YouTube Not Working on Mac OS X 10.11 EL Capitan and 10.12 macOS Sierra? Fixed

If you have upgraded your Mac OS, you might encounter that YouTube not working on Mac OS X 10.11 EL Capitan or 10.12 macOS Sierra. In some case, you get errors like "YouTube cannot play", or get black screen when play YouTube on Mac OS X 10.11 and 10.12. No worry! Here is the complete solution to solve YouTube problems on Mac OS X EL Capitan and macOS sierra.

Part 1. Troubleshooting on YouTube Not Working on Mac OS X 10.11 EL Capitan

Problem 1. “Adobe Flash Player is required for Video Playback”

This is one of the top errors experienced by almost all Mac OS X 10.11 users when they try to access videos on YouTube especially when using the safari browser. How do you solve this problem? Let`s look at 3 simple solutions

Solution 1. Check to see if you are opted into HTML 5 trial on your safari browser. If yes, opt out of HTML 5 and you will be able to access YouTube again.

Solution 2. The next possible solution involves resetting your browser. After this, go to utilities and repair the disk options.

Solution 3. If the above two options do not solve your problem, click on the “Get the latest flash player” to start downloading Adobe Flash Player for Mac OS X. Install it and then restart YouTube to see if the issue is solved.

Problem 2. Failure of YouTube Videos to Play on Mac

Sometimes it’s possible to experience problems where the takes a long time to load, it has a choppy playback or fails to play. The possible cause for this problem might be lying on your browser, JavaScript, source video quality as well as browser cache. There are several possible solutions to this problem as well:

Solution 1. Clear your browser`s cache, cookies and browsing history.

Solution 2. You can also try refreshing your browser window by pressing the Command+R or F5 key.

Solution 3. Also, try upgrading your browser to the latest version to see if it will solve the issue.

Solution 4. If all the above solutions fail to work, try enabling JavaScript by clicking on the settings button found on your browser’s toolbar icon. Select advanced settings>privacy>content settings>Allow sites to run JavaScript. Finally click OK, refresh your browser and enjoy watching your videos.

Problem 3. Fixing the" YouTube Videos Won't Play Now" Error

Sometimes a black screen may pop up with the message that the YouTube videos cannot be displayed, it is often accompanied by some troubleshooting do- it – yourself steps to follow that often don't work.

If so, here are two proven ways that will ensure that the YouTube videos will load without the black player or the black screen display appearing.

Solution 1
· Uninstall the current Flash player in your Macintosh.
· Download the latest version of Adobe and reinstall it.
· Navigate the Mac finder to Applications folder -> Utilities -> Select Disk Utilities.
· After selecting your hard drive initiate the Repair Disk Permissions.

Solution 2
· In your Safari application in Mac, right-click the icon, and from its menu, click" Get Info."
· Open in 32–bit mode by clicking the check box right next to open.
· Close the Safari Information window.
· Change Safari browser settings by resetting them.
· The black screen should disappear, and YouTube videos will start working on your Mac.

Problem 4. No Audio/ Sound from YouTube Videos

Sometimes the audio of a YouTube video you are watching can't be found, due to it being embedded with music that has been copyrighted, but if this problem is prevalent in every video that you play, here is a trick that will work in no time.

Solution
· In the screen's top– left corner, click on the Apple Logo and open the Application Folder.
· Go to Other/ Flash Player folder -> Advanced option then choose delete all.
· Reinstall the Adobe Flash Player into your Mac.
· Check and adjust the YouTube player's volume.
· Empty the Caches.
· Perform the Flash Player upgrade.
· Change Safari browser settings by resetting them and then uncheck the "Remove saved passwords and names" box.

Problem 5. YouTube Not Working On Mac’s Safari Browser

Sometimes YouTube videos may suddenly stop playing on your Mac, either due to upgrading the browser (Yosemite 10.10.1 update is rumored to cause this problem) or through other factors.

Some other features that may have been disabled include clicking the "like: icon and commenting on the videos.

If you have tried other solutions like clearing cache/cookies/history and uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version of Adobe flash with no luck, here are some tips that will ensure that the videos resume working on Safari once again.

Solution
· Before playing your YouTube Videos, restart Safari Browser.
· Make sure you close the HTML 5 Trial in order to get rid of the YouTube loading error in Safari.
· Press the Command + space to access Disk Utility and press enter.
· Initiate Repair Disk permissions.
· Finally, you should check for plugins in your Safari Browser that may be preventing automatic YouTube videos loading.

Now that you have learned how to solve the issue of YouTube not working on Mac OS X 10.11 EL Capitan, let`s shift our focus on how you can download YouTube videos and save them on your computer`s storage so that you can access them at all times.

Part 2. How to Download YouTube Videos on Mac for Free

Step 1. Install the Program

Download and install the program. After installation is over, run the application.

Step 2. Download YouTube Videos

On the main interface, open the video you would like to download in your preferred browser. There are three ways for you to choose to download videos.

1) The "Download" button shows up on your video page which you can click to start the download process.

2) Copy the URL and click on the "Paste URL" button on the program.

3) The last way is dragging the video URL into the program's dock icon.