{"id":1100,"date":"2017-09-29T11:49:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:13:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:13:05","slug":"how-to-prevent-youtube-videos-from-buffering-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/29\/how-to-prevent-youtube-videos-from-buffering-on-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent YouTube Videos from Buffering on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching a video and that gray buffering wheel of irritation erupts?\u00a0<\/span>That\u2019s the moment we all loathe. Sadly, there isn\u2019t much we can do about it because the buffering happens when the <\/span>Internet<\/b> is slow, or the server where the video is hosted has too much traffic. Even though <\/span>YouTube<\/b> is hands down the first choice for an overwhelming majority of us for video browsing, it always copes up with the heavy traffic on its site.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s say, we cannot change the <\/span>Internet<\/b> speed (or the <\/span>ISP<\/b>), is there something we can do about the <\/span>YouTube<\/b> buffering on <\/span>Mac<\/b>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Users have reported they were able to experience significant improvement in <\/span>YouTube<\/b> buffering issue by following a few nifty techniques. For the readers\u2019 benefit, we have added those techniques below. Let\u2019s hope these tips work for you. Fingers crossed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why the YouTube videos keep on buffering?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Video buffering happens when the buffer (a data packet) takes time to reach to your computer from the server \u2013 more than the video running time. When that happens, the video waits so the data packet can be loaded and then it reads it. This process leads to buffering of videos (slowing down of the visual rendering).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Solutions to Fix YouTube Buffering on Mac<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  1. Reset the browser
    \nThe first and foremost solution is to reset the browser. Maybe the browser has encountered any errors which are containing it from operating at its best. Reset it to revert back to the stable version, which shall hopefully do the trick. Check these <\/span>    tips to optimize Google Chrome for Mac<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
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  2. Restart the router
    \n<\/strong>Restart the router you use and this should do away any issues that might have crept up in it, as far as the simpler issues are concerned. Often the Internet<\/strong> isn\u2019t working because the router has encountered what we call \u2018buffers stuck\u2019. Buffers get stuck when the router is not able to match the packet information or is too slow in doing that. Restarting the router should help resolve this issue.
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  3. Update the web browser and plugins<\/strong>
    \nSometimes the web browser has several outdated plugins such as Flash<\/strong> and Shockwave Player<\/strong> that need to be updated. If you are experiencing buffering on YouTube<\/strong> and slow speed, you need to update these plugins.
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  4. Change the video quality
    \n<\/strong>You can change the video quality from HD<\/b> to a lower resolution such as 480p<\/b>, 360p<\/b>, 240p<\/b> or 144p<\/b>. This will reduce the buffering time (if not kill it altogether), even if you are using a lower bandwidth Internet<\/b> package. Here is how you can do so:
    \n1.\u00a0Go to the <\/span>Settings<\/b> button (cog) available at the bottom of the video and click it.<\/span>
    \n2.\u00a0Point to <\/span>Quality<\/b> and select your desired video quality.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Make sure you have a good Internet signal<\/strong>
    \nThis is especially true for Wi-Fi<\/strong>. If your Mac<\/strong> is located at some distance from the router, then getting close to it will certainly boost up the signal strength and result in a much better streaming speed.
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  6. Use a good VPN
    \n<\/b>This is rare, but it happens! Sometimes ISP<\/strong>s block YouTube<\/strong>. To check if this is the case indeed with your ISP<\/strong> as well, download a VPN<\/strong> plugin for the browser you use for Mac<\/strong> and install it. Now open YouTube<\/strong> and see how it goes. If it works well, then your ISP<\/strong> has blocked YouTube<\/strong> indeed!<\/li>\n
  7. Download YouTube Center on Mozilla
    \n<\/b>Mozilla<\/b> users can make use of a special plugin to optimize YouTube<\/b> video quality. By adding the YouTube Center<\/b> plugin to your browser and visiting youtube.com, you will notice an extra Settings<\/b> button (cogwheel) is available on the website. Sign-in to YouTube<\/b> and then click the Settings<\/b> button to change multiple functions on the website. Through this plugin, you can change YouTube<\/b> auto playback, sessional buffering and much more.<\/li>\n
  8. Disable DASH in YouTube Center
    \nSimilar to the automatic play feature on <\/span>YouTube, you can disable <\/span>Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over <\/span>HTTP (<\/span>DASH) through the plugin.
    \n<\/span><\/b>1.\u00a0Open any video in YouTube and click the cog button.
    \n<\/span>2.\u00a0Now disable the DASH feature.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. <\/b>Increase Adobe Flash Player storage
    \n<\/b>Some users have reported that the <\/span>YouTube<\/b> buffering reduced drastically once they allocated more storage to the <\/span>Adobe Flash Player<\/b>. To do so:
    \n1.\u00a0Open a YouTube<\/b> video.
    \n2.\u00a0Right-click it and select Settings<\/b>.
    \n3.\u00a0A screen titled Adobe Flash Player Settings<\/b> will open.
    \n4.\u00a0Simply increase the local storage to full capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. <\/b>Use the iDoctor app to tweak network
    \n<\/b>Finally, you can use iDoctor<\/b> app on <\/span>Mac<\/b> to tweak <\/span>Network Settings<\/b>. This app comes with its own set of tools to optimize computer performance. It will also increase the speed of <\/span>Internet<\/b> browsing by increasing cache, clearing cookies and defragmenting the <\/span>Temp<\/b> folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Watching a video and that gray buffering wheel of irritation erupts?\u00a0That\u2019s the moment we all loathe. Sadly, there isn\u2019t much we can do about it because the buffering happens when the Internet is slow, or the server where the video is hosted has too much traffic. Even though YouTube is hands down the first choice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[709,707,708,706],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-fixes-for-youtube-buffering-on-mac","tag-solutions-for-youtube-buffering-on-mac","tag-youtube-buffering-alot-on-mac-help","tag-youtube-buffering-on-mac-fixes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1839,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}