link. The customer support is through email, however they respond quickly and are helpful.

Cons

Sense of this software is imperfect, needs to be improved.

Summary

Overall, it is a very perfect software.

5 stars

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"Great Product!"

gflogix October 28, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.158.18

2015-10-28 18:59:26 | By gflogix

Pros

Cons

Easy Use and Effective!!

Summary

Overall a great program that allows you to download videos from both paid (where you pay for a login membership) and free sites. It is running on both my iMac and MacBook Pro.

1 stars

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"Total Rip Off"

khsdkahskhdajsd October 26, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.158.18

2015-10-26 22:13:49 | By khsdkahskhdajsd

Pros

None, because it never worked to begin with.

Cons

My registration never worked, but all emails to support have gone unanswered. I've emailed them six times in the past year and nothing. This software is a total scam.

Summary

This software is a total scam.

5 stars

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"Cool software!!"

Verne Ivan October 15, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.118.18

2015-10-15 05:24:42 | By Verne Ivan

Pros

It's unique and powerful. I can download videos from many video sites now. A very good software, very convenient to use them. It's worth to order!

Cons

Sense of this software is imperfect, needs to be improved.

Summary

It is a very perfect software. i like it!

1 stars

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"Stopped working and no support"

Simon Falvey October 13, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.99.8

2015-10-13 21:42:36 | By Simon Falvey

Pros

Used to work OK even if you had to reload the hulu web page several times before it would finally detect the video you want to download

Cons

Stopped working for Hulu a few weeks ago and cant detect any videos. This week it wont even load the hulu web page saying flash is out of date even when its running the latest flash download from adobe.

Summary

No response from support after a number of emails

5 stars

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"The best videos download software!"

Naomi189 Franco161 August 27, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.88.8

2015-08-27 01:47:02 | By Naomi189 Franco161

Pros

I think this is the best download video software I've used before,i really can download any website video. Wow,so cool.

Cons

No flaws, Perfect!

Summary

It is a very perfect software. i like it!!!!!

1 stars

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"Doesn't work - and there is NO support"

khsdkahskhdajsd August 26, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.88.8

2015-08-26 12:10:28 | By khsdkahskhdajsd

Pros

Very little.

Cons

It doesn't download videos, plan and simple. It's successfully detected 1 out of 20 videos I've tried to record, and they've been a series of YouTube, Vimeo, and other videos. It won't run on Macs in OS 10.10.

When I emailed support, they never replied. I followed up four times over a month, and nothing. $60 GONE DOWN THE DRAIN.

Summary

This application sucks. I'd say their support sucks as well, but how can something suck if it doesn't exist? At this point, I think it's probably a scam.

5 stars

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""The best download software I've used before""

Borg George June 21, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.6.8

2015-06-21 21:19:13 | By Borg George

Pros

Awesome program! This is pretty much a very easy way to download videos from websites. You download using very few clicks. I usually don't like to pay for software for fear of not getting what you pay for, but it works great and it's definitely worth the spending. Had some technical difficulties where I couldn't use it for a few; missed this software so bad during this time ... when I finally contacted customer service, they got back to me super fast and were very helpful. I honestly could not be happier with the product or customer service.

Cons

None except I wish it was free-but thank you for the free tria :)

Summary

Awesome program!!

1 stars

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"WARNING!!! Now way to contact this company for support."

June 10, 2015 / Version: Mac Video Downloader 2.9.6.8

2015-06-10 22:07:16

Pros

There is nothing much positive to say about the software. When I download youtube videos, half the time it doesn't work.

Cons

I bought their lifetime package about a year ago. Then all of a sudden it does not work. I have trying to contact them to for several months now and still no response. I am out of $160. This software does network. I emailed support@mvdigger.com, sales@mvdigger.com, webmaster@mvdigger. I still haven't from them.

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Full Specifications

What's new in version 3.9.988.86
Version 3.3.929.88 adds Video Capture Plugin.

General
Publisher	Mac Video Downloader
Publisher web site	http://www.mac-video-downloader.com
Release Date	July 18, 2017
Date Added	July 18, 2017
Version	3.9.988.86

Category
Category	Internet Software
Subcategory	Download Managers

Operating Systems
Operating Systems	Mac OS X 10.10/10.11/10.5 Intel/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9
Additional Requirements	None

Download Information
File Size	76.9MB
File Name	mvd.dmg

Popularity
Total Downloads	275,038
Downloads Last Week	33

Pricing
License Model	Free to try
Limitations	Download 10M or 50% of your video
Price	$59.95

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