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Jam now available on Desktop

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...

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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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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

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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[Mac] Troubleshooting 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. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Superuser Contribution Spam despite premium subscription!

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI am being spammed with suggestions and albums despite being subscribed to premium. I am unsu...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)         My Questio...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify altering my 'liked songs'

Hi, I have had spotify premium for over 4 years now, and noticed this happening quite often lately. Whenever I check up on an artist that I am 100% certain of that I have 'liked/saved' their songs of before, all of a sudden they would be un-checked o...

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  • Hi, I have had spotify premium for over 4 years now, and noticed this happening quite often lately.   Whenever I check up on an artist that I am 100% certain of that I have 'liked/saved' their...
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Superuser Contribution I cannot see what my friends are playing

PlanPremiumDevice(Macbook Pro)Operating System(MacOS Catalina) I cannot see what my friends are playing, nothing shows up in the sidbar. I have tried the clean installation instructions, restarting, and unfollowing/following to no avail.

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  • Plan Premium Device (Macbook Pro) Operating System (MacOS Catalina)   I cannot see what my friends are playing, nothing shows up in the sidbar. I have tried the clean installation instruc...
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Superuser Contribution Press play and nothing happens

Hello. Spotify is working fine on our iPad and iPhone, however it will not work on my MacBook where I work. It opens fine and appears to be connecting online. When I press play it freezes in play mode at 0:00 and there is no sound. I use this for tea...

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  • Hello.   Spotify is working fine on our iPad and iPhone, however it will not work on my MacBook where I work.  It opens fine and appears to be connecting online.  When I press play i...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Web player not working

Whenever i open web player, i get a screen that tells me to reload the page because something happened. i tried that and the same thing happened. I tried to reset my macbook, but it still didn't work. I tried logging out and logging back in to spotif...

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  • Whenever i open web player, i get a screen that tells me to reload the page because something happened. i tried that and the same thing happened. I tried to reset my macbook, but it still didn't work...
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Superuser Contribution Play/Pause, forward and back button not working (f7, f8, and f9)

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssuePlay, pause and back button doesn't work even Spotify window is the only one active window.

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Play, p...
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High CPU Usage by local FLAC files

Hi, I just solved my Spotify for Mac problem and would like to leave my solution here. I was affected by high CPU usage problem for quite a while now and tried several solutions from this community such as disabling hardware acceleration or reinstall...

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  • Hi, I just solved my Spotify for Mac problem and would like to leave my solution here.   I was affected by high CPU usage problem for quite a while now and tried several solutions from this co...
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Solved!! CATALINA? Will it works?

PlanFreeCountryFranceDeviceMacbook Pro 2015Operating SystemMac OS Mojave 10.14.6 My QuestionHello I have a mac book pro (2015) with Mojave. I'd like to know if downloading the Catalina version might prevent my Spotify app from working. I don't want t...

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  •   Plan Free Country France Device Macbook Pro 2015 Operating System Mac OS Mojave 10.14.6   My Question Hello I have a mac book pro (2015) with Mojave. I'd like to know if downlo...
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Can't Play Songs in Like Songs Playlist in reverse chronological order

I am a Spotify premium user, in Canada. When using the Mac Spotify app (version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9 on Mac OS 10.14.4), I can sort liked songs by "date added": either oldest first, or newest first.If sorted newest first, payback works fine, plays ea...

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  • I am a Spotify premium user, in Canada.  When using the Mac Spotify app (version 1.1.17.543.geb9254e9  on Mac OS 10.14.4), I can sort liked songs by "date added": either oldest first, or ne...
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BLUETOOTH blocking the MAC

Hi community I noticed that my Mac is often heating and when I look more into the monitor, there are some tasks that are using a lot of memory, disk and processor, specially CFPREFSD when looking on Internet forums, it seems that bluetooth with spoti...

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  • Hi community   I noticed that my Mac is often heating and when I look more into the monitor, there are some tasks that are using a lot of memory, disk and processor, specially CFPREFSD  ...
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Superuser Contribution Web Player won't work

Whenever i try to open web player, i get this screen that says that something went wrong and that i need to reload the page. I did that and it didn't work. I tried resetting my laptop and it still didn't work. I need help please.

