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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...

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Hate recent update? Here is how to downgrade

Good people at Wired posted detailed instruction how to downgrade to last usable desktop Spotify client: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/how-to-downgrade-spotify Please follow the receipe in all details to also disable auto-update feat...

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  • Good people at Wired posted detailed instruction how to downgrade to last usable desktop Spotify client:   http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/12/how-to-downgrade-spotify   Plea...
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Linux (Kubuntu) Thumbs-up in radio skips to next track. Desktop only, not mobile.

In the past few weeks, I've been having a problem where when I thumbs-up a track on the radio, it skips to the next track (as if I had thumbs-down'ed the track). However, when I check my "Liked from Radio" playlist, the track I wanted to Thumbs-Up ha...

  • Gig Goer
  • In the past few weeks, I've been having a problem where when I thumbs-up a track on the radio, it skips to the next track (as if I had thumbs-down'ed the track).  However, when I check my "Liked...
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Don't Make Me Think

Hello. I was wondering if the good people of Spotify have read the book: Don't Make Me Think by Steve Kurg? Sometimes I find that the program is not intuitive enough. For example, it was fustrating to spend a lot of time looking for the new History b...

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  • Hello. I was wondering if the good people of Spotify have read the book: Don't Make Me Think by Steve Kurg?   Sometimes I find that the program is not intuitive enough. For example, it was fus...
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Replacement for Pitchfork app - refeedify.com

if you were a fan of the pitchfork/any other review site app, check out www.refeedify.com - it does the same thing for an aggregate of album review sites and works on tablet/mobile as well.

  • Casual Listener
  • if you were a fan of the pitchfork/any other review site app, check out www.refeedify.com - it does the same thing for an aggregate of album review sites and works on tablet/mobile as well.
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Solved!! Playlist doesnt remember position of song currently playing after update

So before when I listened to a song and switched playlists or search another song, or whatever, and clicked again on the playlist, the position was on this song. Now it just loads the playlist again from the top. This is very annoying with big playli...

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  • So before when I listened to a song and switched playlists or search another song, or whatever, and clicked again on the playlist, the position was on this song. Now it just loads the playlist again ...
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Is there any sort of beta testing or quality control for your updates?

Do you even have beta testers? I can't get it through my head how this update went live, i imagine you must have had meetings about this... "The search function... Useless! Get rid of it!" "System tray? Useless!" "Volume slider on the right" I don't ...

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  • Do you even have beta testers? I can't get it through my head how this update went live, i imagine you must have had meetings about this...   "The search function... Useless! Get rid of it!" ...
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Desktop Beta for Linux?

Hi there!I'd like to know if there are any plans to extend the beta desktop preview to Linux users. I know that Spotify still considers the Linux desktop app a "technical preview", but it was stated many times here and elsewhere that several Spotify ...

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  • Hi there! I'd like to know if there are any plans to extend the beta desktop preview to Linux users. I know that Spotify still considers the Linux desktop app a "technical preview", but it was sta...
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Will Christmas come early for Linux users?

Hello everyone, There's been quite a bit of development on the Windows and portable versions of Spotify over the last six months, but none of these have made their way to the Linux version to date. What's the status on the development of the Linux ve...

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  • Hello everyone,   There's been quite a bit of development on the Windows and portable versions of Spotify over the last six months, but none of these have made their way to the Linux version...
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Spotify's only concern is the mobile market

Have you seen what @spotifycares is spamming to everyone complaing about.the loss of apps in the desktop? @everyonecomplaining: Hey, sorry to hear you’re disappointed. With the growing importance of mobile, we need to turn more of our attention to ma...

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  • Have you seen what @spotifycares is spamming to everyone complaing about.the loss of apps in the desktop?   @everyonecomplaining: Hey, sorry to hear you’re disappointed. With the growing imp...
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[PSA] Current changelog (fixed edition!)

Apps removed (this is a planned removal and will not be returning) Activity feed redesigned (now emphasizes social aspects over the music they are listening to) Closing spotify with the "X" now exits the application Top Charts has replaced Top Tracks...

