Downie 4.7.28

Sep 6, 2024

• Improved: bilibili.tv, cbc.ca, cnn.com, nytimes.com, pluto.tv, radio-canada.ca, spiegel.tv.
• Improved: Custom Integrations now allow setting header fields for encryption key loads for HLS Streams.

Downie 4.7.27

Aug 29, 2024

• New: Experimental: option to write cover image to supported formats.
• New: noovo.info, playlist.servicecdn.ru, podcasts.apple.com.
• Improved: 9c9media.com, bilibili.com, cnn.com, dr.dk, nfb.ca, olympic.com, pluto.tv, radio-canada.ca, rozhlas.cz, soundcloud.com, spiegel.de, tvp.pl, tubi.tv, twitter.com, vk.com, videolectures.net, vimeo.com, xiaohongshu.com.

Downie 4.7.26

Aug 7, 2024

• Improved: docs.google.com, nrk.no, rtbf.be, rumble.com, vk.com, youtube.com

Downie 4.7.25

Aug 2, 2024

• Improved: youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issues with sending HLS Streams using VP9 video format to Permute.

Downie 4.7.24

Jul 31, 2024

• Improved: bilibili.com, douyin.com, nu.nl, streamyard.com, youtube.com, zoom.us.
• Improved: Reliability of stopping live streams.
• New: Experimental option to change the default chunk size.

Downie 4.7.23

Jul 24, 2024

• Improved: areena.yle.fi, bilibili.com, bitchute.com, wistia.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.7.22

Jul 18, 2024

• Improved: soundcloud.com, stv.tv.

Downie 4.7.21

Jul 9, 2024

• New: ptsplus.tv
• Improved: bilibili.com, france.tv, cctv.com, tv4play.se, youtube.com

Downie 4.7.20

Jul 4, 2024

• Improved: Metadata extraction from Linked Data.
• Improved: areena.yle.fi, bbc.com, bilibili.com, facebook.com, svtplay.se, tubi.tv, youtube.com.

Downie 4.7.19

Jun 26, 2024

• New: streamyard.com
• Improved: areena.yle.fi, bilibili.com, facebook.com, ibm.com, kakao.com, twitter.com, vimeo.com, viu.com, youtube.com
• Improved: Downie now handles missing downloads folder better.
• Improved: Image downloads in the User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.7.18

Jun 18, 2024

• Improved: areena.yle.fi, arte.tv, bilibili.com, france.tv, mixcloud.com, stv.tv, soundcloud.com, viu.com, x.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Restarting a download with custom-selected resolution now attempts to re-select the same resolution.
• Improved: Subtitle downloads can now reuse certain cached resources.

Downie 4.7.17

Jun 3, 2024

• Improved: bilibili.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Chapters missing in M4A files.

Downie 4.7.16

May 31, 2024

• Improved: cctv.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issues with parsing BBC subtitles.
• Improved: Speed of YouTube video preparation.

Downie 4.7.15

May 30, 2024

• New: Bookmarks in User-Guided Extraction can now be synchronized over iCloud.
• New: frame.io, svc.ms
• Improved: Metadata extraction from LD JSON.
• Improved: cnn.com, ixigua.com, npr.org, toutiao.com, twitter.com, youtube.com, x.com.
• Improved: HLS Stream parsing: support for #EXT-X-DEFINE.
• Improved: Clearing separators when generating file names.

Downie 4.7.14

May 20, 2024

• New: You can now click, hold and drag the file out of Downie's main window (for finished downloads).
• Improved: bilibili.com, box.com, cnn.com, douyin.com, reddit.com, tiktok.com, x.com.
• Fixed: Issues with pasting certain text into Downie.
• Changed: The internals of the User-Guided Extraction have been refactored to share the code between macOS and iOS versions of Downie.

Downie 4.7.13

May 8, 2024

• New: Option to disable bandwidth-optimized downloads when using Permute postprocessing with an audio-only preset.
• New: File name can now contain a duration placeholder.
• Improved: ccma.cat, facebook.com, instagram.com, ixigua.com, mtv.com, miguvideo.com, qq.com, reddit.com, svt.se, tiktok.com, vimeo.com, xinpianchang.com, youtube.com, zdf.de.
• Improved: Custom integration now handles async code better.
• Improved: WebVTT subtitle parsing.
• Improved: If available, Downie will pass the audio track title to the final file.
• Changed: If HLS Stream consists of separate video and audio downloads and the video download already contains an audio track, this track is now listed as second so that the selected audio track is played by default in most players.
• Improved: Minor UI improvements.

Downie 4.7.12

Apr 27, 2024

• Improved: arte.tv, box.com, facebook.com, ixigua.com, kakao.com, people.com.cn, twitch.tv, youtube.com.

Downie 4.7.11

Apr 23, 2024

• New: pandavideo.com.br
• Improved: arte.tv, cnn.com, crunchyroll.com, kaltura.com, mtv.com, qq.com, tidal.com, tiktok.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.7.10

Apr 15, 2024

• Changed: Downie will prefer HDR content, even when not in MP4 as long as postprocessing is set to none and MP4 format selection is not being preferred/forced.
• Improved: allocine.fr, douyin.com, facebook.com, history.com, pbs.org, soundcloud.com, vimeo.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.7.9

Apr 8, 2024

• Improved: brightcove.net, globo.com, miguvideo.com, tv5unis.ca, twitch.tv, weibo.com, xinpianchang.com, youtube.com, zee5.com.
• Changed: When multiple download mode is selected for subtitles, selecting subtitles using the Subtitles button on a download now automatically adds the label to the automatically selected subtitles.

Downie 4.7.8

Apr 2, 2024

• New: User-Guided Extraction: HLS Stream manifests now get collapsed.
• New: User-Guided Extraction: HLS Stream root manifests, bigger files and embedded downloads get highlighted in the results.
• New: Link filtering window now allows setting a playlist name and thus considering the results as a playlist.
• Improved: 10play.com.au, instagram.com, iqiyi.com, miguvideo.com, tou.tv, vice.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Progress extended attribute being left on finished files.

