#Spotify for mac version download#

Launch CleanMyMac X (download the app here).

With CleanMyMac X, you can reset any app to its default state and fix possible issues. Although, if you want to save time, resetting Spotify might be the option. If the previous methods didn’t help, you could try deleting and reinstalling the app. The cache shouldn’t ever grow larger than the size you selected in the text file. Spotify’s cache will now have shrunk to the size you specified in the text file.

Drag the PersistentCache folder inside the Spotify folder to the Trash.

You can replace that number with whatever you choose and set your own maximum limit)

Scroll to the bottom of the text file and paste this in a new line: storage.size=1024 (1024 is the maximum size of the cache in MB.

Right-click or Control-click on that prefs file and choose Open With, then Text Edit (or another text editor like BB Edit if you have one installed).

When the text input box appears, type or paste this: ~/Library/Application Support/Spotify/prefs.

In the Finder, select Go from the menu bar and choose Go to Folder.

Press Command-Q to quit Spotify, or choose Quit from the Spotify menu.

This will reduce the bit rate of the music that Spotify streams and reduce the size of the cache needed to store it on your Mac.

Click the dropdown menu and select Low or Normal.

Select the Spotify menu in the menu bar and choose Preferences.

Go to your Applications folder and launch Spotify on your Mac.

If the Spotify app is slow on your Mac, you could try reducing the size of the cache file so that it no longer slows it down. That means it will keep growing and growing and eventually start to slow Spotify down. And if you keep Spotify open all the time and don’t restart your Mac often, it won’t be deleted. But like all cache files, sometimes that doesn’t happen. The cache is supposed to be deleted each time you quit Spotify. That way, if you listen to the same track again, it doesn’t have to stream it over the internet it can only play it from the cache. When you listen to Spotify, the music or podcasts you stream are cached on your boot drive. Why does it do that, and what can you do about it? We’ll answer those questions in this article, as well as give you a tip on how you can keep your Mac running all the time smoothly. You may have noticed that after you have been using it for a while, Spotify can start to run slowly. Spotify is a hugely popular music streaming service, and while many people use it on a smartphone while they’re on the move, lots of us use it on our Macs to play music or podcasts at home or while we work. But to help you do it all by yourself, we’ve gathered our best ideas and solutions below.

#Spotify for mac version download#

So here's a tip for you: Download CleanMyMac to quickly solve some of the issues mentioned in this article.