Install Paatu Cassette on your Mac

What you need

• A Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later
• About 19 MB of free space for the app
• Your music: MP3, M4A/AAC, FLAC, WAV or AIFF files in a folder on your Mac or an external drive

Download and install

1. 1Go to the download page and click Download for Mac.
2. 2Open PaatuCassette_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg from your Downloads folder.
3. 3In the window that opens, drag Paatu Cassette onto the Applications folder.
4. 4Eject the disk image (drag it to the Trash in the Dock, or click the eject button next to it in Finder). You can delete the downloaded file afterwards.

Open it the first time

macOS checks every app downloaded from the internet. Until Paatu Cassette is notarized by Apple, macOS asks you to confirm that you want to open it. You only need to do this once.

macOS 15 Sequoia and later

1. 1Open Paatu Cassette from Applications. macOS says it can’t verify the app. Click Done.
2. 2Open System Settings › Privacy & Security and scroll down to Security.
3. 3Next to the message about Paatu Cassette, click Open Anyway, then confirm with your password or Touch ID.
4. 4Click Open Anyway once more in the dialog. From now on the app opens normally.

macOS 14 Sonoma and earlier

1. 1In Applications, Control-click (or right-click) Paatu Cassette and choose Open.
2. 2Click Open in the dialog. From now on the app opens normally.

Updating to a new version

Download the new version and drag it into Applications, replacing the old one. Your library, playlists, ratings and sound settings are kept. See What’s new for release notes.