Convert YouTube Music to MP3 on Mac – Simple Guide

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Convert YouTube Music to MP3 on Mac – Simple Guide

21 July 2023 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Last update by Olivia Brown at 8 November 2026

Summary
Learn how to download YouTube audio on a Mac and convert it to MP3 format. Find the different ways to save your favorite music in a local folder with our easy guide.

Table of contents

I. What is the MP3 format?

II. How to download and convert YouTube music to MP3 on a Mac computer?

1. Use YouTube-video.download online video/audio downloader to download audio from YouTube
2. Use YTMP3 online video/audio download tool to download audio on YouTube

III. Extended information: How to download and convert YouTube music to MP3 on a Windows computer?

Convert YouTube Music to MP3 with Renee Audio Tools

I. What is the MP3 format?

MP3 is a popular digital audio coding and lossy compression format. The format is called “lossy” because some of the original data is lost during the compression process. Theoretically reducing the quality of the audio file, and the compression is irreversible, although high-quality MP3 music files also exist. Compression is a common technique for all types of files, whether audio, video, or images, to reduce the storage space a file takes up. For example, the size of a 3-minute wave audio (WAV) lossless file is about 30 MB. If it is converted to MP3 format, the compressed MP3 format file is only 3 MB. Even with a 90% compression ratio, it can remain close to the original file. the quality of.

The following will show you how to download YouTube audio and convert it to MP3 format on Mac computer.

II. How to download and convert YouTube music to MP3 on a Mac computer?

There are many ways to download Facebook music, and this article provides 2 of them. These two methods can directly download the video or audio from YouTube to the local and save it in MP3 format.

1. Use YouTube-video.download online video/audio downloader to download audio from YouTube

Youtube-video.download is a free online YouTube video/audio downloader, which can help users quickly download content from the YouTube website to the local. During the operation, the user only needs to open the URL of the online downloader with a browser: https://youtube-video.download/, and then paste the YouTube video/audio link to be downloaded into the download operation box of the downloader. Wait for a while and the downloadable resources will be displayed automatically. If there is no response, you can click Start to analyze. Click the MP3 option below, then click the Download button to download and save YouTube audio as MP3, very easy.

2. Use YTMP3 online video/audio download tool to download audio on YouTube

YTMP3 is an online tool that supports free downloading of YouTube video/audio content. The download tool is also very easy to use, open the online URL of the YTMP3 downloader through the browser: https://ytmp3.cc/en13/, then copy and paste the YouTube video/audio link you want to download to the YTMP3 online downloader search box, and click the Convert button.

After that, the downloadable resources will be displayed, select the MP3 tab below, and click the Download button to download the converted MP3 file. If you need to download the video file, click the MP4 tab bar below, and then click the Download button to download the MP4 file.

III. Extended information: How to download and convert YouTube music to MP3 on a Windows computer?

Convert YouTube Music to MP3 with Renee Audio Tools

① What is Renee Audio Tools ?

Renee Audio Tools is a free audio recording and editing tool that integrates computer audio recording, audio post-editing and format conversion functions. Among them, the computer audio recording function can help you record computer sound or microphone sound. After recording, you can also use the audio editing function of the software to optimize and adjust the audio, such as cropping music clips, setting fade in and fade out, adjusting playback speed, adjusting volume, male/female voice conversion and other effects; merging multiple audio files; Edit tags for music files; transfer music to iTunes; burn music to CD/DVD and more.

After the audio editing is complete, you can choose to convert the audio to various formats you need. This software supports most audio formats, such as MP3, MP2, M4A, WMA, ACC, AC3, FLAC, WAV, AMR, OGG , APE, MKA and other formats. In addition, it also supports converting various video formats to audio formats.

Professional Audio Editor – Renee Audio Tools

CutterArbitrarily cut and clip audios in MP3, ACC, FLAC and APE formats. Many effects, such as fade in/out, speed adjustment, music mixing and volume adjustment, are available.

ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

JoinerMerge music files into one regardless the original file formats. The output format and quality can be set, too.

CD BurnerBurn multiple music files into CD, DVD and also make APE or BIN image file.

Compatible with: Windows 11 / 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP (32bit/64bit)

CutterArbitrarily cut and clip audios in diffrent formats. Many effects, such as fade in/out, speed adjustment, music mixing, are available.

ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

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② How to convert YouTube music to MP3 with Renee Audio Tools?

With the audio recording function of Renee Audio Tools, you can directly record and save the music on YouTube as an MP3 file. Let’s take a look at the operation steps in detail below.

Step 1: After downloading and installing, run Renee Audio Tools, and click the option Recorder on the main page.

Step 2: Next, in the recording interface, you can set Record From, Output format and Output Directory. Here you can check the Computer sounds option as the sound source. Click the Record button after the setting is complete.

select computer sounds and output format in renee audio recorder

Step 3: After that, play the YouTube music you want to save in MP3 format, and the software will record it, which is very fast and convenient. You can pause or continue at any time during the recording process. After the recording is completed, click the Stop button, and the recorded music will be saved in the preset path in MP3 file format, which is very convenient.

In addition, if you want to further edit YouTube music, you can return to the homepage of Renee Audio Tools, and select the corresponding function module to perform personalized editing operations on music files.

Renee Audio Tools functions:
Recorder: Support recording computer sound and microphone sound.
Cutter: Support cutting audio clips, adjusting audio playback speed, adjusting sound beam and volume, etc.
Joiner: Merge multiple audio files into one complete file.
Converter: It can realize the conversion between various audio file formats, and also provides functional modules such as cutting, adjusting speed, changing voice, mixing, and ID3 editor.
Video to MP3: Convert video to audio formats such as MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A, etc.
ID3 Tag editor: Edit the detailed information of audio files, such as song name, artist, album, year, genre, etc.
Transfer to iTunes: Add audio files to iTunes.
CD Ripper: Extract the audio files from the CD and save them to your computer.
CD burner: Burn audio files from your computer to CD.