From 370f7820ea187646cadc0985bc1ea45beac5be4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:10:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/vimeo] Remove broken `macos_basic` client (#17481)

Partially revert fdcc954df4955267ec1627cbeb347b661a110e7c

Authored by: bashonly
---
 README.md                 |  2 +-
 yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py | 22 +---------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4838439aa5..0d0c93a3ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ The following extractors use this feature:
 * `backend`: Backend API to use for extraction - one of `streaks` (default) or `brightcove` (deprecated)
 
 #### vimeo
-* `client`: Client to extract video data from. The currently available clients are `android`, `macos_basic`, and `web`. Only one client can be used. The `macos_basic` client is used by default, but the `web` client is used when logged-in. The `web` client only works with account cookies or login credentials. The `android` client only works with previously cached OAuth tokens
+* `client`: Client to extract video data from. The currently available clients are `android` and `web`. Only one client can be used. The `web` client is used by default, and it only works with account cookies or login credentials. The `android` client only works with previously cached OAuth tokens
 * `original_format_policy`: Policy for when to try extracting original formats. One of `always`, `never`, or `auto`. The default `auto` policy tries to avoid exceeding the web client's API rate-limit by only making an extra request when Vimeo publicizes the video's downloadability
 
 #### zan
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
index ec70a2daea..db546a983c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class VimeoBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
         'Cannot download embed-only video without embedding URL. Please call yt-dlp '
         'with the URL of the page that embeds this video.')
 
-    _DEFAULT_CLIENT = 'macos_basic'
+    _DEFAULT_CLIENT = 'web'
     _DEFAULT_AUTHED_CLIENT = 'web'
     _CLIENT_HEADERS = {
         'Accept': 'application/vnd.vimeo.*+json; version=3.4.10',
@@ -70,19 +70,6 @@ class VimeoBaseInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
                 'resource_key', 'badge', 'upload', 'transcode', 'is_playable', 'has_audio',
             ),
         },
-        'macos_basic': {
-            'CACHE_ONLY': False,
-            'REQUIRES_AUTH': False,
-            'AUTH': 'NDc1N2JlN2Y5ZjZmMjU3NzE3NTRkZTg1NmY2YzU2MTI0OTFlNjJiYjpwVUNDWUlBZmZqSHhQcndBYWxGMzgyYys2NkN5d1JrREJZZXdPcEdsU05tdjFlVVo2aE1lYk9GcWE3ZW9KVldlYnFlOWh5Vno5UWtpUGJ5empYZFBpYkFwV0FFTnB5VWV4ZEh3aHZnRUNEL0VySnBzTmFraDdNbS9nMXhWanhIcw==',
-            'USER_AGENT': 'Vimeo/1.6.3 (com.vimeo.mac; build:251121.142637.0; macOS 13.7.8) Alamofire/5.9.0 VimeoNetworking/5.0.0',
-            'VIDEOS_FIELDS': (
-                'uri', 'name', 'description', 'type', 'link', 'player_embed_url', 'duration', 'width',
-                'language', 'height', 'embed', 'created_time', 'modified_time', 'release_time', 'content_rating',
-                'content_rating_class', 'rating_mod_locked', 'license', 'privacy', 'pictures', 'tags', 'stats',
-                'categories', 'uploader', 'metadata', 'user', 'files', 'download', 'app', 'play', 'status',
-                'resource_key', 'badge', 'upload', 'transcode', 'is_playable', 'has_audio',
-            ),
-        },
         'web': {
             'CACHE_ONLY': False,
             'REQUIRES_AUTH': True,
@@ -1197,9 +1184,6 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
                         'If your IP address is located in Europe you could try using a VPN/proxy,',
                         f'or else u{self._login_hint()[1:]}',
                         delim=' '), method=None)
-                # XXX: Temporary while macos_basic is the default client
-                elif e.cause.status == 401 and self._get_requested_client() == 'macos_basic':
-                    self.raise_login_required('The Vimeo extractor only works when logged-in')
                 else:
                     raise
 
@@ -1208,10 +1192,6 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
         else:
             info = self._parse_api_response(video, video_id, unlisted_hash)
 
-        # XXX: Temporary while macos_basic is the default client
-        if not info.get('formats') and self._get_requested_client() == 'macos_basic':
-            self.raise_login_required('The Vimeo extractor only works when logged-in')
-
         source_format = self._extract_original_format(
             f'https://vimeo.com/{video_id}', video_id, unlisted_hash)
         if source_format: