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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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[Mac] Volume Slider Does Not Remember Position After Restart

Brief description of the issue: So if you lower the volume using the volume slider on the bottom right-hand side of the screen, then restart your computer, the slider goes back to 100%, but the actual volume level output from Spotify remains at the p...

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  • Brief description of the issue:  So if you lower the volume using the volume slider on the bottom right-hand side of the screen, then restart your computer, the slider goes back to 100%, but th...
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My MacBook Air will Not play music or anything from Spotify!?

I havent ever had a problem before but, today I was playing music through my mac with headphones and i opened the app in my phone at the same time. Ever since then music WILL NOT play through the mac. I have tried logging out, deleteing, and restarti...

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  • I havent ever had a problem before but, today I was playing music through my mac with headphones and i opened the app in my phone at the same time. Ever since then music WILL NOT play through the mac...
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AirPods Cause Spotify to Quit Working

DeviceMacBook Pro Mid 2015, Apple Airpods, SpotifyOperating SystemOS X Yosomite 10.10.5 My Question or IssueI recently purchased airpods. Whenver I connect my airpods to my mac via bluetooth and try to listen to spotify it tells me that it "Cant play...

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  •     Device MacBook Pro Mid 2015, Apple Airpods, Spotify Operating System OS X Yosomite 10.10.5   My Question or Issue I recently purchased airpods. Whenver I connect my airpods...
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Podcasts Are Cut Short

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS MojaveMy Question or IssueI follow Jenna & Julien's podcasts on YouTube and am wondering why Spotify cuts the episodes shorter than they are on YouTube. I attached two screenshots to show what ...

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  • Plan Free Country USA Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS Mojave My Question or Issue I follow Jenna & Julien's podcasts on YouTube and am wondering why Spotify cuts the episodes s...
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Solved!! Cannot READ spotify app Mac Desktop

Plan: Not sureFree/Premium: PaidCountry: USA Device(Mac Mini)Operating System(Mojave 10.14) My Question or Issue:I cannot read the text. It is seriously ridiculous. I estimate it is the equivalent is about 4 pt text on a printed page. Why aren't ther...

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  •   Plan: Not sure Free/Premium: Paid Country: USA   Device (Mac Mini) Operating System (Mojave 10.14)   My Question or Issue: I cannot read the text. It is seriously ridiculo...
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Bug: switch playback from ios to macos, turn off ios headphones, macos stops playing

Premium plan in USA, iPhone 8 running iOS 12.4 and Spotify 8.5.17.713, macOS 10.14.5 with Spotify 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f. Steps:1. Play music in Spotify on iOS while using Bluetooth headphones2. In Spotify on macOS use the "Connect to a device" control ...

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  • Premium plan in USA, iPhone 8 running iOS 12.4 and Spotify 8.5.17.713, macOS 10.14.5 with Spotify 1.1.4.197.g92d52c4f.   Steps: 1. Play music in Spotify on iOS while using Bluetooth head...
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static image when trying to share songs to Facebook via my iMac/iPhone!?

when i try to share songs to my facebook, i can see that there is a 30 second preview player - which works fine for me. however a friend said that she sees only a static image, and sometimes it's just a weird blown up section of the album cover. look...

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  • when i try to share songs to my facebook, i can see that there is a 30 second preview player - which works fine for me. however a friend said that she sees only a static image, and sometimes it's jus...
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Solved!! Why won't my playlist picture change?

I recently bought a new Macbook Air, and I made a new playlist just today. When I uploaded a picture, it worked just fine and it showed up perfectly. However, when I tried to change the picture of an older playlist, it just wouldn't change. While I w...

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  • I recently bought a new Macbook Air, and I made a new playlist just today. When I uploaded a picture, it worked just fine and it showed up perfectly. However, when I tried to change the picture of an...
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Unblock a song from a radio station

PlanPremiumCountryJapanDeviceiPhone XOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueYesterday, I accidentially clicked the block button on a song when I was playing a radio station. I just want to unblock the song that potentially I liked, but I couldn't...

