Guides

Save any public YouTube video as an MP4 file in up to 1080p, on a phone or computer, in four steps.

Turn a YouTube video into an MP3 you can play offline, and when to pick M4A, WAV or FLAC instead.

Download the full transcript of a YouTube video as plain text, even when the video has no captions.

Save a YouTube video's subtitles as an SRT or VTT file with timings, ready for VLC or any video editor.

Copy the link from a YouTube Short and save it as a vertical MP4, or keep just the sound.

Save a YouTube video on iPhone with Safari, then move it from Files to your Photos app.

Save YouTube videos on an Android phone with Chrome, and find them in your gallery afterwards.

Download YouTube videos on a Mac or Windows PC in your browser, with no software to install.

What a TikTok watermark is, when a clean download is possible, and how to save the clean version.

Save a TikTok video into Photos on iPhone or the gallery on Android, step by step.

Keep the audio from a TikTok as an MP3 or M4A file to reuse in your own edits.

Save Instagram Reels from public accounts as MP4 with the sound included, on any device.

Save a video from an Instagram feed post, including posts with several slides, from public accounts.

Copy a Facebook video link on phone or computer and save the video in HD where it's available.

Save a public Facebook Reel as a vertical MP4, or keep the audio as MP3.

Save the video from an X post as MP4 on iPhone, Android or a computer, including GIFs.

Download a video from an X post on iPhone and move it from Files into your camera roll.

Why a video link fails to download and what to try: private posts, logins, live streams and bad links.

Fix a downloaded video that plays with no audio, from the wrong player to a muted original.

Reasons a downloaded video looks soft or pixelated, and how to get the sharpest copy the source has.

Why some videos show a codec error on Windows and how to get a copy that plays anywhere.

Move a video from the Files app into your iPhone Photos library so it shows up with your camera roll.

A plain comparison of MP4, WebM, MOV and MKV, and which one to pick for phones, editing and sharing.

How the five audio formats differ in size and quality, and which one suits music, podcasts or editing.

The difference between SRT, VTT and TXT transcript files, and which apps accept each one.

Where the Copy link button is on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X, on phone and computer.

Add a video to a PowerPoint or Google Slides deck so it plays without an internet connection.

A plain-English look at when downloading videos is fine, when it isn't, and how to stay on the right side.