How to download favorite Twitter videos to your Mac

Twitter is full of witty quotes, funny GIFs, cool sound clips, and engaging videos. But sometimes you can’t watch them all at once. Want to save some for later? Here’s a quick guide to downloading Twitter videos to your Mac.

How to save Twitter videos?

Downloading images from Twitter is straightforward – just right-click and choose "Save Image" to save it to your "Downloads" folder. Downloading videos, however, is a bit more complicated because Twitter doesn’t have a built-in option for that.

To save videos, you will need to use a Twitter video downloader. These can be either websites or standalone applications. Let’s explore the different options.

Download Twitter videos with an app

While you can easily download Twitter videos using online downloaders, it’s not my favorite option. Nowadays, there is so much suspicious content on online Twitter video downloaders that it is obvious that the choice should be all for native apps. They have the same functionality of downloading videos efficiently and without tracking you. One of my favorite options for that is Downie.

Downie is a Mac utility with an option to download videos from any source, this includes Twitter videos as well. Here is how to use Downie to download a Twitter video:

1. Find a video you like on Twitter
2. Save a link to the video via the share icon and “Copy link to Tweet”
3. Open Downie and paste the chosen link into the app
4. The download will start automatically and appear in your Downloads folder.

Useful: Open Settings in the menu bar and choose a specific format and quality of your video. You also get the opportunity to extract only audio and listen to your downloaded videos in the form of podcasts on your phone.

Use an online Twitter video downloader

Another popular way of saving Twitter videos is by going through a website that specializes in it. If you don’t like Downie for some reason, try the method below:

1. Find a video on Twitter you’d like to save
2. Click Share icon and choose Copy link to Tweet
3. Visit downloadtwittervideo.com
4. Paste the chosen tweet link into the field
5. Hit Download MP4
6. The service will download the chosen video on Twitter in MP4 format to the Downloads folder on your Mac.

Let me remind you: Twitter video downloaders are usually free, just like different kinds of YouTube and torrent websites. Sadly, this is only because they earn money and survive by showing users low-quality banners and tabs with adware-looking content. So, this is a recommendation for you to make sure not to click on anything there and just close all tabs when your downloads are complete.

How to save Twitter videos to iPhone

One more thing I prefer to do sometimes is transferring downloaded videos to my iPhone.?

AnyTrans for iOS is the best app to make sure your iPhone and Mac are synced together perfectly. With just a few clicks, you can transfer video files, back up, and manage content that’s already on your device. To download video from Twitter to your phone try this:

1. Open AnyTrans
2. Connect your iPhone via USB cable
3. Click App File Sharing in AnyTrans
4. Send all the videos to your phone.

Think of AnyTrans as a much better version of old iTunes that’s able to cover it and offers quite a lot of additional features. But what if your video is not supported by your phone? A powerful converter is a must.

Convert videos in the blink of an eye

While we don’t give them too much thought, the chance to use video converters is great, as they make our digital lives so much easier.?

If you use Downie or another high-quality Twitter video downloader, it’s likely that the final files will be in MP4, which is great. If, however, you got the video from somewhere else in a format that your phone doesn’t support, you need Permute.

Permute is a blazing-fast converter for all things digital. It makes transforming a file from any format into any format a breeze:

1. Drag your original file to the Permute window
2. Select the final format from the dropdown box or click Add Preset
3. Hit the play icon to start the transformation. The result would be saved in the same folder.

Lots of people wonder how to save GIFs from Twitter, since they are considered as something closer to videos on the platform rather than images. The answer is Downie first and then Permute.

When you save GIFs from Twitter, they will become MP4 files. So drop them into Permute and select the GIF Animation option from the dropdown box to turn them into proper GIFs, ready to be used anywhere.

Now you know how to download your favorite videos from Twitter to your device in no time. You have a complete toolkit for that. Download with Downie, transfer videos with AnyTrans for iOS, and format with the help of Permute.

Best of all, Downie, AnyTrans, and Permute are available to you absolutely free for seven days with a trial of Setapp, a platform that hosts over 240 outstanding apps for nearly every digital situation, from file syncing to photo retouching. Try all of them today by simply going to the Setapp website. Now, with all the videos, your commute will never be the same.