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  • Apps removed (this is a planned removal and will not be returning) Activity feed redesigned (now emphasizes social aspects over the music they are listening to) Closing spotify with the "X" now e...
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Revert to 0.8.5 until development team and management has been fired for their incompetence!

Guide: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4430815 Take back your freedom. Maybe they will change their mind and revert to a usable client. In the meantime, I'll be looking for alternatives. I'm fed up with this!

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  • Guide:   http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4430815   Take back your freedom. Maybe they will change their mind and revert to a usable client. In the meantime, I'll be...
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Wow, Spotify themselves are really staying away from this forum...

Not one single response or comment anywhere about the obvious mistake of releasing an alpha version to the public. Do they even read this? Does anyone even bother?

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  • Not one single response or comment anywhere about the obvious mistake of releasing an alpha version to the public. Do they even read this? Does anyone even bother? 
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Controls do not appear in Ubuntu matte.

Operative System: Ubuntu Desktop: Mate Not see the controls of reproduction in Ubuntu Mate. See screenshot

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  • Operative System: Ubuntu Desktop: Mate     Not see the controls of reproduction in Ubuntu Mate.   See screenshot 
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About the App removal

Honestly, i am sad. The apps where the biggest thing that that made spotify unique, i am sure you checked your data, so i just assume that they werent used enough. But you NEED to replace them somehow, or you will most likely loose customers (at leas...

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  •   Honestly,   i am sad.   The apps where the biggest thing that that made spotify unique, i am sure you checked your data, so i just assume that they werent used enough. ...
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[Linux] minor issues

I couldn't find any appropriate topic to complain about some issues with linux version that I think aren't present in the Windows counterpart 1. If spotify is on, computer shutdown lasts about 10-20 seconds more.When I exit spotify manually everythin...

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  • I couldn't find any appropriate topic to complain about some issues with linux version that I think aren't present in the Windows counterpart   1. If spotify is on, computer shutdown lasts a...
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Missing radio in Genre Stations list

I just realized today, that "Trance" radio station got removed from "Genre Stations" in radio page of desktop client (Linux), I mean bottom of the page. But it is visible in "Your stations". I've got heavily confused about this today (how to code wit...

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  • I just realized today, that "Trance" radio station got removed from "Genre Stations" in radio page of desktop client (Linux), I mean bottom of the page. But it is visible in "Your stations". I've got...
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Remove artist from Your Music?

I'm posting this here even though I have the same problem when I use the web player and the Android app (as well as the Linux desktop client). I have two artists in Your Music that I want to delete. I no longer have any saved tracks by these artists,...

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  • I'm posting this here even though I have the same problem when I use the web player and the Android app (as well as the Linux desktop client).   I have two artists in Your Music that I want ...
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How can I browse my saved album ?

Hello, Is there a way to browse and narrow down my research, when searching for a specific album into my saved "albums" library? I found that cmd+cntrl+F helps when into a playlist or into the "Songs" library, but what about the "Albums" and the "Art...

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  • Hello,   Is there a way to browse and narrow down my research, when searching for a specific album into my saved "albums" library? I found that cmd+cntrl+F helps when into a playlist or in...
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Forgotten email

I set up a premium spotify account for a business in October. We recently got logged out of it and now can't remember which email address was used to set it up. I have tried both of me email addresses but they are both personal spotify accounts, not ...

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  • I set up a premium spotify account for a business in October.  We recently got logged out of it and now can't remember which email address was used to set it up.  I have tried both of me em...
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Playback skipping to next track and then pausing

I am having problems listening to music while scrolling through the list of albums of an arist. E.g, if I listen to the most popular track of an artist then start scrolling down the page to look at some earlier albums, before clicking on anything, th...

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  • I am having problems listening to music while scrolling through the list of albums of an arist. E.g, if I listen to the most popular track of an artist then start scrolling down the page to look at s...
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