ViWizard Spotify Music Converter 2.17.0 — macOS

ViWizard Spotify Music Converter runs on any Mac from OS X 10.10 Yosemite onward. It is Intel-only, so Apple Silicon Macs will need Rosetta 2. The app uses Spotify’s Web Player to grab songs, playlists, albums, podcasts, and audiobooks, then saves them as MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, or M4B.

Set output channel, bitrate, and sample rate before converting

• Converting a playlist or album once, then moving the files to another device or media player.
• Choosing output quality — you can set channel, bitrate, and sample rate before converting.

Needs internet and a Spotify account to stream content

• Requires an active internet connection and a Spotify account (free or premium) to stream the content.
• The conversion speed depends on your Mac’s processor and the length of the playlist.
• Interface languages are English, German, French, and Japanese — no other localizations are included.

Version 2.17.0 improves metadata reliability for albums

Version 2.17.0 is the current build for Mac, and the changes here are about reliability rather than new buttons. The app now handles metadata more consistently when you convert entire albums — track numbers, album art, and artist tags come through without needing a second pass. Batch conversion of large playlists (the kind that take up an evening) also behaves better: the queue stays in order, and the app does not lose its place if you switch to another window while it works.

For anyone who converts audiobooks or podcasts, the M4B output format now keeps chapter markers intact when the source material has them. That matters if you listen in an app that supports chapter navigation. The built-in Spotify Web Player integration was updated on the back end, so you are less likely to see a "log in again" prompt mid-conversion. On older Macs running Yosemite or High Sierra, the interface redraws faster after resizing the window — a small thing, but noticeable when you have the app running in a corner of the screen.

Ask about Spotify account requirements and conversion speed

Yes. The app uses Spotify’s Web Player, which works with both free and Premium accounts. Free accounts will hear ads during playback inside Spotify itself, but the converted files do not contain those ads. The conversion process pulls the audio stream after Spotify plays it, so what you get is the clean track.

Will it convert an entire library at once?

You can queue up multiple playlists, albums, and individual tracks in the same session. The app converts them in sequence. There is no "convert all" button for an entire library of hundreds of playlists, but you can add them one by one or by folder. For most people, converting the playlists they actually listen to is more practical than trying to dump everything.

Can I choose a different format for each track?

Output settings — format, bitrate, channel, sample rate — are applied globally before conversion starts. If you need some tracks in FLAC and others in MP3, you run two separate conversion jobs with different settings. The app remembers your last used settings, so switching back and forth is a few clicks.

Is there a limit on how many tracks I can convert?

No hard limit built into the app. The practical limit is your Mac’s storage and how long you want to keep it running. Converting a playlist of 500 tracks to MP3 at 320 kbps will take a while on an older Mac, but the batch converter handles it without stopping.

Real-world scenario: the commuting archivist

Consider someone who commutes on a train with no cell service for about forty minutes each way. They have a Spotify playlist called "Morning Drive" with sixty songs that changes weekly. They also follow three podcasts that release every Wednesday.

Every Tuesday night, they open ViWizard on their office iMac before leaving. They add this week’s "Morning Drive" playlist and the three new podcast episodes. They set the output to MP3 at 256 kbps for the music and M4B for the podcasts. The app converts the whole batch overnight. In the morning, they copy the files to a cheap MP3 player that has no Spotify app. The metadata — song titles, artist names, podcast episode numbers — is already in the file tags, so the player sorts everything correctly. No need to rename files by hand.

If you have a similar routine — wanting offline access without keeping Spotify open, or using a device that does not run the Spotify app — this workflow is exactly what the converter was built for. It does one thing, and it does it without requiring you to babysit the process.

• macOS OS X 10.10 or later
• Intel processor
• Active internet connection
• Spotify account (free or premium)