diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index 9e5620eef..5f9653850 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from .compat import (
     compat_collections_chain_map as ChainMap,
     compat_filter as filter,
     compat_get_terminal_size,
+    compat_getenv,
     compat_http_client,
     compat_http_cookiejar_Cookie,
     compat_http_cookies_SimpleCookie,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ from .utils import (
     determine_protocol,
     DownloadError,
     encode_compat_str,
+    encodeArgument,
     encodeFilename,
     error_to_compat_str,
     expand_path,
@@ -387,6 +389,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         self._num_downloads = 0
         self._screen_file = [sys.stdout, sys.stderr][params.get('logtostderr', False)]
         self._err_file = sys.stderr
+        self._tty_file = None  # for --console-title
+        self._apple_terminal = None
         self.params = {
             # Default parameters
             'nocheckcertificate': False,
@@ -454,6 +458,17 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 'Parameter outtmpl is bytes, but should be a unicode string. '
                 'Put  from __future__ import unicode_literals  at the top of your code file or consider switching to Python 3.x.')
 
+        if (self.params.get('consoletitle', False)
+                and not self.params.get('simulate', False)
+                and compat_os_name != 'nt' and 'TERM' in os.environ):
+            if self._screen_file.isatty():
+                self._tty_file = self._screen_file
+            elif self._err_file != self._screen_file and self._err_file.isatty():
+                self._tty_file = self._err_file
+            else:
+                self.report_warning('Could not find a tty for output, ignoring --console-title. Either stdout or stderr must be a tty.')
+                self.params['consoletitle'] = False
+
         self._setup_opener()
 
         if auto_init:
@@ -573,7 +588,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
                 # already of type unicode()
                 ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetConsoleTitleW(ctypes.c_wchar_p(message))
         elif 'TERM' in os.environ:
-            self._write_string('\033]0;%s\007' % message, self._screen_file)
+            self._write_string('\033]0;%s\007' % message, self._tty_file)
 
     def save_console_title(self):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
@@ -581,8 +596,37 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         if self.params.get('simulate', False):
             return
         if compat_os_name != 'nt' and 'TERM' in os.environ:
-            # Save the title on stack
-            self._write_string('\033[22;0t', self._screen_file)
+            if not (sys.platform == 'darwin' and compat_getenv('TERM_PROGRAM') == 'Apple_Terminal'):
+                # Save the title on stack
+                self._write_string('\033[22;0t', self._tty_file)
+            else:
+                # macOS Terminal app
+                window_title = None
+                try:
+                    ttyname = os.ttyname(self._tty_file.fileno())
+                    scpt = [
+                        'tell app "Terminal"',
+                        'repeat with win in (every window)',
+                        'if tty of win is "%s" then' % ttyname,
+                        'return custom title of win',
+                        'end if',
+                        'end repeat',
+                        'end tell'
+                    ]
+                    scpt = '\n'.join(scpt).encode('utf-8')
+                    cmd = [encodeFilename('osascript', True), encodeArgument('-')]
+                    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+                    stdout, stderr = p.communicate(input=scpt)
+                    if p.returncode == 0:
+                        window_title = stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()
+                except EnvironmentError:
+                    pass
+                if window_title is None or window_title and preferredencoding() != 'UTF-8':
+                    self.report_warning('Window title may not be restored correctly')
+                if window_title is None:
+                    self._apple_terminal = ''  # reset on restore anyway
+                else:
+                    self._apple_terminal = window_title
 
     def restore_console_title(self):
         if not self.params.get('consoletitle', False):
@@ -590,8 +634,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
         if self.params.get('simulate', False):
             return
         if compat_os_name != 'nt' and 'TERM' in os.environ:
-            # Restore the title from stack
-            self._write_string('\033[23;0t', self._screen_file)
+            if self._apple_terminal is None:
+                # Restore the title from stack
+                self._write_string('\033[23;0t', self._tty_file)
+            else:
+                self._write_string('\033]0;%s\007' % self._apple_terminal, self._tty_file)
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self.save_console_title()