Black screen, app don't work

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Plan

Premium

Country

Brasil

Device

MacBook Pro 13 

I just had the app installed and it won't leave this black page. I already tried to reinstall but it stays like this. How I can solve this issue?

Screen shot of the issue

Operating System

iOS High Sierra 10.13.5

My Question or Issue

[Loxer]

Hi,

Please check these articles, 1 & 2.

They might help solve your issue.

Please next time try to look up for your issue in the community since it might have been solved before.

Have a nice day 🙂

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Hi,

I had already checked this 2 articles, my problem is on Mac and the articles are about Windows. I still have this problem and I have no clue how to solve it.

[Loxer]

Hi,

I don't know if you even opened the links but the first one is for macOS while the second has a thread on it that is for macOS.

Anyway, since you have checked these 2, here are some others that are worth a check for real this time. 3, 4 & 5

Have a nice day 🙂 

[484-tx_9fwznf]

#5 was a lifesaver. None of the other links were helpful for me. Tip number two in this link was what finally got my app working. Thank you for posting these other links. 

[Loxer]

Glad that it worked 😄

[ronsbons]

I've looked through the 5 threads that you linked here, and none of them fixed the issue for me.  When I start Spotify, it is only black, not a single word of text or image is visible in the app for 20 minutes or longer.  

Then the Home page loads and the left menu bar loads, but if I click on any other page (ex. Browse, Radio) or playlist, the screen is blank/black again.

• I've deleted the app and all cache and other application files and reinstalled the latest version.
• I've disabled hardware acceleration.
• I've run the application using this command: /Applications/Spotify.app/Contents/MacOS/Spotify --disable-accelerated-layers --disable-accelerated-fixed-root-background 
• I checked the "prefs" file for any proxy settings -- there are none.
• I don't have a separate graphics card.
• I deleted the "ru.mo" file and the "en.mo" file in the locales folder.
• Spotify was not listed in the Login Items of my Mac.
• I couldn't locate this file/plugin: /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/SpotifyRemotePlugin.bundle

I don't know what other steps to take.  This issue started happening 3 days ago, seemingly out of the blue.  I did not update my MacOS, I'm still using the same computer, I don't know what else could have changed.

[Xenia]

Hey @ronsbons ,

Thank you for letting us know about this. No worries - We're here to help 🙂

Can you let us know which device/devices this happen on?

Could you try to log in to another Spotify account on the device/devices this occurs on? You can use a friend or a family members account if it's possible and let us if the issue persists.

It would also be great if you could send us a screen recording of what's going on. It would help us understand more what's going on directly from your end.

We're looking forward to your reply. 

Cheers! 

[ronsbons]

Hi @Xenia,

Thanks for replying!

This WAS happening on a 2017 13-in MacBook Air with macOS Catalina (10.15.6).  I don't know what the difference is between the past 4 or 5 days and today, but somehow, it's magically working now...

I'll come back if the issue happens again!

[philamand]

Hi,

My solution was to simply install an older version of Spotify.

You can find them here:

https://spotify.en.uptodown.com/mac/versions

In my case my first try was spotify-1-1-39-612 and it worked for me, so I will stay there.

I'm using Big Sur on a new Macpro

Have a nice day