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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Since the latest ios update i can't control spotify on my mac anymore

PlanPremium FamilyCountry DeviceMacbook Pro m1Pro 2021Iphone 15 pro Max My Question or IssueHi, suddenly when i am playing music on mac my spotify on ios doesn't switch to "remote control mode". I actually can play different music on spotify on my ip...

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Plan Premium Family Country   Device Macbook Pro m1Pro 2021 Iphone 15 pro Max     My Question or Issue Hi, suddenly when i am playing music on mac my spotify on ios doesn't s...

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Solved!! my picture is being used on a public playlist that I did not create

my picture is being used on a public playlist that I did not createWhat can I do to delete or report this?this is the link to list:https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifydiscover/playlist/6sR9mCqKqBzQO9s2XcM3Uf

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my picture is being used on a public playlist that I did not create What can I do to delete or report this? this is the link to list: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifydiscover/playlist/6sR9mCq...

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Superuser Contribution Cannot Scroll While Reordering Song in Playlist

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro M2 Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.1 My Question or IssueWhen I am dragging a song in a playlist, I cannot use the scroll wheel to scroll the playlist. This used to work as recently as around a month or two ag...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Macbook Pro M2   Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.1   My Question or Issue When I am dragging a song in a playlist, I cannot use t...

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Aktywność znajomych nie działa

Mam włączone ustawienia, żeby zobaczyć czego słuchają moi znajomi, a nadal wyświetla mi się komunikat, że muszę przejść do ustawień i to włączyć, a jest włączone, jak naprawić?

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Mam włączone ustawienia, żeby zobaczyć czego słuchają moi znajomi, a nadal wyświetla mi się komunikat, że muszę przejść do ustawień i to włączyć, a jest włączone, jak naprawić?

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Video isn't deinterlaced?

I was listening to Dancing in the Dark by Springsteen, and a bit of the music video is playing in part of the app. You know, the one where he brings Courtney Cox up on stage to dance. This video isn't deinterlaced, and I imagine your original video i...

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I was listening to Dancing in the Dark by Springsteen, and a bit of the music video is playing in part of the app. You know, the one where he brings Courtney Cox up on stage to dance. This video is...

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Superuser Contribution Error "Network Connection Failed While Playing Content" but I'm online, music won't play

Over the last few days, I've noticed an increasing issue where the music stops playing mid song and I have a lot of trouble getting any music to start again. Eventually I've succeeded to get something to play again until now.Now I can't get any music...

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Over the last few days, I've noticed an increasing issue where the music stops playing mid song and I have a lot of trouble getting any music to start again.  Eventually I've succeeded to get so...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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