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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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Artist Playlists?

Hi, I'm using in my artist account on Spotify and trying to update some of my profile page material. The area that states "Artist Playlists" doesn't seem to find any playlists I've created in from my normal account? I don't see anyway to create these...

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  • ...ther playlists when I search, but doesn't show any I've created which are public and collaborative?   Can someone help? Thanks  
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Date Added Reset for whole playlist

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemOS 10.13 Since yesterday all the songs on my main Starred playlist changed to added "10 days ago" This really messes my organization cause I've been adding songs for at least 5 years. I'...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System OS 10.13   Since yesterday all the songs on my main Starred playlist changed to added  "10 days ago"...
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Pause button near songs in "Liked songs" playlist not working

Macos Catalina 10.15.1Latest desktop app Hi, The "Pause" buttons which are located near each song in "Liked songs" playlist are not working. When press on it, it looks like happens double click and song just playing again. In any other place like oth...

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  • Macos Catalina 10.15.1 Latest desktop app   Hi,   The "Pause" buttons which are located near each song in "Liked songs" playlist are not working. When press on it, it looks like happen...
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Can't hear audio on new bluetooth speaker

PremiumUSA Macbook Pro Early 2015MacOS High Sierra I recently purchased the new Harmon Kardon Onyx Studio 5 and all other means of audio play fine except Spotify. I can't hear anything on the speaker when I hit play and the Spotify Player and mac vol...

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  • Premium USA   Macbook Pro Early 2015 MacOS High Sierra   I recently purchased the new Harmon Kardon Onyx Studio 5 and all other means of audio play fine except Spotify. I can't hear a...
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Discover Weekly won't update. I've tried all the other solutions.

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI got back to using Spotify after a while and it turns out my Discover Weekly Playlist won't ...

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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 I got b...
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Profile picture not updating

PlanPremiumCountry Turkey Device(iPhone 8, Macbook Pro late 2016) My Question or IssueMy account is connected to Facebook and I have changed my profile picture on my Facebook profile however my spotify profile does not display any photos and does not...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey   Device (iPhone 8, Macbook Pro late 2016)   My Question or Issue My account is connected to Facebook and I have changed my profile picture on my Faceboo...
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Daily Drive does not play Podcasts, but music

Hi there,I do like to hear my Daily Drive on my iMac. However, music is playing only. Every time podcasts and the like are in the playlists, I do not hear anything. At the next music, I hear sound again.What blocks the transmission of Podcast in Dail...

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  • Hi there, I do like to hear my Daily Drive on my iMac. However, music is playing only. Every time podcasts and the like are in the playlists, I do not hear anything. At the next music, I hear sound ...
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Cannot Play Songs

It is a Mac Air. I have premium. I have updated to the latest Mac System update. Spotify is up to date. I have reinstalled and deleted caches. Logged in, logged out. Restarted. Deleted wifi and logged back in... I am not sure what is going on but it ...

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  • It is a Mac Air. I have premium. I have updated to the latest Mac System update. Spotify is up to date. I have reinstalled and deleted caches. Logged in, logged out. Restarted. Deleted wifi and logge...
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I messed up huge with my local files and need some help...

Ok, this is a little confusing, so please bare with me... I don't remember why I've always done it this way, but I read something once a while back and set it up. Basically, I have my music folder on my computer where my iTunes files are. There are o...

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  • Ok, this is a little confusing, so please bare with me...   I don't remember why I've always done it this way, but I read something once a while back and set it up. Basically, I have my music ...
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It's NOT possible to change the location where your music is stored. [Mac OS X]

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceMacbook Air Early 2014Operating SystemmacOS MOJAVE 10.14.6 My Question or IssueI have changed the Setting for "Offline Storage Location" in the Spotify settings to my external sd Card.When I stream songs or download anyt...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device Macbook Air Early 2014 Operating System macOS MOJAVE 10.14.6   My Question or Issue I have changed the Setting for "Offline Storage Location" in...
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Superuser Contribution So none of the artists I have saved are showing up.