Downie 4.7.7

Mar 25, 2024

• New: oceanengine.com.
• Improved: ardmediathek.de, lafabriqueculturelle.tv, loom.com, nhk.or.jp, tiktok.com, ximalaya.com, xinpianchang.com.

Downie 4.7.6

Mar 18, 2024

• New: Support for duration meta field.
• New: amazon.com (shopping product page)
• Improved: dingtalk.com, espn.com, jove.com, nytimes.com, tiktok.com, twitch.tv, vimeo.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.7.5

Mar 8, 2024

• Improved: abema.tv, france.tv, naver.com, tiktok.com, tubitv.com, twitch.tv.
• New: [Experimental] Downie will now generate chapters in resulting files.
• New: [Experimental] Support for custom success/failure sound alerts.

Downie 4.7.4

Feb 27, 2024

• New: foxsports.com.
• Improved: bilibili.com, cc.com, coursera.org, douyin.com, skillshare.com, soundcloud.com, tiktok.com, weibo.com, wetv.vip.

Downie 4.7.3

Feb 2, 2024

• Improved: study.163.com, bilibili.com, facebook.com, franceinfo.fr, linetv.tw, mediadelivery.net, twitch.tv, vk.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issue where some files might have been downloaded with incorrect extension.
• Improved: Automatic audio selection.

Downie 4.7.2

Jan 4, 2024

• Improved: When using Permute integration with an audio-only preset, Downie will now download audio-only.
• Improved: 9gag.com, douyin.com, hotmart.com, kuaishou.com, nzz.ch, qq.com, viu.com, xiaohongshu.com.

Downie 4.7.1

Dec 22, 2023

• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, pluto.tv, wetv.vip, zdf.de.
• Fixed: Custom Integration downloads are now sorted properly by the integration name.
• Improved: Downloads of certain files.

Downie 4.7

Dec 6, 2023

• New: Custom Integrations now allow for code-less integrations with dynamic resource matching. Requires macOS 14 or later.
• Fixed: Issues with renaming files in confirmation dialogs.
• Fixed: Issues with persisting per-download custom destination between launches.
• Improved: arte.tv, bilibili.com, cctv.com, douyu.com, tv5unis.ca, twitter.com, xinpianchang.com.
• Changed: Per-download throttle and subtitle-only downloads are no longer listed under Experimental.
• Improved: Site compatibility in the User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.6.34

Nov 20, 2023

• Improved: 9c9media.com, adultswim.com, bilibili.com, cctv.com, douyin.com, instagram.com, kaltura.com, kuaishou.com, msnbc.com, macworld.com, mediadelivery.net, miguvideo.com, mitele.es, nbc.com, osmosis.org, tv5unis.ca, telecinco.es, twitter.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.6.33

Oct 30, 2023

• Improved: facebook.com, imdb.com, qq.com, tf1info.fr, twitter.com.

Downie 4.6.32

Oct 27, 2023

• New: nick.com
• Improved: iview.abc.net.au, atv.at, dr.dk, douyin.com, tubitv.com, vk.com, wsj.com.
• Improved: DASH Stream downloads that refer a single file with byte ranges.
• Improved: HLS Stream downloads that refer a single file with byte ranges.
• Fixed: Crash on macOS 14.2.

Downie 4.6.31

Oct 13, 2023

• Improved: cztv.com, dr.dk, dailymotion.com, nhk.or.jp, qq.com, tv5unis.ca.

Downie 4.6.30

Sep 28, 2023

• Changed: Downie now requires macOS 10.14.6 or later.
• Fixed: Crash under macOS 14 when running Downie just in the menu bar.
• Fixed: Crash under macOS 11 on Apple Silicon.
• Improved: facebook.com, pinterest.com, twitter.com, vk.com.

Downie 4.6.29

Sep 26, 2023

• Changed: macOS 10.13 support is currently suspended due to a bug in the latest Xcode 15. It will be resumed once Apple fixes the bug.
• Improved: bilibili.com, iq.com.

Downie 4.6.28

Sep 25, 2023

• Improved: arte.tv, baidu.com, blick.ch, ccma.cat, cda.pl, cnn.com, documaniatv.com, douyin.com, douyu.com, iqiyi.com, mixcloud.com, nova.cz, osmosis.org, rtbf.be, tv4play.se, twitter.com, youtube.com.
• Changed: Downie now uses TS container for live stream downloads as default.
• Improved: Added support for inlined encryption keys in HLS Stream manifests.
• Improved: Proxy support for certain HLS Stream downloads.

Downie 4.6.27

Sep 12, 2023

• Improved: baidu.com, cda.pl, cnn.com, domestika.org, douyin.com, svtplay.se, twitter.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.6.26

Sep 5, 2023

• Improved: cnn.com, goplay.be, loom.com, mlb.com, srf.ch, sohu.com, twitter.com, vimeo.com, xiaohongshu.com, youtube.com, youku.com, zoom.us.
• Fixed: Issue where custom destination may not be used in case of playlists and other non-direct links.

Downie 4.6.25

Aug 10, 2023

• Improved: globalnews.ca, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Temporary files being left behind.

Downie 4.6.24

Aug 7, 2023

• Improved: facebook.com, ibm.com, youtube.com

Downie 4.6.23

Aug 1, 2023

• Improved: afreecatv.com, dingtalk.com, douyin.com, facebook.com, nbc.com.
• Improved: Performance with larger downloads.

Downie 4.6.22

Jul 17, 2023

• Improved: abema.tv, motogp.com, twitter.com, weibo.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Support for WebM in HLS Streams.

Downie 4.6.21

Jul 14, 2023

• Improved: afreecatv.com, crunchyroll.com, itv.com, kuaishou.com, mlb.com, twitch.com, twitter.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.6.20

Jul 3, 2023

• New: kick.com
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, cctv.com, douyin.com, dropbox.com, instagram.com, pinterest.com, pluto.tv, today.com, twitch.tv, twitter.com, xinpianchang.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issue with a file being sent to Permute twice.

