How To Save Your Facebook “A Look Back” Video
Today, Facebook celebrated 10 years of its existence and because of this august occasion they have decided to set up a program which compiles a personalized video which they call “A Look Back” and what others have been simply calling a “Lookback.” The Lookback shows you a highlight reel of your Facebook life. If you’d like to check it out you can go to Facebook.com/lookback. (Sidenote: In 4 days I will be celebrating 8 years on Facebook. Woah!)
The only problem with the video is, cool as it is, I don’t necessarily want to drive everyone to my Facebook page in order to see the video and I would like to be able to keep a copy for myself. Luckily, someone on the interwebs figured it out so I thought I would share it you, my readers. Below you’ll find my video uploaded onto YouTube and instructions for downloading your own video using Google Chrome.
(Note: The video it downloads is NOT the HD version just the 480p. If you know how to force it to grab the HD one let me know and I can add the info in here.)
And now, the instructions for how to do it for yourself!
- Open the link http://www.facebook.com/lookback
- Press Ctrl+Shift+J to open the Console.
- Copy the whole code at http://textuploader.com/14qr and paste into the Console then press Enter.
- The Console dialog will gives you a link to the video for download.
- Right click the link and select “Save Link As” to download and save it.
- Do whatever you’d like with it! Upload it anywhere!
- Enjoy 🙂
In case you’re wondering, according to TIME Magazine Tech I have wasted this much of my life on Facebook assuming I have spent an average of 37 minutes per day on it since I joined. (An average person spends 17 minutes per day so I just increased it a lot.)
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Thanks Dan 🙂
My pleasure!
I’m having a different problem. I’d like to share mine on Facebook, but I’m not given that option. Also I’m on a Mac if that makes a difference. It’s driving me batty!! I can view it, but don’t have the option to share!!
I don’t know why you wouldn’t have the share option, Liza. Have you watched the video more than once? I notice I no longer have a share button but I already shared mine (privately though.)
Have you tried a different browser to see if it is the browser you’re using? Are you running an old version of your browser? My best suggestion is to grab the video as described above and upload it yourself, manually.
Tried my iPhone and Mac. Will try on a windows laptop, see if it works. At my wits end. 😦
Sounds like you’d be better off just downloading it and uploading it to Facebook as a standard Facebook video.
Reminder to Dan Levy:
Don’t play silly games. Hand over the I.P addresses of all the commentators on your article. The teachers need the evidence to file civil and criminal charges of defamation.
Such a shame that minorities are free to talk slander about white female teachers.
And you my friend, are a self-loathing misogynist for attempting to house and hide the information the teachers need to file a lawsuit against these disturbed individuals.
The TDSB would never hide anything from the public & we value civil liberties as much as you do, but slander and defamation are no grounds for freedom of speech.
Failure to hand over the I.P addresses will result in a subpoena application against your website and business premises. WordPress is probably in the U.S, and you will be sent to court if the Ontario Principals Council finds you guilty of harbouring the defendants.
Hand over the information, Dan Levy. You wouldn’t want to have a criminal record wouldn’t you?
You can also get your video link using a bookmarklet: http://timothee.svbtle.com/facebook-look-back
Enjoy 🙂
anyway to do this on a mac?
Did you try using Chrome for Mac?
yeah…didn’t bring up any window for me.
I imagine there’s a way to bring up the console in Chrome for Mac. Try to google it.
ok..seens option+command and i will bring up the tabs where the console window is. thanks for the kick in the ass.
fucking rad it seems to have worked.
and mine looks pretty HD. I had it playing as HD before I did all this stuff above.
Has it occurred to anyone that this was a PERSONAL gift from Facebook to its users. Nobody wants to see what was already shared, nor do they want to listen to melancholy music accompanying images that mean nothing to anyone but the individual they were intended for!
Hello, it does not work. I tried many times, like you adviced, but no result. Every time I copy and paste the code, it is giving no any link but “Uncaught TypeError: Cannot call method ‘split’ of undefined”. What would you advice to do? Thank you
Any advice for someone who accidentally deleted her “look back” video? I go back to the page and it just says “thank you”. I am so sad that I cannot share it.
No idea how you could have deleted it, Lynn. Didn’t even know that was possible.
I viewed my video but didn’t share it. I wanted to see it first before I did. Now I can’t get to watch it again :(. Can you help me please. Thanks
I did the same. Deleted the video to try and change the pics but unable to get video back. I only see pics and a thank you when I reclick the lookback link. Help needed on getting video back!!!
When I click on the link all I see if pictures and a thank you. I need help getting the video back. Please tell me what to do . I guess I deleted it by accident. I would really like to have it back. Thank you
Thank you so much. I got it 🙂
I did the same and yes it look pretty HD.
Any way to get the ‘;look back’ for another FB account?
worked like a charm! thank you!
Is there instructions anywhere on the internets where you can learn how to adapt this (or make a similar code) to download any type of video? I could see some potential for this method.
i unable to perform lookback
Or you just use the Firefox-AddOn “FlashGot”. Super easy, also für YouTube.
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i doesnt work
Sorry Vishnu, it worked when I posted this a while back. I’d have to go to a computer and try it out again myself to see if it still works.