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  • Plan Premium Country Japan Device iPhone X Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue Yesterday, I accidentially clicked the block button on a song when I was playing a radio stati...
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Macbook Audio

I am currently using a MacBook pro to listen to Spotify but I run into problems when I use an app using the microphone. In my specific scenario when I am on a call on discord my Spotify sound quality seems to get muffled whenever I get into the call....

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  • I am currently using a MacBook pro to listen to Spotify but I run into problems when I use an app using the microphone. In my specific scenario when I am on a call on discord my Spotify sound quality...
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Trying to play songs on web player, it's not responding - only plays last playlist I listened to

PremiumUSA MacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Mohave 10.14.5 I'm trying to use the Web Player to listen to music at work, and when I click a song, it ignores the command, and momentarily flashes down in the bottom left the album cover for a different s...

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  • Premium USA   MacBook Air Operating System macOS Mohave 10.14.5   I'm trying to use the Web Player to listen to music at work, and when I click a song, it ignores the command, and mo...
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Spotify keeps downloading same app version on Mac

Can one of you genuises explain why my Spotify, unprompted, downloads the Spotify App version for Apple from Spotify's website unprompted, even though I am already running the latest version? This seems to happen only when I open the program... It's ...

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  • Can one of you genuises explain why my Spotify, unprompted, downloads the Spotify App version for Apple from Spotify's website unprompted, even though I am already running the latest version? This se...
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"Can't Play Current Song" Every time i open my laptop

I have the Spotify desktop app on my macbook, and I have a paid premium account and am also on wifi. Every time I open my laptop, and go to play music, I get the error saying I can't play this song for every song in my library. This error goes away w...

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  • I have the Spotify desktop app on my macbook, and I have a paid premium account and am also on wifi. Every time I open my laptop, and go to play music, I get the error saying I can't play this song f...
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Desktop doesn't show complete public playlist

PlanFreeCountryUK Device( Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueHiThere are some public playlists that don't seem to updating on my desktop but I can see the newest songs on the playlists on...

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  •   Plan Free Country UK   Device ( Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Hi There are some public play...
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[BUG] Spotify Keeps turning off and on both shuffle and repeat on mac

Plan: PremiumOSX 10.14.6 I have tried deleting spotify and reinstalling as well as doing these steps on here: https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/troubleshooting/reinstallation-of-spotify/

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  • Plan: Premium OSX 10.14.6   I have tried deleting spotify and reinstalling as well as doing these steps on here: https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/troubleshooting/reinstallati...
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My Spotify keeps skipping every song i try to play, can someone help?

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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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  
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Why can I re-arrange playlist tracks on my iPhone but not on my MacBook anymore?

I used to be able to edit my playlist track order on my macbook as well as my iphone but now can't do the former. I used to be able to drag songs up or down the playlist on the Macbook but this function seems to have gone. Any ideas why?

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  • I used to be able to edit my playlist track order on my macbook as well as my iphone but now can't do the former. I used to be able to drag songs up or down the playlist on the Macbook but this funct...
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Spotify unbearably slow on Mac

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacBook Pro 15" (Late 2015)Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.5 My Question or Issue Hi,Spotify has become unusably slow. Starting up Spotify takes around 5 minutes. Getting a song to play sometimes takes up to 15 seconds. Loo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device MacBook Pro 15" (Late 2015) Operating System macOS 10.14.5   My Question or Issue   Hi, Spotify has become unusably slow.  Starting up ...
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Alphabetical Order with "the"?

On both my Desktop Windows and Mac, and other devices, it seems that alphabetical order has changed again. I always order by Artist A-Z. When I first joined Spotify it would correctly remove "the" from artists, but now it has switched in the past few...

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  • On both my Desktop Windows and Mac, and other devices, it seems that alphabetical order has changed again. I always order by Artist A-Z. When I first joined Spotify it would correctly remove "the" fr...
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Spotify not loading up songs that are not saved although I am online

My spotify has always worked fine until now when i cant listen to anything that is not saved. i can search for songs and cue them but they dont play and sometimes just show as a blank bar in the cue list. I am online and connected to facebook but my ...

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  • My spotify has always worked fine until now when i cant listen to anything that is not saved. i can search for songs and cue them but they dont play and sometimes just show as a blank bar in the cue ...
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