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Key Details of ClipGrab

  • Mac version of ClipGrab
  • Last updated on
  • There have been 6 updates
  • Virus scan status:

    Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staff

People often want to download online videos from sites like YouTube to watch offline or edit. ClipGrab for Mac claims to allow users to save Internet videos to their desktop, but ultimately doesn't deliver.

ClipGrab offers a range of features that make video downloading straightforward and flexible. First, it supports multiple video platforms, allowing you to grab videos from popular sites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, and Facebook. You can choose the quality of the video you want to download; the software gives you options like High Definition, Standard Definition, or Low Definition.

Another useful feature is the automatic URL detection. This means when you copy a video link, ClipGrab recognizes it right away and gets ready to download it. There's also a built-in search tool specifically for YouTube, making it easy to find the videos you want directly from the app.

Moreover, ClipGrab isn't just for downloading; it lets you convert the downloaded videos into various formats such as MP3, MPEG4, OGG Theora, and WMV. This is great if you need your video in a format suitable for different devices or applications.

ClipGrab for Mac is available as freeware without any restrictions. The program is small and installed easily after a quick download. After installation, the program starts quickly, but there are no instructions, and product support appears minimal. While sparse, the interface is fairly intuitive. Menus allow the user to paste a link with a video directly into the program or search directly in YouTube from the program. The interface and search features work well and return YouTube's results, but that is where the functionality ends. During testing, when clicking on YouTube links, the program went to the conversion menu, but error messages were returned about half the time saying the pages were not available. When they did load and the conversion was selected, an additional error message came back stopping the process. None of the YouTube videos we tried even started converting. While the program downloaded, installed, and started up as expected, it simply did not perform its functions.

Bottom Line

While available for free, ClipGrab for Mac did not work as intended, and those seeking to save online videos to their desktop should look elsewhere.

What’s new in version 3.4.0

  • Fixed: No more recurring 403 errors on some YouTube videos
  • Fixed: Allow connecting to proxies that require authentication
  • Fixed: Downloading WebM when selected
  • Fixed: 1080p support for Mac Legacy versions
  • New: Download of age-restricted YouTube videos that require login
  • New: Metadata support for OGG Vorbis
  • Fixed: Problem with downloading audio tracks from YouTube


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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
3.4.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Mac
Operating System
  • Mac OS X 10.5
  • Mac OS X 10.6
  • Mac OS X 10.7
  • OS X 10.8
  • OS X 10.9
  • Mac OS X
  • Mac OS X 10.4
Additional Requirements
None
POPULARITY
Total Downloads
97,570
Downloads Last Week
6

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Developer’s Description

By nn-d
Download and process videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, and Youku.
ClipGrab is an open source downloader and converter for online videos. It currently supports, among others, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion. Many other sites are supported via the heuristics filter (e.g. several adult sites and many many generic sites). ClipGrab can convert the downloaded videos to MPEG4, WMV, OGG Theora, MP3 and OGG Vorbis - or simply store the videos in their original format. ClipGrab can download videos in HD from sites where this quality standard is available. Since 3.0.7, ClipGrab can also add ID3 metadata to MP3 files.

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