Downie 4.6.19

Jun 23, 2023

• Improved: bilibili.com, mediadelivery.net, people.com.cn, rtbf.be, radiocanada.ca, vimeo.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.6.18

Jun 14, 2023

• New: mediadelivery.net, telegram.com, yiche.com
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, bokecc.com, corriere.it, douyu.com, formula1.com, mgtv.com, itv.com, instagram.com, iqiyi.com, medici.tv, miguvideo.com, mitele.es, odysee.com, rumble.com, tf1info.fr, twitter.com, viu.com, youku.com, zoom.us
• Fixed: Issue with separate video and audio downloads not being sent to Permute.
• Various other improvements and fixes.

Downie 4.6.17

May 17, 2023

• New: melon.com, sbs.co.kr.
• Improved: floracing.com, osmosis.org, rtlxl.nl, twitter.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Support for Content-Disposition HTTP header.
• Fixed: Issue where Downie would re-encode DASH Stream downloads with WebM video into MP4 even with postprocessing set to none.
• Fixed: Issue where Downie wouldn't properly embed AAC in MP4 container after download.

Downie 4.6.16

May 3, 2023

• Improved: developer.apple.com, globalnews.ca, mitele.es, twitter.com, vzan.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.6.15

Apr 25, 2023

• New: Experimental: Option to download subtitles only.
• New: wavve.com
• Improved: afreecatv.com., arte.tv, cnn.com, dr.dk, globo.com, ibm.com, instagram.com, iwara.tv, qq.com, weibo.com
• Improved: Issues with YouTube download speeds.
• Improved: Live HLS Stream download stability.
• Fixed: Issue with downloads with Low priority starting first.
• Fixed: Issue where Safari would pass the link twice to Downie when passing cookies along.

Downie 4.6.14

Apr 12, 2023

• New: goplay.be.
• Improved: bilibili.com, cnn.com, douyin.com, knowledge.ca, screencast.com, twitter.com, vk.com, xiaohongshu.com, youtube.com, zoom.us.
• Improved: Metadata extraction from Linked Data JSON.
• Fixed: Issues with certain HLS Stream manifests.
• Fixed: Issues with Cloudflare checks on macOS 13.
• Fixed: UI issues with pasting rich text into the file name template text field.

Downie 4.6.13

Mar 30, 2023

• New: tv5unis.ca
• Improved: instagram.com, rtbf.be, twitch.tv, wdr.de, youtube.com
• Improved: Audio-only postprocessing in case audio was available in multiple languages.
• Improved: Permute postprocessing.
• Improved: HLS Stream extraction and analysis.
• Improved: Duplicate link detection in the User-Guided Extraction.
• Improved: JavaScript bookmark support in the User-Guided Extraction.
• Changed: Downie now displays a badge on its Dock icon with the number of finished downloads.

Downie 4.6.12

Mar 22, 2023

• Improved: cnn.com, sbs.com.au, youtube.com, zoom.us.
• Improved: Reliability of HLS Streams and Permute integration.

Downie 4.6.11

Mar 17, 2023

• New: ekstrabladet.dk, qub.ca.
• Improved: bilibili.tv, bl.uk, digntalk.com, instagram.com, pluralsight.com, rtvslo.si, sbs.com.au, tv4play.se, ibm.com, viu.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Subtitle downloads.
• Improved: HLS Stream caching.

Downie 4.6.10

Feb 28, 2023

• New: tvcf.co.kr
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, prx.org, qq.com
• Fixed: Slow YouTube downloads.
• Many unused integrations were removed.

Downie 4.6.9

Feb 24, 2023

• New: Wizard for installing Chrome browser extension - guides you through the entire process and does most of the work for you. Requires macOS 13 or later.
• Improved: dailymotion.com, douyin.com, nhk.or.jp, rtbf.be, weibo.tv, xiaohongshu.com.

Downie 4.6.8

Feb 15, 2023

• New: Audio format preference option which allows selection between M4A, MP3 and Original Format.
• New: Bookmarks in the User-Guided Extraction now allow editing the link and support JavaScript bookmarklets to be stored in them.
• Improved: afreeca.tv, arte.tv, bilibili.com, instagram.com, mitele.es, vimeo.com, vzan.com, zoom.com.

Downie 4.6.7

Feb 3, 2023

• New: kanopy.com
• New: Experimental: option to pass cookies from Safari. See Downie's help for more information.
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, britishpathe.com, msn.com, tiktok.com, twitter.com.
• Improved: HLS Stream downloads.
• Improved: Bandwidth throttle now allows speeds below 1MB/s.

Downie 4.6.6

Jan 23, 2023

• New: 9gag.com, flickr.com, rtvs.sk.
• Improved: bilibili.com, dw.de, ina.fr, nhk.or.jp, qq.com, rtl.nl, vimeo.com, xiaohongshu.com.
• Improved: WebVTT parsing.

Downie 4.6.5

Jan 11, 2023

• New: Experimental feature for throttling downloads. See Preferences > Experimental.
• New: Share extension.
• New: tagesschau.de.
• Improved: arte.tv, bilibili.com, douyin.com, docs.google.com, ina.fr, instagram.com, kuaishou.com, rts.ch, twitter.com, vimeo.com.
• Fixed: Issues with non-live HLS Streams being downloaded into TS container.
• Fixed: Issue where Downie may not prompt login for embedded downloads.
• Changed: Downie will now check portrait video resolution as if rotated 90 degrees.

Downie 4.6.4

Dec 29, 2022

• New: stv.tv, tv5monde.com.
• Improved: bilibili.com, douyin.com, ertflix.com, hotmart.com, iesdouyin.com, oe1.at, tvp.pl, tver.jp, tele5.de, twitch.tv, twitter.com, vimeo.com, viu.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction and Cloudflare under macOS versions prior to macOS 11.

Downie 4.6.3

Dec 13, 2022

• New: mytvsuper.com.
• New: History window now allows manually adding all downloads from the queue with a single click.
• Improved: bilibili.com, cnn.com, documania.tv, facebook.com, floracing.com, history.com, itv.com, ixigua.com, magentamusik.de, miaopai.com, rtve.es, tv4play.se, twitcasting.com, vimeo.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Metadata collection for embedded downloads.
• Fixed: Issues where HLS Streams with AC3 audio would fail to properly download.
• Fixed: Custom integrations delayed execution.