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  • Whenever i try to open web player, i get this screen that says that something went wrong and that i need to reload the page. I did that and it didn't work. I tried resetting my laptop and it still di...
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Superuser Contribution How to prevent local files from playing?

I've got tons of MP3s on my Mac, many of them live. It happens very often so that when I play an album from Spotify, it suddenly plays one of the tracks from the local hard drive instead of the one on the album. I prefer to use iTunes to play the loc...

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  • I've got tons of MP3s on my Mac, many of them live. It happens very often so that when I play an album from Spotify, it suddenly plays one of the tracks from the local hard drive instead of the one o...
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OSX - Spotify App Must be Force Quit after logging in: Spotify Crashes on Exit.

Premium PlanUSADeviceMacbook Pro late 2018Operating SystemHigh Sierra Version 10.13.6 My Question or IssueAs the title indicates, once I have logged into the Spotify app on OSX, it works fine, but must be Force Quit in order to close. If I delete ~Li...

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  • Premium Plan USA Device Macbook Pro late 2018 Operating System High Sierra Version 10.13.6   My Question or Issue As the title indicates, once I have logged into the Spotify app on OSX, ...
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Ad banners block Album Title

I scroll to the bottom of an album, and this rapper banner blocks the titles of the Albums. Other ads let it appear normally. Changing my screen resolution doesn't help. It's only this specific ad that blocks the titles.   PlanFree/PremiumCountry Dev...

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  • I scroll to the bottom of an album, and this rapper banner blocks the titles of the Albums. Other ads let it appear normally. Changing my screen resolution doesn't help. It's only this specific ad th...
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[Desktop] Where's the album cover in the new macOS interface?!

The album cover in the bottom left corner have completely disappeared with the new desktop interface!Someone can, explain why is a good idea to take off album cover?

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  • The album cover in the bottom left corner have completely disappeared with the new desktop interface! Someone can, explain why is a good idea to take off album cover?
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com.spotify.client - always the same since years...

Hello, first I'm Premium User under Mac OS Catalina 10.15.2 with my Mac Mini mid-2012.My question : how to change "com.spotify.client" location to use a different hd. In my case : change the location from an hd ssd to a normal hdd ... to avoid short ...

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  • Hello, first I'm Premium User under Mac OS Catalina 10.15.2 with my Mac Mini mid-2012. My question : how to change "com.spotify.client" location to use a different hd.   I...
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Audio stops using Spotify Client on Mac with Bose USB Speakers

Family PlanPremiumUK 5K iMacMojave 10.14.6Spotify 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b IssueSpotify has recently randomly stop playing audio through my Bose USB Speakers - this has worked for years. The song continues playing but with no audio... switch the audio to...

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  • Family Plan Premium UK   5K iMac Mojave 10.14.6 Spotify 1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b   Issue Spotify has recently randomly stop playing audio through my Bose USB Speakers - this has w...
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Superuser Contribution LENTITUD EXTREMA EN iMAC al cargar las listas, covers e info

Tengo una iMac con iOS 10.9.5 (Mavericks). La app instalada demora SIGLOS en cargar. Inclusive una vez que cargó mis listas y la actividad de mis amigos, cuando cambio de una lista a otra, nuevamente la demora. He instalado la app varias veces y nada...

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  • Tengo una iMac con iOS 10.9.5 (Mavericks). La app instalada demora SIGLOS en cargar. Inclusive una vez que cargó mis listas y la actividad de mis amigos, cuando cambio de una lista a otra, nuevamente...
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Recently Played artists not updating on Homepage

Plan = PremiumCountry = Ireland DeviceMacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)Operating System10.15.3 (19D76) My Question or IssueThe recently played artists on my homepage never update. When I click the "Recently Played" under "Your Library" they upd...

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  • Plan = Premium Country = Ireland   Device MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Operating System 10.15.3 (19D76)   My Question or Issue The recently played artists on my homepage...
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Can't download spotify app on Mac OS X 10.9.4

Hi! I downloaded Spotify on my new Macbook Air a month or two ago, when it suddenly stopped working (the app wouldnt open). I then deleted the whole thing and tried downloading again - though when I try to open the newly downloaded app, it wont open....

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  • Hi! I downloaded Spotify on my new Macbook Air a month or two ago, when it suddenly stopped working (the app wouldnt open). I then deleted the whole thing and tried downloading again - though ...
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