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How to download videos from YouTube?

Joe Ayala — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:29:40 +0000

Here is a question I received: “Is it possible to download a video from YouTube so that I can use it during a presentation?”

First make sure it is legal for you to use the video in your presentation.

Second, there is a great application on the Macs that grabs a video from YouTubeand other video sites and converts it into a Quicktime file. The program is called PodTube. It was free but it is now is an expensive $5. You can demo PodTube for up to 5 movies before you have to purchase it. If you are a FireFox user sorry it will only work with Safari. Yet Podtube could also download videos from Daily Motion and MySpace Videos.

That is the easy way to download videos. I’ll post later on a more nerdy way to download videos from websites.

Find IP address with Mac OS X

Brandon — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:41:31 +0000

Here is a quick and easy way to find your IP address whil using Mac OS X. Just about any version will be very similar to this:

Click the blue apple in the top left corner and go to System Preferences

Click the icon that says â€œNetworkâ€

You should see a green dot by the phrase â€œBuilt-In Ethernetâ€

To the right of that phrase you should see a paragraph with an IP address number in it. The number should look like 10.52.30.45 or something.

That number is your IP Address.

Apple Happy Staff

Microsoft drops IE for Mac

Brandon — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:41:27 +0000

Happy New Year from Microsoft! As of January 1st, 2006, Microsoft will no longer be supporting Internet Explorer for Macintosh anymore.

This comes as a shock since Microsoft has been pushing IE compatibility for many years. They now suggest all Apple users switch to Safari or a compatible browser.

Apple Happy Recommends using Mozilla Firefox. It can be downloaded for Mac using the link on the right.

Apple Happy Staff