Downie 4.6.2

Nov 21, 2022

• Improved: itv.com, odysee.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.6.1

Nov 18, 2022

• New: floracing.com, gamer.tw.
• New: Custom integrations now support post-load delay for execution.
• New: Custom integrations now support description metadata field.
• New: Custom integrations now allow passing a context dictionary between themselves.
• Improved: arte.tv, bilibili.com, crunchyroll.com, douyin.com, itv.com, iqiyi.com, omny.com, reddit.com, soundcloud.com, uktvplay.co.uk, youtube.com.
• Improved: Live streams that are downloaded as TS containers will now convert to MP4 when postprocessing is set to MP4.

Downie 4.6

Oct 21, 2022

• New: Live streams can now use MPEG TS container that is safer to use in case of power failure.
• New: Custom Integrations now support subtitles.
• New: Option to interrupt live streams on low disk space.
• New: bbcrewind.co.uk, dlive.tv
• Improved: afreecatv.com, americastestkitchen.com, markiza.sk, stream.cz, tver.jp, youtube.com.
• Improved: Support for Dolby Atmos in HLS Streams.
• Downie now checks for AdLock running as it is known to fail YouTube downloads.

Downie 4.5.11

Sep 30, 2022

• Changed: Downie now requires macOS 10.13 or later.
• New: osmosis.org
• New: Link filtering dialog now includes search queries.
• Improved: bandcamp.com, facebook.com, kuaishou.com, loom.com, mojevideo.sk, nova.cz, people.cn, rtplay.pt, rtve.es, ximalaya.com
• Improved: WebVTT subtitles parsing.

Downie 4.5.10

Sep 6, 2022

• New: ibm.com, kuaishou.com, screencast.com
• Improved: WebVTT subtitle parsing.
• Improved: Support for HEVC video and Dolby Atmos audio within HLS Streams.
• Improved: HLS Stream parsing.
• Fixed: Malformed chapter information in JSON metadata files.
• Fixed: Issues with extracting JSON configurations from HTML source code.
• Fixed: Audio issues on certain sites.

Downie 4.5.9

Aug 24, 2022

• New: domestika.org
• Improved: bilibili.com, instagram.com, toutiao.com, xinpianchang.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issue where the queue with larger count of downloads could get stuck.
• Improved: File extension handling for unknown file types.
• Improved: HLS Stream live stream detection.
• Improved: Support for HLS Streams where the subtitles are embedded in the video track.

Downie 4.5.8

Aug 17, 2022

• New: History window now allows manually adding downloads from the queue.
• New: magentamusik.de.
• Improved: arte.tv, bilibili.com, dw.com, douyin.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, pptv.com, toutiao.com, ximalaya.com.
• Fixed: Issue where retrying downloads provided by custom integrations would add additional downloads into the queue.
• Improved: Support for HLS Stream and SMIL manifests.
• Improved: You can now set stop date for live streams even before starting the stream itself.

Downie 4.5.7

Jul 29, 2022

• New: Option to add a stop date for live stream downloads.
• New: CSV/XML import now supports direct file links.
• Fixed: Download's prirority not being persisted inbetween launches.
• Improved: areena.yle.fi, bfmtv.com, cbs.com, cuatro.com, douyin.com, facebook.com, funimation.com, instagram.com, prosieben.de, rtpplay.pt, toutiao.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.5.6

Jun 30, 2022

• New: Link confirmation dialog now allows changing destination for all the downloads at once.
• New: areena.yle.fi, raiplaysound.it
• Improved: bilibili.com, cbs.com, douyin.com, ispot.tv, ndr.de, raywenderlich.com, toutiao.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Crash when manually saving a thumbnail.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction's compatibility with CloudFlare checks.

Downie 4.5.5

Jun 14, 2022

• Improved: nhk.or.jp, nrk.no, qq.com, rtve.es, reddit.com.
• Fixed: Downie will no longer write empty .srt file when using the option to keep original format.
• Fixed: Crash on macOS 13 Ventura. ⚠️ Please keep in mind that this is still a developer beta. It's a pre-release OS build intended for developers to test their apps on their secondary devices. I stress out developer and secondary. I strongly discourage users to update their main devices to the betas. Note that pre-release OS versions are not officially supported. See this blog post for details: https://blog.charliemonroe.net/pre-release-macos-ios-ipados-compatibility/

Downie 4.5.4

Jun 7, 2022

• New: dingtalk.com
• Improved: aparat.com, bbc.co.uk, bandcamp.com, douyin.com, dr.dk, formula1.com, instagram.com, mitele.es, pinterest.com, toutiao.com, youku.com, zoom.com

Downie 4.5.3

May 23, 2022

• Improved: bbc.co.uk, cbs.com, mitele.es, mixcloud.com, nhk.or.jp, pinterest.com, rumble.com, vzan.com, zdf.de

Downie 4.5.2

May 11, 2022

• New: videostreamingsolutions.net, zxx.edu.cn
• New: Custom integrations now support separate video and audio streams.
• New: Reworked preferences UI on macOS 11 or later.
• New: Images popover in the User-Guided Extraction now has options when to clear the results.
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, cbs.com, cnn.com, funimation.com, hotmart.com, iqiyi.com, mitele.es, panopto.eu, pluralsight.com, rtve.es, rumble.com, theplatform.com, viki.com, vimeo.com, vzan.com, youtube.com, zdf.de.
• Improved: Heuristics for guessing the correct HTTP headers for direct downloads.
• Improved: HLS Stream manifest caching.
• Fixed: Issue where the option to confirm destination folder would create a folder with the download name.

Downie 4.5.1

Apr 25, 2022

• New: If the option to review destination is enabled, the confirmation panel now also contains field for the file name.
• New: QuickLook window now contains previous and next buttons (can be triggered using ⌘-left/right arrow).
• Improved: atresplayer.com, bbc.co.uk, medici.tv, miguvideo.com, qq.com, tver.jp, tiktok.com, toutiao.com, vimeo.com, vzan.com
• Improved: Downloading subtitles manually no longer blocks the UI.
• Fixed: Issues with parsing WebVTT subtitles.
• Improved: Improved notifications on macOS 11 and later.
• Improved: Updating the address field in the User-Guided Extraction when the address gets modified by the webpage.

