Instructions for activating macOS Sierra's Picture-In-Picture (PiP) mode with YouTube

For normal embedded videos, the Safari browser on macOS Sierra 10.12 will automatically recognize and display the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) icon to allow users to view the video in a minimized window. Although YouTube is among the most watched video sites, YouTube is not yet supported with Picture-in-Picture mode.

In the following article, Network Administrator will guide you how to activate macOS Sierra's Picture-In-Picture (PiP) mode with YouTube videos and other videos.

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1. Steps to enable Picture-In-Picture (PiP) mode with YouTube

Step 1:

To enable Picture-in-Picture mode with YouTube video, you first need to have a video. Open the Safari browser you have installed on your Mac, then navigate to YouTube.com, find and open any video.

Step 2:

The next step is to right click on the video. A context menu will appear on the screen.

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Step 3:

Leave the context menu on the video there, then right-click on any location on the video to open the 2nd context menu, this context menu is for macOS Sierra. There are specific system options in this menu.

Step 4:

From this second menu, select the Enter Picture-in-Picture option .

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Now you can watch the video as a miniature window.

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2. Activate Picture-in-Picture mode with other videos

When watching any video on Apple.com, just look and find the Picture-in-Picture icon below the Toolbar of the video player as shown below. Click on that icon and you can watch the video as a minimized window.

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Refer to some of the following articles:

How to create MacOS Sierra installed USB drive 10.12

Instructions on how to install a clean install MacOS Sierra 10.12 on the Mac

Instructions to turn off Focus Ring Animation on Mac

Good luck!

Marvin Fry

Update 25 May 2019

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