I wanted to use my MacBook to watch Hulu movies on flights but it seems there’s no Hulu app for Mac. Anyone know of a workaround? Do you have the same confusion? Because most video streaming services including Hulu have not made a Mac app with a local download facility, there is no official way to download Hulu videos on Mac to watch offline. However, there are still 3 workarounds that allows you to download videos from Hulu to Mac. Check them out.
- Option 1. Download Hulu videos on Mac with Pazu Hulu Video Downloader
- Option 2. Download Hulu videos on Mac by sideloading Hulu for iOS on Mac (Big Sur 11.2.3 Or Earlier Only)
- Option 3. Record Hulu on Mac with a screen recorder
- Can I download the Windows Hulu app on Mac?
Option 1. Download Hulu videos on Mac with Pazu Hulu Video Downloader
Pazu Hulu Video Downloader is specially developed for Hulu users who want to download movies and TV shows on Mac. It allows you to download Hulu videos as it features a built-in Hulu browser. What’s more the videos are downloaded to MP4 format so you can play the videos with any video player you like and keep them forever. As long as you have an active Hulu account, you can use it to download Hulu videos on iMac/MacBook. It doesn’t matter if you have Hulu ad-supported plan or Hulu (No Ads) plan or even Hulu free trial.
Tutorial: How to download Hulu shows and movies to Mac with Pazu Hulu Video Downloader?
Step 1. Run Pazu Hulu Video Downloader on your Mac.
First you need to download and install Pazu Hulu Video Downloader on your Mac. Then launch it and log in your Hulu account.
Step 2. Search Hulu movies/TV shows to download.
Type the title of the Hulu movie or TV show that you want to download in below area then click the Search button.
Step 3. Customize output settings
Click Settings icon to change output video format, video codec, audio and subtitle language, output folder, etc. as you like.
Step 4. Begin to download Hulu videos
Click the download icon next to the title you want to download, the movie downloads immediately.
If the title is a TV show, after clicking the download icon, you will need to select episodes. Then click Download button. The selected episodes will be downloaded to your Mac.
Option 2. Download Hulu videos on Mac by sideloading Hulu for iOS on Mac (Big Sur 11.2.3 Or Earlier Only)
If you have Apple Silicon Macs such as Apple M1 and M2 running macOS 11.0 Big Sur or earlier, you can run iPad and iPhone apps on your Mac.
How to sideload the Hulu iOS app onto your Mac Big Sur 11.2.3 or earlier?
- Open App Store on your Mac.
- Seach for Hulu on the top right corner.
- Click on “iPhone and iPad apps”.
- Click on the download button or cloud icon next to Hulu to install it on your Mac.
- Click Open to run Hulu on your Mac, log in your account.
- Find the video you want to download and click the Download icon.
Option 3. Record Hulu on Mac with a screen recorder
Another method to “download” Hulu movies and episodes on Mac is to record Hulu videos while streaming on browser with free online screen recording tools or professional screen recording software. However, there are many reasons why we don’t recommend recording Hulu on Mac:
- Screen recording is against Hulu terms and conditions and your account may get banned.
- You have to stream the entire show or movie while recording and you can’t use your Mac to do anything else in the meantime, which is very time-consuming.
- The audio and video quality of the recorded files will be affected by your internet connection. Any butter, log and glitch during the streaming will also be recorded.
- Screen recorder can’t guarantee solid video quality as a lot of frames will be skipped.
- Free screen recorder add watermarks to the recorded video, to remove the watermark you need to pay for them.
When you use QuickTime Player to record Hulu videos on Mac, you will only get video files but no audio. To record the audio coming from Hulu you need to install an additional plugin called Blackhole. However, the installation process are complex so we don’t recommend this method.
Alternatively you can use screencapture.com to record Hulu videos on Mac.
screencapture.com is a free online screen recorder that allows you to record streaming video for free. It is supported in browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera.
How to record Hulu videos on Mac with screencapture.com?
- Go to hulu.com with above browser, log in your account and play the video you want to record.
- Open https://www.screencapture.com/ in the same browser.
- Click Start Recording and choose the Chrome Tab that are streaming Hulu.
- Click Share and the recording starts.
After recording, go to screencapture.com tab and click Stop Recording. Now you can preview the recorded video and download it to your Mac.
The free online tool records Hulu movies and TV shows with watermark. You can also get its desktop app for Mac and Windows called Movavi Screen Recorder and purchase a license to remove watermark.
Price: $42.95/year
There are also some other screen recording tools you can use to record Hulu videos on Mac, check them out.
Can I download the Windows Hulu app on Mac?
Hulu do have a Windows app, so many people ask is it possible to install Windows Virtual Machine on Mac and then download Hulu app for Mac. However, this will only allow you to watch Hulu content on Mac with the Hulu, it doesn’t support downloading videos to Mac as the Hulu Windows app doesn’t have video Download feature.
