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How to Bulk Download Thumbnail Images of a list of YouTube videos using YT-DLP (youtube-dl) (Mac)

April 7, 2026December 10, 2021 by Chris

I had a long list of YouTube URLs and needed to easily download the thumbnail images of them. YT-DLP is an amazing and easy solution.

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