topic Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues in Desktop (Mac)

MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

FeedMyEars — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:39:23 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Device

Macbook Pro late 2020 (Intel chip)

Operating System

MacOS Tahoe 26.0

My Question or Issue

After upgrading MacOS, certain Spotify app features are missing. So far I have noticed that the controls which used to be enabled on the MacBook “magic touchbar” for playback, volume, etc are no longer appearing when the app is open and in focus. As I continue to use the desktop app on this new OS version I will update this issue with additional details and observations.

Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

FeedMyEars — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:41:52 GMT

Desktop app version:

Spotify for macOS (Intel)
1.2.72.438.g8c88c31c

Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

Dessi — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:38:00 GMT

Hi there @FeedMyEars,

Thanks for posting on the Spotify Community!

Since this is a Mac feature and you mentioned that this started happening after the latest OS update, it'd be best to reach out to Apple Support and check if this is still supported by them.

Take care.

Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

armaghetto — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:01:42 GMT

I'm running Tahoe 26.0.1 and Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.74.477.g3be53afe.

Just after updating to Tahoe, my Apple Magic Keyboard (model A1483) stopped working with Spotify. I wasn't able to use the media control keys.

I was able to fix this by uninstalling Spotify, rebooting, and then reinstalling. I don't know if this will do the trick for you, but it did work for me.

Good luck!

Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

Lynn11 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:58:39 GMT

Since upgrading to Tahoe Spotify is responding to my keystrokes while I'm typing in another screen. So Spotify is in the background somewhere and I'm just sending an email for instance.

Spotify is also magically starting on its own to play music. So when I'm not on my laptop, I suddenly notice the music is on. Before the upgrade to Tahoe I didn't have any issues.

Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

SashkaM — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:05:02 GMT

Since upgrading to Tahoe 26.2 Spotify stopped loading. It will open the black window and then proceed to "work" on loading content indefinitely. If on occasion it will load the playlist, it does not do anything when Play button is pressed. No issues until this latest update.

Re: MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

baja — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:43:46 GMT

log out, and log back in - was a 5 second fix!