topic mac version downloading problems in Desktop (Mac)

topic mac version downloading problems in Desktop (Mac) https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/mac-version-downloading-problems/m-p/5295557#M547320 PlanpremiumCountryusa DeviceMac mini (2018)Operating System10.15.7 (19H1519) catalina My Question or Issue i noticed when i change the download location while a bunch of folders are created in the new location when i download the songs/playlists the files are not being placed in the folder. i changed the location because the mac mini 2018 i have is the 128gb version witch is not a whole lot of disk space so i changed to an external drive. and as a test i downloaded a song to confirm it is working offline and disconnected the internet and while that worked. the files are still being downloaded to the * ~/Library/Caches/com.spotify.Client/storage location. so i tried making an alias of the cache folder and linking the alias to the external drive that did not work. when i copied the cache folder to the external drive then made symbolic link and copied symbolic link to the  place where the cache normally lives it was able to download to the external storage. i upgraded to premium specifically to be able to download as well as be ad free. my intent is to be able to download and move the files to an offline player that does not have very good internet connection such as a nuk that is in another location where the connection is only good enough to go online and get the keys for playing. now before you go off saying something like "why not move the nuk to a location where it can get better connection" or something like that the whole idea is to download on 1 machine and put on external drive and move to another location. thanks Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:29:02 GMT ejonesss 2021-11-15T20:29:02Z