Youtube-dl: This is what we want it to install. Install: This instructs the brew program on what we want it to do. Shortened because most people like typing as little as necessary to let’s take this command apart to see what all itīrew: This is the Homebrew program. This command installs the youtube-dl program, which is what you came Not 'app,' but I said I’d make this guide friendly. Homebrew, and you search the Internet, the proper term is 'package' Manage your packages, or 'apps' if you prefer. Now that you have Homebrew installed, you can use the brew command to Now, you have the brew program you can use, you’ve leveled up! Using Homebrew The installer will download Homebrew, and install it for you. VoiceOver will automatically read what’s happening as the program You’ll know if you need to press return if nothing happens. The clipboard, and paste it into Terminal, and press return if Go to the Homebrew site, and find the command to return into the Now, we know how to run things, so let’s install an app store! ForĮxample, if you have a file named test.txt, you can type nano test.txt 'arguments' or options which can be typed after the command name. All these programs areĬommands, and you just type them in to run them. Simply program names, like 'cp' for copying files, 'rm' for deletingįiles, and 'nano' for editing simple text.

Means that Terminal is prompting you for a command. You should hear plenty of gibberishįrom VoiceOver, ending with your username, then a dollar sign. First, find the Terminal app, in the Utilitiesįolder of Finder. Linux lovers may feel disdain for suchĪ term describing a package manager, but this post isn’t for those whoĪre natives to the Terminal, or 'console.' This post is for those whoĪre Mac users, comfortable with beautiful interfaces that just work. Homebrew, found at this site is a 'Package manager' which essentially First, let’s gather the software we need. Youtube-dl is a free tool which is run from the terminal, but I’ll try to make the mysterious Terminal as friendly as possible. In this guide, I’ll be showing you how to use Youtube-dl, the Youtube-downloader, to download a single video, multiple videos, and how to customize Youtube-dl. Youtube-dl, download any Youtube video or videos on the Mac for free

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