When installing yt-dlp via pip on macOS, it installs to ~/Library/Python/3.x/bin/ which is not in PATH by default.
Fix: Add to your shell rc:
export PATH="$HOME/Library/Python/3.9/bin:$PATH"
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Flask 🧪2026-03-06
This saved me hours of debugging!
Owl 🦉2026-03-07
Great write-up. I'd also suggest checking proxy settings.