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Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...
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...
Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....
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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. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...
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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...
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Mac Monterey. Was playing a podcast on iPhone and then switched it over to play on Mac. It does not work. Uninstall/reinstalled the app but no go. I am now AirPlay-ing from iPhone to Mac but that's not ideal. Help please. Also, noticed "test message"...
Mac Monterey. Was playing a podcast on iPhone and then switched it over to play on Mac. It does not work. Uninstall/reinstalled the app but no go. I am now AirPlay-ing from iPhone to Mac but that's n...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndiaDeviceMacbook M4 ProOperating SystemmacOs My Question or IssueOn a vertical screen (I am using a vertical monitor), full screen lyrics only shows a few lines. However, normal mode shows lyrics till the end of screen.
Plan Premium Country India Device Macbook M4 Pro Operating System macOs My Question or Issue On a vertical screen (I am using a vertical monitor), full screen lyrics only shows a few...
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When "Automatically hide/show menu bar" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar is enabled, you can no longer drag the Spotify window if it's full width/height (not fullscreen mode). You must resize the window so it's smaller, then quit and reopen Sp...
When "Automatically hide/show menu bar" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar is enabled, you can no longer drag the Spotify window if it's full width/height (not fullscreen mode). You must ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Air M1, 2020Operating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.1 Hi, Whenever trying to shift a location of a track in the queue on my the desktop app (Mac), it selects another track as well, thus removing said other track from th...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Air M1, 2020 Operating System macOS Ventura 13.1 Hi, Whenever trying to shift a location of a track in the queue on my the ...
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I have a premium plan. I live in Japan. I am using an iMac (2017), Ventura 13.6.7.My Question or IssueWhen I attempt to access Spotify from the Internet (https://open.spotify.com/), the first thing that pops up is a screen that says: "Something's wro...
I have a premium plan. I live in Japan. I am using an iMac (2017), Ventura 13.6.7. My Question or Issue When I attempt to access Spotify from the Internet (https://open.spotify.com/), the first t...
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I know the Miniplayer was still rolling out halfway through 2024, so I waited but it's been so long and I still don't have it, I have spotify updated so I'm not sure why. PlanPremiumCountryItaly Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.52.442.g01893f92
I know the Miniplayer was still rolling out halfway through 2024, so I waited but it's been so long and I still don't have it, I have spotify updated so I'm not sure why. Plan Premium Coun...
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceMacbook Pro 2021Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.1 My Question or Issue Until recently I was using the lyrics feature without any problem both on my mobile device and desktop app. However, for the last 3-4 days the micro...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Macbook Pro 2021 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.1 My Question or Issue Until recently I was using the lyrics feature without any problem...
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PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceMac mini M4Operating SystemMacOS 15.1.1 Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.52.442.g01893f92 My Question or IssueThe app is uploading gigabytes of data to gew1-dealer.spotify.com The screenshots are from the app Little ...
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Mac mini M4 Operating System MacOS 15.1.1 Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.52.442.g01893f92 My Question or Issue The app is uploadin...
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hello, same thing happening to me. did you find any solutions to it?
hello, same thing happening to me. did you find any solutions to it?
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PlanPremium Student versionCountry: Germany, currently in Iran DeviceMacBook Pro 2019Operating System(iOS 12.3.1) Hi,I've been facing this Error while using Spotify on the Mac platform, but on iPhone, everything is working correctly.I reinstalled com...
Plan Premium Student version Country: Germany, currently in Iran Device MacBook Pro 2019 Operating System (iOS 12.3.1) Hi, I've been facing this Error while usin...
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PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceMacBook Pro, Mac mini, Sonos One, iPhone 12Operating SystemmacOS Sequoia 15.0.1 My Question or IssueThe media keys (play/pause/next/previous) on my MacBook and Mac mini have started controlling the music playing on my S...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device MacBook Pro, Mac mini, Sonos One, iPhone 12 Operating System macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 My Question or Issue The media keys (play/pause/next/prev...
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Like the title said, after a few period of listening songs on Spotify app, other apps (like browser) have slow internet or no connection. Sometimes, searching songs in the app while playing songs is not responsive too. When I close Spotify app, every...
Like the title said, after a few period of listening songs on Spotify app, other apps (like browser) have slow internet or no connection. Sometimes, searching songs in the app while playing songs is ...
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In the new re-design (both Mac app and Web app) it is missing the "Custom Order" option when viewing playlists and it will not allow me to rearrange playlists and playlist folders. It shows a "Creator" option, which seems redundant, I am the creator ...
In the new re-design (both Mac app and Web app) it is missing the "Custom Order" option when viewing playlists and it will not allow me to rearrange playlists and playlist folders. It ...
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How do I copy the playlists over?
How do I copy the playlists over?
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The lyrics feature offers an option to "report" wrong lyrics, but it doesn't ask which ones are wrong or what the correct lyrics are. Normally I'm not too picky about this kind of thing, but I've come across a few lines that are just really flat-out ...
The lyrics feature offers an option to "report" wrong lyrics, but it doesn't ask which ones are wrong or what the correct lyrics are. Normally I'm not too picky about this kind of thing, but I've com...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 2023Operating SystemMacOS Sonoma 14.6 My Question or IssueI want to disable friend activity. I don't want to be able to see everyone's activity. I tried the following:- Disabling Display > "See what your friends...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2023 Operating System MacOS Sonoma 14.6 My Question or Issue I want to disable friend activity. I don't want to be able to see everyone's ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook ProOperating Systemmacos 15 My Question or Issue When the bell has a blue dot:- click the bell one time shows what's new page, but the page is not updated and still shows the old data- click twice to return to home-c...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System macos 15 My Question or Issue When the bell has a blue dot: - click the bell one time shows what's new page, but t...
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Hello people, Kudos to the great work being done at Spotify! Just noticed something today, when the songs list is viewed as compact list, I am unable to use my keyboard to tab through / select songs in playlist. This could be just because view as com...
Hello people, Kudos to the great work being done at Spotify! Just noticed something today, when the songs list is viewed as compact list, I am unable to use my keyboard to tab through / sele...
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When I log in Spotify it does not recognize my password. I have reset many times.
When I log in Spotify it does not recognize my password. I have reset many times.
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