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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

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...

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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

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...

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Alcyon

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

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...

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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

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.

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jruby

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Superuser Contribution Encountering distortion and electrical noise when using the equalizer.

PlanPremiumCountry Device(Macbook Pro M2 Pro)Operating System(macOS Ventura 13.5.2) My Question or IssueWhen using AirPods to listen to music on Spotify's Mac app and adjusting the equalizer for sound effects, I consistently encounter electrical nois...

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Plan Premium Country   Device (Macbook Pro M2 Pro) Operating System (macOS Ventura 13.5.2)   My Question or Issue When using AirPods to listen to music on Spotify's Mac app and ad...

puki7777

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can't see my friends activity

I can only see the activity of only 3 friends (since years ago). I logged out many times, updated the app... Don't know what more can I do.

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I can only see the activity of only 3 friends (since years ago). I logged out many times, updated the app... Don't know what more can I do.

ribezaz

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Superuser Contribution Local Files not showing songs ( Mac desktop or iphone app)

Plan: PremiumDevice: Macbook Pro M1 2020Operating System: Big Sur 11.6 Issue: I looked up all the answers from previous people having the same issue as me but it's still unresolved. I went to enable my local files and add the source from the folder w...

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  Plan: Premium Device: Macbook Pro M1 2020 Operating System: Big Sur 11.6    Issue: I looked up all the answers from previous people having the same issue as me bu...

LeaPrengel

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Superuser Contribution Playlist Folders Lagging, folder expansion takes seconds to minutes

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro late 2021 M1Operating SystemVentura My Question or IssueSpotify folders are lagging extremely. When I open a folder to view my contained playlists, the "opening" of the folder can take up to 3-30 seconds, somet...

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  Plan Premium Country USA  Device Macbook Pro late 2021 M1 Operating System Ventura    My Question or Issue Spotify folders are lagging extremely. When I open a folder...

azizk1

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Playing music videos in full screen results in green discoloration of the video

Whenever i Play music videos in full screen the entire video is discolored in favor of the color green.Playing in small or minimzed windows play the video correct.Playing on other devices (windows pc, android phone) works correct. PlanpemiumCountryIs...

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Whenever i Play music videos in full screen the entire video is discolored in favor of the color green. Playing in small or minimzed windows play the video correct. Playing on other devices (window...

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Superuser Contribution Password error 3 on MacOS app after resetting password

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 13 inch M1 2020Operating SystemSonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueI am trying to login to the macOS app. It gave me a password invalid code 3 error. I reset the password, it's brand new and fresh and I copy paste...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 13 inch M1 2020 Operating System Sonoma 14.6.1   My Question or Issue I am trying to login to the macOS app. It gave me a password invalid c...

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Playlist sorted. Queue chooses its own order. Maddening.

I'll sort a Spotify playlist (Release Radar), queue it up, and the queue chooses it's own order. This drives me nuts. I do not want to add songs to the queue one by one. Premium planMassachusettsupdated Mac laptop

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I'll sort a Spotify playlist (Release Radar), queue it up, and the queue chooses it's own order.  This drives me nuts.  I do not want to add songs to the queue one by one.   &nbs...

Jose_M

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Superuser Contribution Adding to queue stops all music playing

Student PremiumUSA Macbook Pro late 2019Mac OS 11.2.1 After adding a song to the queue, the queue is sometimes completely cleared and refuses to play any music. Adding new songs to the queue does not do anything. Manually attempting to play songs or ...

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Student Premium USA   Macbook Pro late 2019 Mac OS 11.2.1   After adding a song to the queue, the queue is sometimes completely cleared and refuses to play any music. Adding new songs...

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Superuser Contribution Insanely long load time on iMac desktop

Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes. If I were to wait that long, the performance once everything loads is OK. It's strictly the load. On my iphone X ...

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Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes.  If I were to wait that long, the performance once everyt...

jajons

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Superuser Contribution How do i download my account onto a new hard drive?

My computer crashed.I had to get a new hard drive.Now i can't put my account onto the new hard drive.I have tried my e mail address,three different passwords. I still have my account on my phone, but can't get back on my computer.I think i subscribed...

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My computer crashed.I had to get a new hard drive.Now i can't put my account onto the new hard drive.I have tried my e mail address,three different passwords. I still have my account on my phone, but...

MihailY

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Control volume with Keyboard Volume Buttons

Hi,when I play music on my internal notebook speakers, I can control the volume by using the keyboard volume keys (F10, F11, F12).But when I play on an external device using spotify connect, the keyboard volume buttons do not have any effect, I have ...

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Hi, when I play music on my internal notebook speakers, I can control the volume by using the keyboard volume keys (F10, F11, F12). But when I play on an external device using spotify connect, the ...

Shano-

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Superuser Contribution Why does my Mac Desktop app start playing in the middle of the night

This has happened on 2 separate computers. They both were plugged into a doc with ethernet attached. Maybe once every couple of months, at around 3 or 4 a.m. my computer starts playing whatever playlist I was playing on my phone hours earlier. Lost a...

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This has happened on 2 separate computers. They both were plugged into a doc with ethernet attached. Maybe once every couple of months, at around 3 or 4 a.m. my computer starts playing whatever pla...

Yordan

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Superuser Contribution Liked Songs Still Being Re-added

Hello, I'm now using Spotify for macOS 1.2.11.916.geb595a67 and when dragging a song over the left playlist column that's highlighted green and accidentally dropping it before I get to a playlist, Spotify still re-adds it to my Liked Songs, even thou...

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Hello,   I'm now using Spotify for macOS 1.2.11.916.geb595a67 and when dragging a song over the left playlist column that's highlighted green and accidentally dropping it before...

vivzrxy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution move a song from one playlist to another

I would like to move all the Christmas songs from my main playlist and store them in a Christmas-songs-only playlist. Not just copy them. I want to move them from one to the other such that they are no longer on my main playlist. I see how to copy th...

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I would like to move all the Christmas songs from my main playlist and store them in a Christmas-songs-only playlist. Not just copy them. I want to move them from one to the other such that they are ...

MihailY

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't find new episodes button on PC for podcasts

PlanPremium Operating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssueWhen browsing for podcasts I'm subscribed to on the PC client, I'm unable to find the button to see new episodes. I see it on Android. Where should I look for that button on the PC version?

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Plan Premium   Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue When browsing for podcasts I'm subscribed to on the PC client, I'm unable to find the button to see new episodes. I ...

ThePartyAnimals

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Superuser Contribution General issue with Mac desktop, unresponsive/unable to log in

General info: I have a MacBook Pro 2018, Sequoia 15.0.1, a premium family account and I'm in Uruguay, current Spotify version: macOS (Intel) 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911 HelloI have been experiencing problems using the desktop App on my Mac for a while now. ...

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General info: I have a MacBook Pro 2018, Sequoia 15.0.1, a premium family account and I'm in Uruguay, current Spotify version: macOS (Intel) 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911   Hello I have been experienc...

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Superuser Contribution ORGANIZING ALBUMS AND ARTISTS WITH FOLDERS

I think it would be extremly helpfull to also have the option to make folders in your albums and artists. This option is now only available for playlists. Making it necesary to make a playlist for each album if you want to organize them. There should...

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I think it would be extremly helpfull to also have the option to make folders in your albums and artists. This option is now only available for playlists. Making it necesary to make a playlist for ea...

davevrwg

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Superuser Contribution Podcasts don't play on Mac

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"...

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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 n...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Fullscreen lyrics shows very few lines

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.

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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...

AlejaR

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