Basically, I had to reinstall Spotify and log back in and now, all the artists I'd saved aren't showing currently, in spite of Spotify saying they're saved to my artists lists, nor do the individual songs even show up anymore. Whatever the update did...

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  • Basically, I had to reinstall Spotify and log back in and now, all the artists I'd saved aren't showing currently, in spite of Spotify saying they're saved to my artists lists, nor do the individual ...
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Irregular behaviour with Spotify Connect, external speakers and 3rd party software

I am on a one-person premium plan in Germany. The machine that my issue relates to is a 15-inch 2019 MacBook Pro running MacOS Catalina 10.15.1. I have the latest version of the Spotify app installed (1.1.20.510.g7d28aaaa as of this writing). I use S...

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  • I am on a one-person premium plan in Germany. The machine that my issue relates to is a 15-inch 2019 MacBook Pro running MacOS Catalina 10.15.1. I have the latest version of the Spotify app installed...
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Solved!! [Desktop] Can't change my profile picture

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating System(iOS 10.14.3 My Question or IssueI recently removed my current profile in order to change it. Now when I add a new photo after clicking the change button, it's not there. It shows up but on...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System (iOS 10.14.3   My Question or Issue I recently removed my current profile in order to change it. Now when I add...
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Can I filter on desktop (Mac) to show only my downloaded playlists?

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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Podcast Description Timeout

PremiumUSA Macbook Pro 15 inch 2017, Mojave On Podcasts, when opening the description, automatically resets (timeouts) to the top of the description after about 15 seconds. For long descriptions this makes them impossible to read.

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  • Premium USA   Macbook Pro 15 inch 2017, Mojave     On Podcasts, when opening the description, automatically resets (timeouts) to the top of the description after about 15 seconds...
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Commercial freezes all playback

Plan: Free/PremiumCountry: US Device: iMacOperating System: iOS Mojave 10.14 My issue? Since 6:45pm EST. Tuesday, 22nd, I've been forced to shut down (sometimes Force Quit) Spotify and restart it (so far, 7 times) because after a few songs play, it s...

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  •   Plan: Free/Premium Country: US   Device: iMac Operating System: iOS Mojave 10.14   My issue? Since 6:45pm EST. Tuesday, 22nd, I've been forced to shut down...
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[Desktop][Mac] Hover glitch on recently played

PremiumCanada DeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)Operating SystemmacOs Catalina 10.15.1 When I hover on a recently played group, the background is not covering fully the circle.

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  •     Premium Canada     Device MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) Operating System macOs Catalina 10.15.1   When I hover on a recently played group, the background is not ...
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Using port 80/443 on desktop

Port 4070 is blocked for me - is it at all possible to have Spotify for Mac use port 80 or 443 when attempting to connect? I can use the web player just fine but it's much handier to be able to use the desktop version of Spotify to allow the use of t...

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  • Port 4070 is blocked for me - is it at all possible to have Spotify for Mac use port 80 or 443 when attempting to connect?   I can use the web player just fine but it's much handier to be able...
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Broken visual style in the search button

PlanFree CountryBulgaria DeviceMacMini Operating SystemOSX El Capitan My Question or Issue In the last few months from time to time, the vertical text-align in the Search button simply broke - the text is not in the center but hit the top side - this...

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  • Plan Free   Country Bulgaria   Device MacMini   Operating System OSX El Capitan   My Question or Issue   In the last few months from time to time, the vertical ...
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Downloading Local Files from PC Desktop to Mac

I'm trying to install local files on my mac from my desktop. Both computers are connected to the same network and I've already been successful at downloading local files to my iPhone. Please help PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Pro Mid 2014)Operati...

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  • I'm trying to install local files on my mac from my desktop. Both computers are connected to the same network and I've already been successful at downloading local files to my iPhone. Please help &n...
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