Entertainment
How to download your favorite TikToks ahead of the ban
An important date is approaching: Sunday, Jan. 19, also known as Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday.
I’m just kidding. That heartbeat in the floorboards? It’s TikTok’s. The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. If the court upholds the law, it will go into effect on Jan. 19.
TikTok ban countdown: See the latest updates as time runs short
The app won’t be automatically deleted from your phone, but, as NPR reports, it might not be as great as you’re used to. Maybe you’ll get a prompt indicating the service isn’t available in the U.S., and videos won’t load. Maybe you can use the app, but it’ll be buggy. It’s difficult to know what, exactly, that will look like. Still, we know you won’t be able to update the app or delete and redownload it because app stores on Apple and Google and internet hosting companies will be penalized by the government if they offer those services.
Mashable Light Speed
If you’ve spent the past few years curating a perfect collection of TikTok videos in your favorites folder, you can still save them to your device. However, this method requires a Chrome extension, and the videos will take up a significant amount of space, so you might want an additional hard drive.
- TikTok app
- optional hard drive
- MyFaveTT
Step 1:
Add the Chrome extension
Find MyFaveTT or another Chrome extension that will save your TikTok apps.
Credit: MyFaveTT browser extension
Step 2:
Log into your TikTok account and download away
MyFaveTT offers three options: Download all my Likes, Download all my Favorites, and Download from people I follow. Choose the option that works best for you, and follow the prompts.
Credit: MyFaveTT browser extension
If you’d like to download your data from TikTok, you can do that without a Chrome extension. The process is fairly straightforward.
Step 1:
Navigate to privacy
Click the settings button on your profile and navigate down to privacy.
Credit: TikTok privacy
Step 2:
Request your data
Now you’ll request your data. You can download all of your data, or you can specifically only download your Profile and posts, Activity, or Messages. Click request once you’ve decided how to move forward. Once your data is ready to be downloaded, it will be available for four days under the “download data” tab.
Credit: Request data from TikTok
-
Entertainment3 weeks ago
Here’s what DeepSeek AI does better than OpenAI’s ChatGPT
-
News3 weeks ago
DeepSeek AI gets hit with data privacy red flag by Italy and Ireland
-
Entertainment4 weeks ago
China’s DeepSeek AI might be smarter than OpenAI’s smartest AI
-
Entertainment3 weeks ago
DeepSeek AI: What you need to know about the ChatGPT rival
-
Entertainment3 weeks ago
DeepSeek R1: Why AI experts think it’s so special
-
Entertainment3 weeks ago
DeepSeek says its newest AI model, Janus-Pro, can outperform OpenAI’s DALL-E
-
Entertainment3 weeks ago
iOS 18.3 is here. 3 major changes to know
-
Sports1 week ago
Brighton vs. Chelsea 2025 livestream Watch FA Cup for free