Downie 4.5

Apr 12, 2022

• New: Option to confirm download destination for each download.
• New: For audio-only downloads, you can now define titles to prefer in Preferences > Subtitles & Audio.
• New: CSV and XML imports now support specifying custom destination.
• Improved: The menu bar icon can now be right-clicked or force-clicked for menu. The menu has been improved to contain more actions.
• Changed: Second-generation web view is no longer an experimental feature and is used on macOS 11 or later.
• New: lumni.fr
• Improved: 56.com, ardmediathek.de, arte.tv, bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, espn.com, facebook.com, odysee.com, mashable.com, miguvideo.com, naver.com, tver.jp, twitter.com, vzan.com, wwe.com, ximalaya.com, xinpianchang.com, youku.com.
• Fixed: Issues with certain WebVTT subtitles.
• Improved: DASH Stream parsing - subtitles in DASH Streams are now supported.
• Improved: Overall performance during downloads has been optimized.
• Improved: Saving and restoring downloads.
• Fixed: Issue where pop up windows in the User-Guided Extraction could eat up some memory even after closed.

Downie 4.4.11

Mar 24, 2022

• New: miguvideo.com, studiouniversal.net.
• Improved: bbc.com, douyin.com, imooc.com, instagram.com, jove.com, ncaa.com, pbs.org, twitter.com, viu.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.4.10

Mar 10, 2022

• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, cntv.com, linkedin.com, vimeo.com, vzan.com, wdr.de, xiaohongshu.com, xinpianchang.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.4.9

Feb 27, 2022

• New: 🇺🇦 Option in Preferences > Appearance to show solidarity with Ukraine by placing Ukrainian flag over app's icon.
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, cc.com, nrk.no.
• Improved: DASH stream parsing.

Downie 4.4.8

Feb 21, 2022

• New: Added "Download ID" placeholder in the file name formatting.
• New: Support for HTTP basic authentication in User-Guided Extraction (requires macOS 11 or later).
• Improved: acast.com, daserste.de nbc.com, pinterest.com, soundcloud.com, toutiao.com, vzaar.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.4.7

Feb 8, 2022

• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, nbc.com, nicovideo.jp, ted.com, tf1.fr, twitter.com, usanetwork.com, vimeo.com
• Improved: Low disk space check and warning.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction processing.

Downie 4.4.6

Jan 25, 2022

• New: YouTube now has an option not to reverse the order of playlists.
• New: In Safari, you can press Control-Option-Shift-D to send all tabs in the current window to Downie.
• Improved: boomplay.com, fox.com, france.tv, instagram.com, people.com, pinterest.com, wikimedia.org, zee5.com.
• Improved: HLS Stream support.

Downie 4.4.5

Jan 14, 2022

• New: License code activation and deactivation automation possibility. See help for more information.
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, douyin.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.4.4

Jan 7, 2022

• New: boomplay.com, youmaker.com.
• Improved: bbc.cok.uk, cntv.com, douyin.com, olympics.com, vimeo.com.

Downie 4.4.3

Dec 29, 2021

• Improved: abema.tv, ceskatelevize.cz, coursera.org, douyin.com, pptv.com, tvcbook.com, tiktok.com, zdf.de.

Downie 4.4.2

Dec 22, 2021

• New: Siri Shortcut support for downloading links via Downie.
• Improved: Responsiveness when clearing larger number of completed downloads.
• Improved: bbc.com, bilibili.com, cctv.com, ceskatelevize.cz, douyin.com, iqiyi.com, nova.cz, vrt.be, youtube.com.
• Improved: HLS Stream support.
• Improved: Cancelling downloads.

Downie 4.4.1

Dec 9, 2021

• New: New design for the support dialog.
• Improved: bilibili.com, douyin.com, jove.com, mlb.com, mediaset.it, nrk.no, olympic.com, srf.ch, vidyard.com, vimeo.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.4

Nov 30, 2021

• New: Major performance improvements when dealing with many downloads in the queue.
• New: Custom Integrations Market - create custom integrations and share them with other users.
• New: Manage locally stored site data (cookies, local storage, session storage). You no longer need to clear all cookies, but can delete them selectively.
• New: pinterest.com.
• Improved: ard.de, antenna.gr, bilibili.com, douyin.com, imomoe.com, prx.org, screencastify.com, srf.ch, servustv.com, tiktok.com, urplay.se, vimeo.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.3.9

Nov 16, 2021

• New: nhk.or.jp.
• New: (BETA): Custom Integrations are now extended with a marketplace where you can share your custom integrations and download some from others.
• New: Custom Downie URLs has been extended to include a custom destination folder.
• New: You can now export and import history.
• New: Advanced preferences now contain a reset button.
• Improved: 10play.com.au, instagram.com, nbc.com, nrk.no, naver.com, people.com.cn, rtbf.be, youtube.com, zoom.us.
• Improved: Queue resetting.
• Improved: Queue persistence.
• Improved: iCloud history synchronization.
• Improved: YouTube search integration.

Downie 4.3.8

Nov 3, 2021

• New: Muting video is now supported in the second generation web view and Downie will also mute this web view for Custom Integrations and other background uses to prevent accidental audio.
• New: Custom Integration can now mark download not to use chunked downloads.
• New: Support for YouTube's SRV3 subtitles format.
• New: Postprocessing now uses hardware-accelerated AAC encoder.
• New: mediaservices.windows.net.
• Changed: Non-native HLS Stream downloads now copy both video and audio tracks (without re-encoding).
• Improved: br.de, bilibili.com, vzan.com, weibo.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Support for corrupted timestamps in WebVTT subtitles supplied by rts.ch.
• Improved: Support for HLS Streams with EXT-X-MAP tag.
• Improved: Custom Integration logging - Downie now shows in Console messages it receives and the overall life cycle of the integration.

Downie 4.3.7

Oct 22, 2021

• New: newgrounds.com, vzan.com.
• Improved: box.com, formula.com, weibo.com, youtube.com, zdf.de.
• Improved: WebVTT subtitles support.
• Changed: On macOS 11 or later, Downie uses 2nd generation webview component by default in both the User-Guided Extraction and in internal link processing.

