Last.fm
Last.fm is a music tracking app and service that scrobbles what you listen to, builds listening history, and shows personal charts and reports.
What is Last.fm?
Last.fm is a music tracking and discovery app centered on scrobbling, which records the songs you listen to and adds them to your listening profile. It helps users build a long-term history of their plays, review artists, albums, and tracks over time, and explore listening trends through charts and reports. On Mac, Last.fm has offered a desktop scrobbler for sending plays from supported music sources to your account, and the service also connects with mobile apps and other listening services. People typically use it to keep a personal music diary, compare habits with friends, and find related artists or tracks based on listening activity. The app is best suited to listeners who want detailed playback statistics and a central place to track music across devices and services.
Key features
- Track songs you listen to by scrobbling them to your profile
- View your listening history across artists, albums, and tracks
- See personal charts and listening reports over different time periods
- Discover related artists and music based on your listening activity
- Compare music habits with friends and explore shared interests
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Last.fm is a legitimate music tracking service. Its normal use involves sending listening activity, account information, and related music metadata to your Last.fm profile so it can build charts, reports, and recommendations. If you use scrobbling from desktop or connected music services, review the privacy settings in your account and disconnect any services you no longer want linked.
Recommendation: Keep Last.fm if you use scrobbling, listening stats, or music discovery features. If you no longer track your listening history or connect music services to it, you can remove it without affecting macOS itself, though your local app settings and convenience features may be lost.
Common paths
/Applications/Last.fm.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Last.fm
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/fm.last.batch-scrobbler.plist
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