YouTube Rip is a lightweight macOS utility that gives you a native dialog-based interface for ripping audio from YouTube videos. Powered by yt-dlp under the hood, it converts any YouTube URL to an MP3 file and saves it straight to yourDocumentation Index
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~/Downloads folder — no terminal required.
Installation
Install Homebrew, yt-dlp, and get the AppleScript ready to run on your Mac.
Quickstart
Rip your first YouTube video to MP3 in under a minute.
Running the Script
Learn how to launch YouTube Rip and navigate its dialog interface.
Troubleshooting
Fix common errors including 403s, missing dependencies, and path issues.
How it works
Paste a YouTube URL
YouTube Rip shows a macOS dialog box prompting you to enter any YouTube video URL.
yt-dlp extracts the audio
The script passes the URL to
yt-dlp with the -x --audio-format mp3 flags, stripping out the audio track and converting it to MP3.File saved to ~/Downloads
The finished MP3 lands in your
~/Downloads folder, named automatically by yt-dlp based on the video title.Key features
No terminal required
The entire workflow runs through native macOS dialogs — just paste a URL and go.
MP3 output
Audio is automatically extracted and converted to MP3 format using yt-dlp’s built-in post-processor.
403-error resistant
Uses
--extractor-args "youtube:player_client=default,-android_sdkless" to avoid common YouTube 403 errors.Homebrew-powered
Relies on a standard Homebrew yt-dlp install, making updates simple with
brew upgrade yt-dlp.