Downie 4.3.6

Oct 15, 2021

• Improved: dr.dk, instagram.com, tiktok.com, vidol.tv, youtube.com.
• Changed: The 2nd generation web view component is now used by default on macOS 11 and later.

Downie 4.3.5

Oct 11, 2021

• Fixed: Slow download speeds from YouTube.
• Improved: rtve.es.

Downie 4.3.4

Oct 5, 2021

• New: Support for authors and show name meta fields in custom integrations.
• New: screencastify.com.
• Improved: bbc.com, douyin.com, loom.com, nfb.ca, tvr.es, vrt.be, vimeo.com.
• Fixed: Issue where subtitles would get downloaded twice with custom postprocessing.
• Fixed: Postprocessing for AV1 YouTube downloads.
• Fixed: An issue where Downie could crash when holding down the Option key during launch.

Downie 4.3.3

Sep 22, 2021

• Improved: bilibili.com, douyin.com, formula1.com, funimation.com, mgtv.com, tiktok.com, vk.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Subtitles support in the User-Guided Extraction when the MIME type is reported as plain text.

Downie 4.3.2

Sep 15, 2021

• New: Priority can now be set to "Manual Download" which causes the download sit in the queue until manually started.
• New: Per-site quality option is now available.
• New: Export PDF in User-Guided Extraction.
• New: bigo.tv, panopto.eu.
• Improved: abcnews.go.com, abema.tv, bbc.com, cbc.ca, cda.pl, douyin.com, funimation.com, imomoe.com, ixigua.com, odysee.com, music.163.com, naver.com, nova.cz, orf.at, rtlxl.nl, rutube.ru, servustv.com, thisvid.com, vidyard.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: HLS Stream parsing.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction size estimation.

Downie 4.3.1

Aug 19, 2021

• New: New: kuaishou.com.
• Improved: abema.tv, douyin.com, ettoday.net, france.tv, music.163.com, servustv.com, tf1.fr.
• Improved: Subtitle file naming.

Downie 4.3

Aug 10, 2021

• New: The User-Guided Extraction can now use the next generation web view. See Preferences > Experimental for details.
• New: Custom integrations now support reporting multiple resolutions - please use the qualities field instead of the url field now. Consult documentation within the help article for details.
• New: Custom integrations now support setting custom HTTP header fields. Consult documentation within the help article for details.
• New: awwwards.com, ondemandchina.com.
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, france.tv, hotmart.com, iqiyi.com, olympics.com, tf1.fr, viu.com.
• Improved: WebVTT parsing.

Downie 4.2.10

Jul 28, 2021

• Improved: arte.tv, france.tv, iprima.cz, nicovideo.jp, vrt.be.
• Improved: Custom integrations.

Downie 4.2.9

Jul 21, 2021

• New: Custom integrations now can embed other custom integrations.
• New: Custom integrations preference pane now provides a console for easier debugging.
• New: Custom integrations can now log any object, not just a string.
• New: Option for Permute integration to remove original file after conversion (requires Permute 3.6.6 or later).
• New: Support for MPEG-Audio (.mpga) links.
• Improved: bilibili.com, daxab.com, dw.com, frace.tv, instagram.com, iqiyi.com, msn.com, oplympics.com, pluto.tv, qq.com, viki.com, weibo.com, youku.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.2.8

Jul 1, 2021

• Improved: bilibili.com, douyin.com, dumpert.nl, instagram.com, iqiyi.com, ixigua.com, odysee.com, nbc.com, srf.ch, viafree.se, ximalaya.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Stability improvements.

Downie 4.2.7

Jun 17, 2021

• Improved: acfun.cn, arte.tv, bilibili.com, canalplus.com, crunchyroll.com, iqiyi.com, ixigua.com, linkedin.com, mixcloud.com.

Downie 4.2.6

Jun 2, 2021

• New: fembed.com..
• Improved: acfun.cn, crunchyroll.com, kaltura.com, knowledge.ca, oe1.orf.at, pluto.tv, rtplay.pt, soundcloud.com, twitch.tv, ustream.tv, youtube.com.

Downie 4.2.5

May 18, 2021

• New: cctalk.com.
• Improved: cbc.ca, developer.apple.com, facebook.com, globalnews.ca, itv.com, ixigua.com, ispot.tv, odysee.com, mediaset.it, nicovideo.jp, oe1.at, rtplay.pt, tvcbook.com, viafree.se, toutiao.com, videakid.hu, youku.com.

Downie 4.2.4

Apr 28, 2021

• New: The JSON metadata now includes chapter information.
• New: pbslearningmedia.org.
• Improved: 7plus.com.au, espn.com, ixigua.com, odysee.com, rtpplay.pt, radio-canada.ca, soundcloud.com, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issue when subtitles might not be downloaded under certain circumstances.

Downie 4.2.3

Apr 16, 2021

• New: The JSON metadata now includes information about audio.
• New: Custom integrations can now define ID group in the regex. See help for more information.
• New: inflearn.com.
• Improved: bilibili.com, itv.com, iqiyi.com, ixigua.com, mitele.es, mixcloud.com, nbc.com, nrk.no, rtpplay.pt, srf.ch, svtplay.se, sproutvideo.com, telecinco.es, today.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.2.2

Apr 7, 2021

• Improved: douyu.com, hotstar.com, iqiyi.com, youtube.com, youku.com, zoom.com.

Downie 4.2.1

Mar 30, 2021

• New: la7.it, odysee.com.
• Improved: 1tv.ru, arte.tv, crunchyroll.com, francetv.fr, mediaset.it, nationalgeographic.com, sbs.com.au, vimeo.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.2

Mar 16, 2021

• Improved: bilibili.com, cc.com, coub.com, foxbusiness.com, france.tv, mixcloud.com, music.163.com, qq.com, rtp.pt, rai.it, svtplay.se, youtube.com, zype.com.
• Many other minor improvements and bug fixes.

