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Discuss Spotify for Mac
When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...
Spotify Legend
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Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Of AmericaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify the installer says "Unsupported PlatformSorry, this version of Spotify is for mac...
Visitor
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How do I clear the recently played items that appear on the home screen upon launching the desktop app? If I go into the Recently Played section and remove them there, they still show up on the home screen.
Visitor
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PlanPremium FamilyCountryItaly DeviceMacBook Air 2020Operating SystemmacOS 14.4.1 My Question or Issue Hi, since quite a lot of time the App on my MacBook doesn’t work properly. Basically, I can’t go on any playlist besides the one I was able to down...
Plan Premium Family Country Italy Device MacBook Air 2020 Operating System macOS 14.4.1 My Question or Issue Hi, since quite a lot of time the App on my ...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacbook Pro 2023Operating System15.6.1 My Question or IssueThe shuffle has a bug. You cannot turn on normal shuffle. Either shuffle is off or it is the shuffle that puts in random songs into the playlist.
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Macbook Pro 2023 Operating System 15.6.1 My Question or Issue The shuffle has a bug. You cannot turn on normal shuffle. Either shuffle is off or i...
Moderator
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Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d Device: MacBook M1 ProOperating System: Ventura 13.0 (22A380) I'm experiencing consistently high CPU usage from the Spotify desktop app for Mac. Whether the app is playing music or not, it consiste...
Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.8.923.g4f94bf0d Device: MacBook M1 Pro Operating System: Ventura 13.0 (22A380) I'm experiencing consistently high CPU usage from...
Newbie
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6 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacBook Air 2023Operating SystemmacOS 14 My Question or IssueRecently I've began noticing an issue with the battery impact and usage of Spotify. Sometimes when using the app it'll randomly shoot up to like 300 energy im...
Plan Premium Country Denmark Device MacBook Air 2023 Operating System macOS 14 My Question or Issue Recently I've began noticing an issue with the battery impact and usage of...
Newbie
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43 replies
2 likes
My Spotify app stopped working on my Mac.The App does not show any content. I was able to perform a clean install which worked only one. After coming back to my Mac, the same issue occurred: Spotify does not show any content. After reinstalling the A...
My Spotify app stopped working on my Mac. The App does not show any content. I was able to perform a clean install which worked only one. After coming back to my Mac, the same issue occurred: Spotif...
Casual Listener
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11 replies
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DeviceSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.77.358.g4339a634 My Question or IssueAny title that has the "Music video" tag (as per screenshot) cannot be played.Error "Sorry, we're not able to play this content".*Yes, same song plays file on iOS.
Device Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.77.358.g4339a634 My Question or Issue Any title that has the "Music video" tag (as per screenshot) cannot be played. Error "Sorry, we're not ...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air M1, 2020Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueAfter hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS), play/pause functionality with the space bar does not work until clicking on...
Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Air M1, 2020 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or Issue After hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS),...
Regular
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27 replies
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PlanPremiumCountry Devicemac miniOperating Systemmac os sonoma My Question or IssueThis playlist made by spotify is showing songs from multiple artists.But the placement of "Music Video" button and text are at the wrong place.When I skimmed to find t...
Plan Premium Country Device mac mini Operating System mac os sonoma My Question or Issue This playlist made by spotify is showing songs from multiple artists. But the placeme...
Casual Listener
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I'm an artist and I'm trying to switch to Spotify from Apple Music for staging my music for my own personal listening before actually publishing it. However, it's very frustrating that the album artwork isn't showing up even though I've made sure it'...
I'm an artist and I'm trying to switch to Spotify from Apple Music for staging my music for my own personal listening before actually publishing it. However, it's very frustrating that the album artw...
Newbie
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11 replies
2 likes
Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...
Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but ...
Visitor
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60 replies
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PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceMacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)Operating SystemmacOS 26.1My Question or IssueWhen you click "Home" to return to the home page on the Spotify Web Player on Safari, it automatically starts to play many overlapping songs without an...
Plan Free Country Canada Device MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023) Operating System macOS 26.1 My Question or Issue When you click "Home" to return to the home page on the Spotify Web Player on Safa...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemVentura My Question or IssueRecently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and trying to make it play again makes it pause after half a second. All following...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System Ventura My Question or Issue Recently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and tr...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Air 2022 My Question or IssueI am listening to an audiobook on Premium that comes with supplemental docs/pdfs but I cannot find them on the Desktop app only on the mobile app. Any ideas where I can find these docs o...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Air 2022 My Question or Issue I am listening to an audiobook on Premium that comes with supplemental docs/pdfs but I cannot find them on the Des...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMacbook Air M2 2023Operating SystemMacOS Sequoia 15.5 My Question or IssueThe audio quality is worse than on my iphone 14 pro with the same lossless setting and connection to wifi, it gets better when i turn the pla...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Macbook Air M2 2023 Operating System MacOS Sequoia 15.5 My Question or Issue The audio quality is worse than on my iphone 14 pro with the same...
Moderator
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Hello, I'm on a 2017 MacBook Pro listening on my spotify desktop app. Settings are set to very high quality sound, but the sound quality is awful compared to listening from my phone. It is noticeably worse -- whether I'm listening through AirPods or ...
Hello, I'm on a 2017 MacBook Pro listening on my spotify desktop app. Settings are set to very high quality sound, but the sound quality is awful compared to listening from my phone. It is noticeably...
Newbie
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12 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacbook Pro 13" Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm in a discord call, the sound quality from Spotify is dreadful. My headphones are Sony WH-H900N and connected thro...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm in a discord call, the...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountrySlovenia DeviceMacOsSOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI want to remove "Import your music from other apps" button. I don't have any other music apps. It's taking up space in already clutter...
Plan Premium Country Slovenia Device MacOsS Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I want to remove "Import your music from other ...
Newbie
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountryCambodia, but currently in JapanDeviceMacMini M4Operating SystemMacOS 15.5 My Question or ...
Plan Free/Premium Country None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Cambodia, but curr...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Air M4Operating SystemSequia 15.6 My Question or IssueMy mac used to work perfectly for automixes. Today, upon checking my playlist I realized my automixes were all broken and the previous mix "pattern" (still access...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Air M4 Operating System Sequia 15.6 My Question or Issue My mac used to work perfectly for automixes. Today, upon checking my playlist I realiz...
Moderator
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Hello, i am getting an illegal scope message when trying to log in on my Spotify account on my Mac. any ideas about how to solve that?
Hello, i am getting an illegal scope message when trying to log in on my Spotify account on my Mac. any ideas about how to solve that?
Casual Listener
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