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Discuss Spotify for Mac
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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
Music Fan
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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...
Visitor
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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.
Visitor
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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 ...
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...
Visitor
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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 everything loads is OK. It's strictly the load. On my iphone X ...
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...
Visitor
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39 replies
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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 can't get back on my computer.I think i subscribed...
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...
Moderator
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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 keyboard volume buttons do not have any effect, I have ...
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 ...
Newbie
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17 replies
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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 playlist I was playing on my phone hours earlier. Lost a...
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...
Moderator
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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 I get to a playlist, Spotify still re-adds it to my Liked Songs, even thou...
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...
Newbie
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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 no longer on my main playlist. I see how to copy th...
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 ...
Moderator
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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?
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 ...
Newbie
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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 HelloI have been experiencing problems using the desktop App on my Mac for a while now. ...
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...
Casual Listener
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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 each album if you want to organize them. There should...
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...
Casual Listener
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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 not ideal. Help please. Also, noticed "test message"...
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...
Moderator
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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.
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...
Moderator
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When "Automatically hide/show menu bar" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar is enabled, you can no longer drag the Spotify window if it's full width/height (not fullscreen mode). You must resize the window so it's smaller, then quit and reopen Sp...
When "Automatically hide/show menu bar" in System Preferences > Dock & Menu Bar is enabled, you can no longer drag the Spotify window if it's full width/height (not fullscreen mode). You must ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Air M1, 2020Operating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.1 Hi, Whenever trying to shift a location of a track in the queue on my the desktop app (Mac), it selects another track as well, thus removing said other track from th...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Air M1, 2020 Operating System macOS Ventura 13.1 Hi, Whenever trying to shift a location of a track in the queue on my the ...
Music Fan
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I know the Miniplayer was still rolling out halfway through 2024, so I waited but it's been so long and I still don't have it, I have spotify updated so I'm not sure why. PlanPremiumCountryItaly Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.52.442.g01893f92
I know the Miniplayer was still rolling out halfway through 2024, so I waited but it's been so long and I still don't have it, I have spotify updated so I'm not sure why. Plan Premium Coun...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceMacbook Pro 2021Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.1 My Question or Issue Until recently I was using the lyrics feature without any problem both on my mobile device and desktop app. However, for the last 3-4 days the micro...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Macbook Pro 2021 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.1 My Question or Issue Until recently I was using the lyrics feature without any problem...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryGreeceDeviceMac mini M4Operating SystemMacOS 15.1.1 Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.52.442.g01893f92 My Question or IssueThe app is uploading gigabytes of data to gew1-dealer.spotify.com The screenshots are from the app Little ...
Plan Premium Country Greece Device Mac mini M4 Operating System MacOS 15.1.1 Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.52.442.g01893f92 My Question or Issue The app is uploadin...
Casual Listener
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hello, same thing happening to me. did you find any solutions to it?
hello, same thing happening to me. did you find any solutions to it?
Regular
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PlanPremium Student versionCountry: Germany, currently in Iran DeviceMacBook Pro 2019Operating System(iOS 12.3.1) Hi,I've been facing this Error while using Spotify on the Mac platform, but on iPhone, everything is working correctly.I reinstalled com...
Plan Premium Student version Country: Germany, currently in Iran Device MacBook Pro 2019 Operating System (iOS 12.3.1) Hi, I've been facing this Error while usin...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceMacBook Pro, Mac mini, Sonos One, iPhone 12Operating SystemmacOS Sequoia 15.0.1 My Question or IssueThe media keys (play/pause/next/previous) on my MacBook and Mac mini have started controlling the music playing on my S...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device MacBook Pro, Mac mini, Sonos One, iPhone 12 Operating System macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 My Question or Issue The media keys (play/pause/next/prev...
Moderator
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