how to download videos in safari 6.0

Actually babowa, you're incorrect. The ToU discusses what we are allowed to do with YouTube's content, not what we are allowed to discuss. We are allowed to say anything we please.

Did you read the ToU for these forums before you agreed to them?

8. Keep within the Law

1. No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
2. Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise 'work around' digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about 'ripping' DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
3. Do not post defamatory material.

This is an excerpt from here:

https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/tou.html

As I said, individual posts and entire threads discussing circumvention of YouTube's ToU re. downloads have been removed by the hosts. This one has obviously escaped their scrutiny so far.

figured it out, ok so everything up until the "others" folder is alright, for me the "others" folder is not always there but if you click the "frames" folder then click the dropdown for "embed" there should be a file name "videoplayback.." with a loading pinwheel double click that and voila

macronencer - On my system I can set the buffer size to be larger and on some videos / plugins tell it to cache the entire video before playing. Will this help you or is the goal to watch these "offline" so you get the best experience?

This info is for anyone posting here:

As per the Youtube ToU's, downloads are not allowed unless there is a direct download link shown:

5. Your Use of Content

In addition to the general restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply specifically to your use of Content.

1. The Content on the Service, and the trademarks, service marks and logos ("Marks") on the Service, are owned by or licensed to YouTube, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under the law.
2. Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the Content. YouTube and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to the Service and the Content.

And, per the ToU here, we are not allowed to discuss how to circumvent such rules.

Still looking for the same answer myself.

I know the activity monitor is now hidden away

in Safari / Preferences/ Advanced...

you tick the box marked "Show develop menu in menu bar".

That gives you access to the activity monitor and much else besides.

I have no idea yet how to find the playing video and download it.

I had this question too.

I've solved it 😉

most of the time its under: "Show Web Inspector" under the develop menu which you activate

in Safari / Preferences/ Advanced...

you tick the box marked "Show develop menu in menu bar".

then you load the video (like always) and then you hit: cmd + alt + A as always, and you find the "Other" folder and you're video file should be there.

This still does not tell how to download a new video from the internet.

I have the "show develop menu checked" but when I do the cmd + alt + A I only see html codes and no where to actual download a new video.

What am I doing wrong?

I know, I know, I feel your pain. Seems like one step forward, two steps back.... AGAIN!

I can't download from sites I could previously with Safari 5

If after pressing Command+Alt+A a folder named OTHER sometimes appears, look in there for a file with an mp4 extension, I think that is the video file. I don't know yet if double clicking on it starts the download as it did previously.

how do i find other folder? i got to the step where i can see all html coding n developing options but still can't find "other" folder that you are mentioning? can you please guide how to find? thank you

The folder named Other either displays itself or it doesn't. That's our problem. If it does display itself, open it and you might see a file inside with a .flv extension or an .mp4. Double click on those as before and it should download.

If you can't see a folder named Other I don't believe there is anything you can do...unless I hear different!

I think we've been told off and will have to spend the next 8 hours sitting on the naughty step.

I am a bit confused as to why Safari 5 ENABLED us to breach YouTube and other content providers terms in the first place.

I do not know why Apple is unwilling to just answer a simple question (in a very simple way) about how to download video's in the first place. YouTube is not the only site where video's can be viewed or downloaded from.

The simple fix to this problems is to just put the "Activity" button back in on Safari. But Apple seem's bent on lossing people back to an IBM based system. I do not know that much about the tech side of a iMac computer so the garbage that this thread has shared from Apple is totally of no use to me.

Make things simple for the end user and stop playing mind games Apple.

I am a bit confused as to why Safari 5 ENABLED us to breach YouTube and other content providers terms in the first place.

This is just a guess, but I would hope that this change in behavior was intended. Personally I do not use Safari, so it is of no interest to me.

Here is an example: I produce a video; provided that all the material is mine, it is my property. If I want to share it with friends, I will give them a copy. If I want many people to see it, I could publish it on Youtube - if I want the world to have copies, I can provide a download link. If, however, my intent is that the world can only watch it, (which would be my prerogative since it is my property) - since it is not their property, they have absolutely no right to download it, which is the equivalent of stealing my property. So, I will never upload any of my work to Youtube (or any other site) unless I can be sure that it cannot be downloaded.

FWIW, I am not an advocate of the DMCA; I do respect others' property though.

And: the hosts here have deleted posts or entire threads trying to find workarounds.

I've been having the exact same issue. When you press ⌘+Option+A, your presented with the "Web Inspector/Activity Window". At this point, there is a little tool in the upper-right side of that window. It looks like a hand or or the cursor image to a hyperlink. Click that and and select the video on the browser. Once you've clicked this, it provdes a link into the activity window/pane. It will either start downloading when the link is pressed or it will open u in a new webpage...

This is where I'm stuck... In Safari 5.0, you could right cick on the file, go to inspect element and from that point, it would begin to download. however in safari 6.0 one the inspect element window is opened, you don't have the same options as you did in safari 5.0. Please help... We're all very close!

By the way, if it matters, I'm not doing this through YouTube, I'm doing it through an educational site. I'm not sure if there's a difference. A movie file is a movie file, right?

I think I have the solution. At least for .flv files (which can be saved as .mov files, if you prefer)
1. Make the “Develop” menu available by going to the Advanced pane in Safari 6 Preferences and checking the box for “Show Develop menu in menu bar.”
2. When you have a video playing or loading on a Safari page, hit ⌥⌘A or pull down “Show Page Resources” from the Develop menu. The geeky, convoluted “Web Inspector” window opens.
3. Click somewhere in the middle section (to “let it know” that’s where you’ll be searching) and press ⌘F to open a little search window at the top right of that middle section.
4. Type .flv in the search window (or should it be called a search “box”?).
5. Now scroll down till you see a good-sized blue-highlighted selection. Copy that to the clipboard (⌘C).
6. Now open Quicktime 7. QuickTime Player which comes with Lion, won’t do the trick. I could be wrong, though…
(Not sure whether QT 7 Pro is required or not. I think it may be; but QT Pro is a very good onetime $30 investment and you should have it anyway. QT 7 does not come with Lion, but the Lion version of it is freely available on the Apple site. If Pro is required, you should buy it).
7. Moving right along: In QT 7 Press ⌘U (File menu, Open URL…) and paste the clipboard contents into that little window.
8. You will have to “clean up” all the crud from what you just pasted: Remove the "> at the very end and all the stuff that precedes the http://

9. Press OK and a QT window should open with your movie. If your movie is long, it will take a few minutes to load.
10. Save as… is very important here, I think, because it may not always be available on the web page where you found it.
Good luck, people. I’ll look for responses to see if anyone else had good luck or found even easier ways to do this. (Or maybe someone can say what I said in 25 words or less!)