Downie 4.1.20

Mar 3, 2021

• ⚠️ Note: This is the last release to support RTMP streaming (scheduled to be removed in v4.2). If you are relying on RTMP-based streaming from some sites, please contact support.
• Improved: ccn.com, facebook.com, linetv.tw, oreilly.com, rumble.com.

Downie 4.1.19

Feb 24, 2021

• New: Custom integrations can now be imported and exported.
• New: Custom integrations now support logging (see help for more information).
• New: Custom integrations now have a GitHub repo (https://github.com/charlieMonroe/DownieCustomIntegrations/).
• Improved: bilibili.com, imomoe.ai, twitch.tv, urplay.se.

Downie 4.1.18

Feb 17, 2021

• New: tango.me.
• Fixed: medici.tv, puhutv.com, rtp.pt, twitch.tv, vimeo.com, weibo.com.

Downie 4.1.17

Feb 9, 2021

• New: Custom integrations now support embedded links via `window.downie.reportEmbeddedDownload(download)`
• New: Custom integrations help article now includes a real-world example.
• New: Now-deprecated RTMP downloads will show a warning in the UI so that you can easily identify them.
• Improved: facebook.com, instagram.com, svtplay.se, vlive.tv, youtube.com.
• Fixed: Issue where Downie could erroneously select an audio-only rendition.
• Fixed: Many issues with custom integrations.

Downie 4.1.16

Feb 2, 2021

• 🧪 New (BETA): This update brings a big new feature - custom integrations. You can now create your own handlers for sites that are not supported out of the box. Keep in mind that this feature is currently in beta (final version in v4.2) and the API that Downie provides may change during the beta. You are more than welcome to play with it and provide us with feedback. Your feedback is very important as it can help us shape this feature so that it better suits your needs.
• 🧪 New (BETA): Downie now includes an Automator action "Open URLs in Downie". Keep in mind that this feature is currently in beta (final version in v4.2) and that it may change during the beta. You are more than welcome to play with it and provide us with feedback or requests for additional Automator actions.
• Improved: qq.com, tf1.fr, vidol.tv, vzaar.com, wired.com, wistia.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.1.15

Jan 26, 2021

• New: onlyfans.com.
• New: Korean localization.
• Improved: brightcove.com, kijk.nl, nbc.com, qq.com, rtp.pt, telequebec.tv, urplay.se, vhx.tv, wat.tv.
• Improved: WebVTT subtitle parsing.
• Improved: General download reliability.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.
• Fixed: Postprocessing issues with 8K files.

Downie 4.1.14

Jan 6, 2021

• Improved: ardmediathek.de, vivo.sx, youtube.com.
• Improved: HLS Stream support.

Downie 4.1.13

Dec 29, 2020

• Improved: tv4play.se, vrt.be, vimeo.com.
• Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.

Downie 4.1.12

Dec 22, 2020

• New: pluto.tv, simplecast.com.
• Improved: americastestkitchen.com, bilibili.com, cc.com, facebook.com, mixwiththemasters.com, music.163.com, svt.se, ted.com, urplay.se, vivo.sx.
• Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.

Downie 4.1.11

Dec 9, 2020

• New: Checks for running out of disk space on the destination volume and warns at several levels of low disk space.
• New: Support for upload date and authors in the file name template.
• Improved: 9c9media.com, ardmediathek.de, arte.tv, bbc.co.uk, cookscountry.com, france.tv, facebook.com, docs.google.com, kakao.com, mixwiththemasters.com, nbc.com, qq.com, servustv.com, tf1.fr, vk.com, vod.pl, vrt.be, youtube.com.
• Improved: macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility.

Downie 4.1.10

Nov 26, 2020

• Improved: americastestkitchen.com, box.com, cbs.com, douyu.com, mixwiththemasters.com, servustv.com, tubitv.com, vlive.tv, wired.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Big Sur compatibility.

Downie 4.1.9

Nov 19, 2020

• Universal binary: Runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon machines.
• Improved: macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) compatibility.
• New: Contextual menu in the main window.
• New: servustv.com, twitcasting.tv.
• Improved: aetv.com, bbc.co.uk, cbs.com, msnbc.com, nbc.com, sky.com, sproutvideo.com, tvp.pl, tv4play.se, ibm.com, vrt.be, vlive.tv, youtube.com, zype.com.
• Improved: Parsing of malformed subtitles.
• Improved: Major speed improvements for MP4 postprocessing.

Downie 4.1.8

Oct 29, 2020

• New: dntv.dn.no.
• Improved: gulli.fr, instagram.com, mitele.es, nba.com, nrk.no, sproutvideo.com, tiktok.com, urplay.se, videa.hu.
• Improved: Search functionality.

Downie 4.1.7

Oct 9, 2020

• New: alphatv.gr.
• Improved: mp4upload.com, ok.ru, svtplay.se, ted.com, tv2.no, teamcoco.com, viu.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.1.6

Sep 30, 2020

• New: nrl.com.
• Improved: New: antenna.gr, bbc.co.uk, bandcamp.com, iesdouyin.com, ndr.de, nos.nl, orf.at, sproutvideo.com, tf1.fr, vrt.be, youtube.com.

Downie 4.1.5

Sep 16, 2020

• New: dtu.dk, vivo.sx.
• Improved: bilibili.com, history.com, ixigua.com, msn.com, mixcloud.com, nos.nl, youtube.com, zype.com.

Downie 4.1.4

Sep 3, 2020

• New: snapchat.com.
• Improved: 9now.com.au, arte.tv, bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, box.com, cnubis.com, discovery.com, documaniatv.com, instagram.com, qq.com, rtlxl.nl, tiktok.com, twitch.tv, voot.com.
• Fixed: Issues with live streams.

Downie 4.1.3

Aug 25, 2020

• New: nu.nl, tvn24.pl.
• Improved: 9now.com.au, 10play.com,au, acfun.tv, atresmedia.com, cwtc.com, bfi.org.uk, box.com, discovery.com, instagram.com, rtbf.be, reddit.com, sproutvideo.com, svt.se, vrt.be, youtube.com.

Downie 4.1.2

Aug 11, 2020

• New: zee5.com.
• Improved: bilibili.com, ixigua.com, nytimes.com, ok.ru.

