2 Free Ways to Download YouTube Videos to iPhone

Television is not as hot as it used to be. Although people still watch their favorite series on TV, they don’t spend as much time in front of glass tube anymore. There’s another kind of tube today, with tons of entertaining clips to watch and without region restriction. Yes, it’s YouTube.

As mobile phones – like the iPhone – play a more and more important role as entertainment gadgets nowadays, it’s only logical that video downloading movement finds its way to the mobile world. Here are two free ways to download YouTube videos to your iPhone and other mobile phones also.

1. The Good Old-Fashioned Way (On Most OSes to Most Mobile Phones)

This method is the standard procedure that you can find in every internet user manual (if one exists). It involves a online file converting servicelike Zamzar to help us download YouTube movies (and convert them to a format compatible with your mobile phone).

The steps require for Zamzar are: type in the video URL, choose what format you want the video to be converted into, provide your email address and click “Convert“. You will then receive an email with the link to download the converted video. Send the downloaded video to your mobile phone.

There are many other online services that can help you download YouTube videos. And because all you need is a browser and internet connection, you can do the method from any computer under any OS and transfer the resulting videos to any mobile phone.

You can also try this method entirely on your mobile phone without using computer. I tried using Mobile Safari but failed to access the download link. But this might work using other mobile browsers and/or different online YouTube downloader services.

2. The Tooble Way (On Mac and Windows to iPhone)

You can also download YouTube videos with the help of desktop softwares like MacTubes. One of the free and complete alternatives to do that is Tooble. This is an application that was built to help users download YouTube videos, then convert and transfer them to iPod, iPad and/or iPhone.

The interface is very simple. You can browse around for videos using the categories on the left pane, or you can use the search feature. To download video(s), just check the box(es) next to the item(s) that you want and click “Download“.

Then the video will be downloaded to your hard drive and automatically imported to iTunes. You can set the synchronization process between iTunes and your iDevices to add these converted videos.

Just make sure that you choose the right video format in the Preferences.

Summery

There are surely many other free methods to download YouTube videos directly on mobile phones. So if you know any, why not share the knowledge with others using the comment below?

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