Pause, resume, retry
Every download can be paused and resumed. Interrupted ones continue from their partial files, even after you quit.
Features
Everything a download manager should do.
VidGrab pairs a native Mac app with a Chrome extension, so saving a video takes one click and keeping track of it takes none.
Sunset timelapse over the harbour6.1 MB/s · 1 min left
Product launch keynote180 MB of 450 MB
Swift concurrency, a practical talk
Studio session, take 4
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Downloads
A queue that keeps going.
VidGrab runs downloads in parallel and never loses your place.
Best quality, merged
Separate video and audio streams are combined into one MP4 by ffmpeg, with no re-encoding and no quality loss.
Parallel fragments
Streaming formats download 8 fragments at a time, with automatic retries when the connection hiccups.
No duplicates
Asking for a video that's already in the queue reuses the existing job instead of starting a second copy.
Library
A library worth browsing.
Finished downloads look like a media library, not a list of file names.
Real thumbnails
Every finished video gets a frame thumbnail, its length, resolution and size, read from the file on your Mac.
Preview in place
Select a video to play it in the preview panel, or press Space for Quick Look.
Search and filters
Filter by Downloading, Completed or Needs Attention, and search by title or site.
Drag it anywhere
Drag a finished video straight into Finder, Messages or your editor.
Chrome extension
Right where the video is.
The extension adds one button and stays out of the way.
Hover button
A Download button appears on any video you hover, including embedded players and full screen.
Quality menu
Pick from every available quality, see the size up front, and choose Save to Mac or Drive.
Live progress
The button shows 42%, then Finishing, then Downloaded, so you never have to switch apps.
Popup
See whether VidGrab is connected, which streams the page has, and your recent downloads.
On your Mac
A proper Mac app.
Built natively in Swift, it behaves the way Mac apps should.
Menu bar
A menu bar icon shows active downloads and gives you pause, resume and Show in Finder in one click.
Notifications
Get notified when a download finishes or needs attention. Click the notification to reveal the file.
Your rules
Set how many downloads run at once, a per-download speed limit, file naming styles and a folder per site.
Guided installer
Install with a step-by-step installer that shows the terms, installs, and opens VidGrab for you.
Under the hood
Every stream, split eight ways.
Each video downloads as parallel fragments. If the connection drops, VidGrab asks what already arrived and carries on from there.