Apple Music cache might be the reason for crashes of my MacMini M1. Is there a solution?
Since I use Monterey I have massive problems when I use the iTunes Store of Apple Music. I asked for help before: iTunes Store / Music crashes Mac OS Monte… - Apple Community , but no one could really help me. Yesterday I updated to MacOS 12.3. The problem is still there, but I might have localized what causes the crashes. For the first time a pop-up appeared asking me to force quit apps that are not in use, as there is no more space left in the app cache. This should be done to avoid problems with the computer (Picture 1). At this point the computer becomes pretty unresponsive and I have to pull the plug and start again.
After the restart I opened the cache dropdown window of the app "iStat Menus". I played several songs in the iTunes Store and could see the free space of the general cache getting smaller and smaller with every song sample played. Under app process, "Apple Music" used more than 550 MB of cache, using more and more. It seems that it comes to the point where the free space of the cache is gone. Picture 2:
I tried to find an article that could help me, but found none. I searched around and found out, that the folder User > Library > Caches > com.apple.Music > WebKit > NetworkCache > Version 16 is 1.9 GB large and contains 2 folders and 1 file. The first folder is named Blobs, contains 9.850 files and is 708 MB large. The second folders name is "Records" > "12AD6EC..." > "Resource" and contains over 51.000 files. This folder is 1.9 GB large. The file in the folder "Version 16" is named "salt". Can I delete these 3 files & folders? What can I do to prevent the iTunes store using all the cache until the Mac crashes? And this after just some song samples played? Thanks for any advise!
Mac mini, macOS 12.3