every reel on a profile.
Paste a profile, channel or playlist and nothing downloads until you choose: the last 5, all of them, or any number you type. Tick Always and it stops asking.
For Mac · Apple Silicon
the internet forgets.your mac doesn’t.
SnapDown saves video, images and audio from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit and hundreds of other sites. Then it gives you a real library to search, trim, caption and back them up. Everything stays on your Mac.
Download for Mac
Free · macOS 12 or later · Apple Silicon
See what it does
No account · no ads · no tracking
- YouTube
- TikTok
- X
- Vimeo
- SoundCloud
one link or fifty.one queue.
Paste one link, a list of them, or a whole profile. SnapDown looks each one up, picks the quality you asked for and downloads in the background, three at a time.
the right quality, every time.
Profiles match a site and set resolution, video and image format, and audio bitrate. Instagram at 1080p, YouTube in 4K, a podcast as MP3.
- Pause, resume, cancel or retry any download
- Downloads cut off by quitting pick up on the next launch
- Uses your browser’s sign-in when a site asks for one
- Images and carousels too, as JPG, PNG, WebP or AVIF
less scrolling.more finding.
Everything you save keeps what the post said about itself: caption, creator, posting date, likes and views at download, even the soundtrack. Transcribe it, and every word becomes searchable.
search what was said.
Turn on transcript search and a word spoken thirty seconds into a reel finds it.
- Search titles, captions, hashtags, creators and transcripts
- Filter by site, type, creator or hashtag; sort by most liked or viewed
- Labels, and Finder-style selection for bulk actions
- Files on an unplugged drive stay listed until it’s back
fewer apps.more finished clips.
Editors for video, images and audio are built in. Every edit is saved as a new file beside the original, so nothing you downloaded is overwritten.
- TikTok
- Hormozi
- Pop-on
- Neon Sign
- Typewriter
captions in 23 styles.
Transcribe with OpenAI or Groq Whisper, fix any line, then pick a style and burn it in. The preview and the export render from the same source, so they match exactly.
- 9:16
- 1:1
- 4:5
- 16:9
- GIF
cropped for every feed.
Trim on a filmstrip with the waveform beneath it, crop to the shape the feed wants, and export for Shorts, Reels or YouTube with your Mac’s hardware encoder.
- Studio voice
- Tighten pauses
- Even out loudness
- Vivid
images and audio, too.
Crop, rotate and grade photos. Trim audio, tighten the pauses, even out the loudness or clean up a voice. All of it runs on your Mac.
back up what matters.to a bucket you own.
Connect Cloudflare R2 or any S3-compatible storage. Send one file, a selection, or everything with a label you choose, and see at a glance what’s safe.
- Back up by label: tag it Travel and it’s uploaded
- Large files go up in parts, four at a time
- Remove a backup without touching the file on your Mac
- Keys are stored in the macOS Keychain
your files.your disk.
There’s no account, no ads and no analytics in SnapDown. The library is a database on your Mac, media goes to a folder you choose, and your API keys stay in the Keychain.
Accounts to createNone
Ads and trackersNone
Usage data sentNone
Where your library livesYour Mac
what does leave your mac.
- Requests to the sites you download from
- Update checks to GitHub, for SnapDown and yt-dlp
- Audio you choose to transcribe, to OpenAI or Groq, with your key
- Files you back up, to your own bucket
- A request to Google Fonts, for caption style previews
paste a link.that’s the setup.
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download and open.
Drag SnapDown into Applications. It’s signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other app, and yt-dlp, gallery-dl and FFmpeg come built in.
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paste your links.
One per line, or a profile or playlist. A matching profile starts the download; anything that needs a choice asks first.
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find it in your library.
Saved to Movies › SnapDown with its title, thumbnail and post details, ready to watch, edit or back up.
what you need.
| Mac | Details | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Silicon | M1 or laterEvery Mac with an M-series chip | Supported |
| macOS | 12 Monterey or later | Supported |
| Intel Macs | Not built for Intel | Not supported |
| Windows, Linux | SnapDown is made for macOS only | Not available |
| Optional | An OpenAI or Groq API key for transcriptionAn R2 or S3 bucket for backup | Your choice |
open tools inside.kept current.
SnapDown does the media work with well-known open-source programs. They ship unmodified, with their licenses beside them in the app and their sources attached to every release. yt-dlp updates itself, because sites change faster than apps do.
| Program | What it does in SnapDown | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yt-dlp | Finds and downloads video and audio | Unlicense | GitHub |
| gallery-dl | Images, carousels and Instagram profiles | GPL-2.0 | GitHub |
| FFmpegffmpeg, ffprobe | Edits, exports, waveforms and thumbnails | GPL-3.0-or-later | ffmpeg.org |
| Python | Runs inside yt-dlp and gallery-dl | PSF-2.0 | python.org |
questions.answered.
Is SnapDown free?
Yes. There’s no price, no trial and no account. Download it and use it.
Does it work on an Intel Mac, Windows or Linux?
No. SnapDown is built for Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 12 Monterey or later. There’s no Intel, Windows or Linux version.
Where do my downloads go?
To Movies › SnapDown in your home folder, or any folder you pick in Settings. The library itself is a database in Application Support › SnapDown.
What do I need for transcription?
Your own OpenAI or Groq API key, added in Settings › AI Transcription. SnapDown sends only a compressed copy of the audio, never the video, and the provider bills your account.
A site caps quality at 360p or asks me to sign in.
Some sites, YouTube especially, limit downloads that don’t look signed in. Open Settings › Downloader Cookies and choose a browser you’re signed in with. The cookies are read on your Mac and sent only to that site, as your browser would send them.
How does it update?
SnapDown checks GitHub for new releases and tells you when one is ready; you choose when to install it. Each update is checked against a signature built into the app before anything is replaced. yt-dlp keeps itself current on its own.
Am I allowed to download from these sites?
Download what you have the right to keep: your own posts, work with a license that allows it, or media you have permission for. Respect each site’s terms and the people who made the work.
free.
No price, no trial, no account. Download SnapDown and start keeping what you watch.
Download for Mac
macOS 12 or later · Apple Silicon