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Plan
Free/Premium
Country
United States
Device
MacBook Pro, Mid 2012
Operating System
macOS Mojave
My Question or Issue
As I've seen many people posting about here, I too seem to have fallen to the "firewall may be blocking Spotify" problem that many others are having.
I started off by deleting the app, clearing all cache and other Spotify files in Library, restarted, then tried to do a fresh install from Spotify's website. From there, I continuously got a "Download Failed" followed by an "Installation Failed" message. After searching through the forums, someone else posted a .dmg file that could be downloaded, and that at least worked to get the app reinstalled.
From the fresh install, I got the same firewall auth:16 message again. I then tried changing the Firewall settings to no avail, tried changing the "host" file to no avail. I have restarted and reinstalled at least six times.
Anybody from Spotify actually going to help us out with this? I have been a Premium member for years and this is making me want to cancel because you clearly don't care about customer service.
Hey Mac users,
For anyone encountering this issue, please make sure you've gone through all the steps below.
When posting a reply, let us know what you've already tried out.
We'd recommend starting off by clearing your hosts files with these steps:
If you're still having issues, try these steps.
Many thanks! 🙂
Hi. I fixed it in several steps
1. Delete spotify
2. Go to Clean my Mac and uninstall everything related to Spotify (use search)
3. Start smart cleaning
4. Make sure there is no folders left in ~/Library/Caches ("com.spotify.installer" and "com.spotify.client" folders)
5. Restart your mac
6. Install Spotify
7. Go to the 'update proxy' settings
8. Choose 'No Proxy' from the dropdown in the top right corner
9. Click 'Update Proxy' — Back To Login — Restart the application
10. Now you can try to log in to your account)
Plan
Premium
Device
Macbook Pro, 2017
Operating System
MacOS Monterey
My Question or Issue
I have been experiencing all sorts of sudden problems with Spotfiy on the desktop app on my computer and the webplayer on firefox, and chrome (not safari funnily enough). Anyway this is specifically about the app, the screenshot below shows what it comes up with when I try to login. I just tried to login after a clean reinstall because of issues within the app. I honestly don't know what to do because Spotify is whitelisted in my firewall section in settings so I don't know what's going on. Any help is appreciated.
Hey @Ferret0332,
Thank you for reaching out here in the Community!
We appreciate you taking the time to report this but we can't see the screenshot, so we were not able to find the root cause of what you are experiencing. Can you try to attach it again?
In the meantime, here are a few other things you can try:
Let us know how things work out,
Cheers!
Hey Lyubka, Sorry about that. I've now attached it below, so hopefully this time it works. I have tried all of those things and none have worked.
Hi there @Ferret0332,
This is very strange indeed.
Can you let us know, if you can recall if those issues started after a recent OS update? Since you've tried a different WiFi network, and that's not the cause it might be some settings which have been updated on your Macbook itself.
On another note you can try this:
1. When you open the Spotify app, click the Setting button on the bottom, underneath the Log in panel.
2. Go to the 'Update proxy' settings
3. Choose 'No Proxy' from the dropdown and restart the app.
4. Try logging in again.
Let us know how you get on.
Hey Alex,
Yeah, it is really strange. No, the problems did not start occurring after a recent update. I have done exactly those steps and still to no avail.
I have the same Problem which appeared our of nowhere, no software changes, updates etc. on a MacBook Pro 2021 running Monterey. No Firewall active. I tried everything that was proposed in this thread over the last 2 years, nothing worked. Please advice, this has already cost me days! Best, Markus
Hey @Ferret0332,
Thanks for your reply and for keeping us posted.
We'd recommend to continue by clearing your hosts files with these steps:
If your issue persists, would you mind sending us the exact Spotify version you have running?
Keep us in the loop. We'll be here if you have any other questions.
Cheers!
Hey AlejaR,
I tried this and it is still coming up with the same message as in the screenshot higher up in this thread (see my reply to Lyubka). How do I find out which spotify I am running?
Hey Mac users,
For anyone encountering this issue, please make sure you've gone through all the steps below.
When posting a reply, let us know what you've already tried out.
We'd recommend starting off by clearing your hosts files with these steps:
If you're still having issues, try these steps.
Many thanks! 🙂
Hey @markusgerhard19,
Could you please confirm you've tried all of the abovementioned steps?
Any additional details would also be of help.
Much appreciated!
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