https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Installation-location-spotify/m-p/664588#M52607 <P>I've been trying to install Spotify on Mac OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks). I found this frustrating enough to investigate a bit.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It seems that whenever Spotify is installed, whether manually or as an update, the installer has the following behavior:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <OL> <LI><SPAN style="line-height: 15px;">If the user has write priveliges for /Applications, install as /Applications/Spotify.</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN style="line-height: 15px;">Otherwise, if the user has write priveliges for ~/Applications (after creating ~/Applications, if necessary), install as ~/Applications/Spotify.</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN style="line-height: 15px;">Otherwise, ask the user to authenticate as an administrator, and install as /Applications/Spotify.</SPAN></LI> </OL> <P>For me, then, the workaround is simple but bizarre: Create ~/Applications, and remove write access. This works at the cost of an errant directory.</P> Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:11:06 GMT ansciath 2014-01-24T21:11:06Z