Summary
Are you finding a way to download music from Spotify to Mac? This post can be the best workaround for you to save Spotify Music or playlist to MacBook Pro, iMac and MacBook Air as local files. In this way, you can play Spotify Music on Mac or transfer them to any device and player for listening.

“Can anybody tell me how to save Spotify playlist to MacBook Pro as local files? I want to transfer these songs to my iPod Shuffle.”

Spotify, as the most popular streaming music service, has over 70 million songs. There are many reasons why you want to save Spotify Music to Mac or PC. You might want to play downloaded Spotify playlist at anytime when your subscription expires, set Spotify song as your morning alarm or transfer Spotify songs to any device and player like Smart TV, Smart Speakers, iPods, Sony Walkman, etc. without any limits. Just read on, this post will help you figure out how to save Spotify Music or playlist to Mac.

Why Need to Save Spotify Music to Mac or PC?

Spotify provides users Premium plan ($9.99 per month) and Free plan. The highlights of Premium users is they can download music for offline playback. If you are a Premium user, you can download Spotify Music and playlist to Mac, Windows computer or mobile devices, and play them in the Offline Mode. However, the downloaded Spotify songs are cached files, not real songs. And you cannot transfer these downloaded Spotify songs from Mac to iPod Nano/Shuffle, Sony Walkman or MP3 players. Because all Spotify songs are encrypted with DRM protection, they can only be played in the Spotify APP during the Premium subscription period. Once you cancel your subscription, you cannot access the downloaded Spotify songs anymore.

To solve these problems, you need to unlock the DRM encryption from the Spotify tracks and save Spotify Music to Mac or PC as local files. How can you do that? After comparison of multiple converters on market, you can’t miss TunesBank Spotify Music Converter.

Tool Required: TunesBank Spotify Music Converter

TunesBank Spotify Music Converter is a professional tool specially designed for unlocking DRM protection and downloading Spotify songs freely. No matter which type of subscribers you are, TunesBank can help you download music from Spotify to Mac or PC, and save them as MP3, M4A and FLAC on Mac with lossless quality. What’s more, the ID3 Tags and metadata info like name, album, artist, etc. will be saved well in the output songs. In this way, you can save Spotify playlist to Mac or PC as your local files for keep them forever, you can also transfer them to any device and player for offline playing anytime, anywhere.

Main Features of TunesBank Spotify Music Converter:

  • Legally unlock DRM protection from Spotify Music/Playlist.
  • Download music from Spotify to Mac or PC computer for free.
  • Save Spotify songs as MP3, M4A, WAV and FLAC files.
  • Preserve 100% original quality, ID3 tags and metadata info.
  • Keep downloaded Spotify songs playable after subscription ends.
  • Save Spotify songs and playlist on Mac, PC computer forever.
  • Listen to Spotify Music on iPods, Smart TV and other devices.

Guide: How to Save Spotify Music to Mac?

TunesBank Spotify Music Converter is suitable for Mac and PC computer. Here, we will guide you how to save Spotify Music and playlist to Mac.

Step 1. Open TunesBank Spotify Music Converter
Download, install and open TunesBank Spotify Music Converter on Mac, it is built-in Spotify Music web player.

spotify welcome page

Please click “Open the Spotify web player” and login your Spotify account.

log in spotify account

Step 2. Add Music to TunesBank Converter
You can directly drag and drop songs, playlists, albums from Spotify to the main interface of TunesBank. And the Spotify songs will be synced into the converter.

access and play spotify music

Please open a playlist, track, podcast, or album that you want to download, then click the blue icon “+” on the down-right side of the page.

add spotify music

When all the music are added, tapping “Select All” beside the “Remove” icon or scrolling the list to manually tick the songs you want to download.

select spotify music

Step 3. Select MP3 as Output Format
Click “Convert all files to:” option and then select MP3 as output format. Currently the Mac version supports 4 output audio formats: MP3, M4A, WAV and FLAC.

select mp3

You can also select different output formats under each song.

select output format for each song

Step 4. Start to Save Spotify Music to Mac
Click the “Convert All” button to start downloading Spotify Music to Mac.

download spotify songs to mac

After that, click “Finished” > “View Output File” to locate the downloaded Spotify tracks.

view converted spotify songs

Conclusion

With the help of TunesBank Converter, you can easily download and save Spotify Music or playlist to MacBook Pro, iMac and MacBook Air, etc. In this way, you can not only play Spotify tracks on your Mac computer without Spotify App, but also transfer them to any devices for offline playback such as iPod Shuffle/Nano/Classic, Sony Walkman, SanDisk MP3 Player, etc.

Save Spotify Music to Mac

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