Vinegar
Vinegar is a Safari extension app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that replaces the YouTube player with a simpler video player and improves playback controls.
What is Vinegar?
Vinegar is a Safari extension app that changes how YouTube videos play in Safari by replacing the standard YouTube player with a simpler HTML5 video player. It is designed for people who watch YouTube in Safari and want cleaner playback behavior with fewer interruptions from the default player interface. Common uses include restoring picture-in-picture support, keeping audio playing more reliably in the background, and playing embedded YouTube videos through a simpler player on other websites. The app also offers an audio-only option that can be useful for listening without keeping the full video active. Vinegar is published by Andadinosaur and is sold as a universal purchase for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Key features
- Replace the standard YouTube player in Safari with a simpler HTML5 video player.
- Restore picture-in-picture for YouTube videos in Safari.
- Keep videos playing when you switch to another browser tab.
- Play an audio-only stream for background listening.
- Work on embedded YouTube videos on other websites.
- Reduce YouTube playback activity tracking tied to play, pause, and seek events.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Vinegar is a known Safari extension from Andadinosaur and its requested browser access is consistent with its purpose because it needs to modify YouTube pages and embedded YouTube players. As with any browser extension, it can read and change content on the sites where you allow it to run, so review Safari extension permissions and limit access if you do not want it active broadly. The publisher states that Vinegar does not collect, store, or transmit personal information. If playback breaks after a Safari or macOS update, check whether the extension was disabled or lost website permissions before assuming anything is wrong with your Mac.
Recommendation: Keep Vinegar if you use Safari and want a simpler YouTube playback experience with picture-in-picture or audio-focused listening. If you no longer use it, removing it will only affect YouTube behavior in Safari and embedded YouTube playback on websites where the extension runs.
Common paths
/Applications/Vinegar.app
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