Downie 4.0.2

Downie 4.0.2

Ever wished you could save a video from the Internet? Search no more, Downie is what you’re looking for. Easily download videos from thousands of different sites. Supports many sites – currently supports over 1,000 different sites (including YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and the number is rapidly growing. 4K video YouTube support – unlike many other YouTube downloaders, Downie supports HD video on YouTube, up to 4K.

Downie 4 brings many new features, main being listed here:

• • Updated UI – the UI has been revised and updated, offering more options at the tip of the mouse.

• • Major speed improvements – several links can now be loaded at once and YouTube videos get prepared for downloads about 6x faster than in Downie 3 (based on time required to process a 30-item YouTube playlist on iMac 27” (2019)).

• • Sandbox – Downie 4 is now sandboxed for better security.

• • Metadata Improvements – the metadata that Downie gathers can be written into an external JSON file for further custom processing.

• • Improved User-Guided Extraction – the UGE window now has history, allows saving favorites and much more.

• • Customizable Postprocessing – you can now write your own shell script to handle custom postprocessing.

• • Option to Go Menu-Only – the long-awaited ability to run Downie just in the menu bar has finally arrived.

•  Much, much more! – many minor improvements, like custom naming schemes, option to force MP4 downloads, better cancellation, priority flags, etc..

Compatibility: macOS 10.12 or later
Homepage https://software.charliemonroe.net/downie/

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