Download Flash Videos: How to do it with Safari

Videos are almost everywhere on the Internet. If you use Safari as your browser, you don't need any additional software to also download these Flash videos from websites and save them on your Mac.

Instructions: download Flash videos with Safari

When you find a funny or informative video on the Internet, you can download it with Safari. This will save it on your Mac and you can play it in a video player anytime.

1. First, go to the website in Safari where you want to download the Flash video.
2. Now click "Window" at the top and then "Activity". For many users, the menu bar for this is hidden. If you don't see it, you must first click the gear icon and select "Show Menu Bar" so you can download Flash videos.
3. All the content you see on the web page will now be listed to you in a window as files. Flash videos are usually in .SWF or .FLV format, so you should easily recognize the correct video by its title and file extension.
4. Double-click on the Flash video to have Safari download it immediately.

If the video you want doesn't show up in the list, it's not a Flash video but some other format. Indem Sie für Safari ein Addon wie „ClickToFlash“ verwenden, werden derartige Videos in HTML5 umgewandelt, sodass sie Ihnen problemlos zum Download angezeigt werden.