Why MacBook Pro Keeps Freezing Randomly Most firms would be hard pressed to find such loyal customers as those that Apple has. The members of the Apple family recognize that minor performance issues are not the sufficient grounds for reconsidering their allegiance to the company. The first yet no-brainer solution is: keep waiting until the app unfreezes by itself. If it’s still unresponsive after a few minutes, try force quit the application. To do this, move your cursor to the application icon on the dock (normally located at the bottom of your screen). Then right click on the app icon. Desktop Mac: Spotify Keeps Pausing Randomly. 2018-05-06 09:56 AM. Did'nt work for me. 0 Likes Highlighted. Re: Spotify Keeps Pausing Randomly. My Spotify on my Mac cuts off after playing some songs for 3 minutes exactly. I have tried quitting and reopening but no luck. Why is Spotify So Slow and Keeps Freezing on Mac? The Spotify app has also been reported to be running very slowly for some users. Regardless of whether you’re subscribed to Premium or prefer the free version, which plays on ads and shuffle only, the problem still seems to eventually creep its way down to your Mac.
I'm a new Mac User and I've had my Mac for over a year and I just started to get the spinning pinwheel. It is very frustrating because it stops me every few minutes as I am working on my computer. I ran the Etrecheck and here are my results: Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.1 (82)
Report generated October 11, 2014 at 4:01:51 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac13,2
1 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
BANK 1/DIMM1
empty empty empty empty
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 14:14:55
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (277.33 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive
The Neat Company Neat ADF Scanner
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/AntiVirus.app
[loaded] net.kromtech.kext.AVKauth (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] net.kromtech.kext.Firewall (2.3.7 - SDK 10.9) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[running] com.canon.SPPHelper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] jp.co.canon.SELPHYCP.BG.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.AntiVirus.plist Support
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
Spotify Keeps Freezing 2018 Macbook
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[invalid?] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
Spotify Keeps Freezing 2018 Macbook Pro
[running] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist Support
[not loaded] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.cleanup.plist Support
[invalid?] info.lokiware.attachmenttamer.setupagent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Application (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
Spotify Application (/Applications/Spotify.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobeExManDetect: Version: AdobeExManDetect 1.1.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16 - SDK 10.8 Support
SELPHY Photo Print Plugin: Version: 1.1.0.2 Support
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30214.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
RL Secure Plug-In Layer: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
UploadManager: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 Support
ContentManager: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
RocketEngine: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
7% PluginProcess
2% systemstatsd
Spotify 2018 Year In Review
2% coreaudiod
1% Spotify
1% WindowServer
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
301 MB WindowServer
241 MB MacKeeper Helper
206 MB Microsoft Word
206 MB Safari
189 MB PluginProcess
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
85 MB Free RAM
3.62 GB Active RAM
3.56 GB Inactive RAM
976 MB Wired RAM
916 MB Page-ins
41 MB Page-outs
MacBook, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
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Spotify is my favorite and most used service I have, even more than TV and streaming services. Everyday I use Spotify whether I am in the car, working in the office, cooking, chores, and anytime I want tunes Spotify is on. No software or service is without its flaws and nuances but one issue got to a point I needed to address it. That issue was with the desktop app from Spotify.
Over time the desktop app became slower and slower, less responsive to the point of taking minutes to load one playlist. Uninstalling completely and reinstalling worked for a short time but eventually the app would degrade to that level of poor performance. That told me it wasn’t my machine but something with the app.
I searched for solutions and if others had the same problem and found may posts that did but no good solutions that worked. Until I came across a lone post with complicated steps. I went through those and those worked well.
The problem comes down to the cache management of the Spotify app. Overtime the cache files grow to a size that passed efficiency to the point of being very large and therefore more difficult the computer to use them without expending more memory and processing which becomes counter-productive. The solution is to clear out the cache files and then set a configuration setting in the Spotify setup files to cap the cache size to not bloat.
Spotify Keeps Freezing Mac
This post is to simplify those steps for both MacOS and Windows.
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Windows
Those steps for Mac and Windows should resolve the Spotify desktop performance degradation you are experiencing. It has for me and I wouldn’t waste my time writing this out if it didn’t.
For fun here are my top personal playlists if you are so inclined –
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Spotify Freezing Mac
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