Downie 4.1.1

Aug 3, 2020

• Improved: bbc.co.uk, bilibili.com, facebook.com, gaia.com, nbcnews.com, tvp.pl, tiktok.com, xinpianchang.com.

Downie 4.1

Jul 20, 2020

• New: UI options to disable thumbnails and grid.
• New: Import downloads with custom names from CSV/XML.
• New: Automated mode.
• New: Option to save thumbnails as JPEG.
• New: Ability to swipe-to-remove results from the User-Guided Extraction.
• New: Option to put computer to sleep when done.
• New: Option to force re-encode HLS or DASH streams.
• New: Option to clear User-Guided Extraction history.
• New: 'Open With' menu for completed downloads.
• Improved: cda.pl, instagram.com, tastytrade.com, tiktok.com, tubitv.com, xinpianchang.com.

Downie 4.0.17

Jul 14, 2020

• Improved: bilibili.com, soundcloud.com, tubitv.com, twitch.tv, vlive.tv, wanmen.org, wistia.com.

Downie 4.0.16

Jul 7, 2020

• New: mewatch.sg, zoom.us.
• Improved: 9c9media.com, 10play.com.au, facebook.com, iesdouyin.com, ixigua.com, pbs.org, pluralsight.com, vbox7.com, weibo.com, youtube.com.

Downie 4.0.15

Jun 24, 2020

• New: iq.com.
• New: Show name is now available in filename format.
• New: Displays HDR information for YouTube.
• Improved: at5.nl, douyu.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, ixigua.com, nba.com, nrk.no, rutv.ru, srf.ch, tmz.com, thisoldhouse.com, twitch.tv, youtube.com.

Downie 4.0.14

Jun 10, 2020

• New: daum.net, kakao.com.
• Improved: 7plus.com.au, bilibili.com, cda.pl, facebook.com, ixigua.com, okjike.com.
• Improved: Subtitle parsing.

Downie 4.0.13

Jun 2, 2020

• New: kwikmotion.com.
• Improved: ard.de, facebook.com, googlevideo.com, loom.com, masterclass.com, mixcloud.com, vimeo.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Custom postprocessing.
• Improved: Live stream support.

Downie 4.0.12

May 26, 2020

• New: univision.com.
• Improved: aparat.com, atresplayer.com, bbc.co.uk, iqiyi.com, msn.com.
• Improved: Subtitle parsing.
• Improved: Custom postprocessing.

Downie 4.0.11

May 19, 2020

• New: wetv.vip.
• Improved: bilibili.com, dr.dk, daserste.de, loom.com, rtlxl.nl, srf.ch, soundcloud.com.
• Improved: Custom postprocessing.

Downie 4.0.10

May 13, 2020

• New: Support for timestamp in file name format.
• New: bitchute.com, litv.tv, starlight.digital.
• Improved: 10play.com.au, adobe.com, bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca, cda.pl, iprima.cz, mp4upload.com, qq.com, thisoldhouse.com, vhx.tv, youtube.com.
• Improved: Subtitle support.

Downie 4.0.9

May 4, 2020

• New: meihua.info.
• Improved: 1905.com, bilibili.com, cartoonnetwork.com, ert.gr, globo.com, hotstar.com, ina.fr, instagram.com, jibjab.com, ndr.de, olympicchannel.com, pbs.org, rtbf.be, soundcloud.com, tele5.de, vimeo.com, viu.com, vzaar.com, webinar.ru.
• Improved: DASH support.
• Improved: Custom postprocessing.
• Fixed: Support for Vorbis HLS Streams.

Downie 4.0.8

Apr 16, 2020

• Improved: bild.de, bilibili.com, br.de, espn.com, fox.com, itv.com, mgtv.com, nova.cz, pluralsight.com, soundcloud.com, tubitv.com, wanmen.org.

Downie 4.0.7

Apr 8, 2020

• New: embed.cloudycdn.services, popcornflix.com.
• Improved: bilibili.com, dropbox.com, facebook.com, history.com, mitele.es, tele5.de, toutiao.com.

Downie 4.0.6

Mar 30, 2020

• New: ettoday.net.
• Improved: bilibili.com, c-span.org, dropbox.com, soundcloud.com, tiktok.com, viafree.se.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.0.5

Mar 23, 2020

• New: mixwiththemasters.com, tubitv.com, zhihu.com.
• Improved: bbc.co.uk, soundcloud.com, wistia.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction.

Downie 4.0.4

Mar 16, 2020

• New: Support for site name in file name format.
• New: loom.com.
• Improved: 163.com, bbc.co.uk, ixigua.com, nova.cz, srf.ch, yahoo.com.

Downie 4.0.3

Mar 4, 2020

• New: xiaohongshu.com
• Improved: 9c9media.com, bbc.co.uk, cbc.ca, cctv.com, daserste.de, facebook.com, ixigua.com, soundcloud.com, toutiao.com, weibo.com, youtube.com.
• Bug fixes.

Downie 4.0.2

Feb 24, 2020

• Improved: atresplayer.com, bbc.co.uk, cbs.com, dr.dk, nbc.com, qq.com, trailers.apple.com, veoh.com, weibo.com, youtube.com.
• Improved: Support for AV1 video tracks.
• Fixed: Issues where the downloaded files would have incorrect path extension.
• Fixed: Issues where Downie would select incorrect resolution.
• Various other improvements.

Downie 4.0.1

Feb 20, 2020

• Bug fixes.

What's New in Downie 4.0?

Feb 18, 2020

• UI Redesign - The UI of the downloads is completely redesigned.
• Menu Bar Control - Ability to run Downie in the menu bar only (hide Dock icon).
• Customizable Postprocessing - you can now write your own shell script to handle custom postprocessing.
• History Synchronization - sychronize Downie history over iCloud between your devices.
• Major speed improvements - several links can now be loaded at once and YouTube videos get prepared for downloads about 6x faster than in Downie 3.
• Metadata Improvements - the metadata that Downie gathers can be written into an external JSON file for further custom processing.
• Improved: User-Guided Extraction - the UGE window now has history, allows saving favorites and much more.