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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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Spotify desktop crashing after latest update

PlanPremiumCountry Hong KongDeviceiMac 2018Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra vers. 10.13.6 My Question or IssueAfter I updated my Spotify desktop app to the latest version, it won't stop crashing. Have tried reinstalling, restarting computer etc. Pro...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Hong Kong Device iMac 2018 Operating System macOS High Sierra vers. 10.13.6   My Question or Issue After I updated my Spotify desktop app to the latest versi...
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Daily Mix Unavailable

None of my daily mixes have been available on Spotify desktop for the past, like, 2 weeks. They work on the web player, though...

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  •   None of my daily mixes have been available on Spotify desktop for the past, like, 2 weeks. They work on the web player, though... 
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[Mac] Some Spotify Songs Play but Not All

Plan: FreeCountry: USADevice: Macbook Pro mid-2014 I am pretty sure the songs that Spotify allows me to play are ones I've played before. Other songs will not play, the timestamp will remain at 0:00, and the icon will show a black record. This happen...

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  • Plan: Free Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro mid-2014   I am pretty sure the songs that Spotify allows me to play are ones I've played before. Other songs will not play, the ti...
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Stop song at 0:04

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.2 My Question or Issue When I want to play a track that i haven't already played on my Mac, the track stops at 0:04, then a blue messages appears at the top "can't play th...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System macOS 10.14.2   My Question or Issue  When I want to play a track that i haven't already played on my Mac...
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Spotify won't play an album I used to have on iTunes

PlanPremiumCountryFinland DeviceMacbook Pro late 2012Operating SystemMacOS Sierra 10.12.6 ”Spotify can’t play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.”Once, long ago, I used to have a certain album on my computer – I h...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Finland   Device Macbook Pro late 2012 Operating System MacOS Sierra 10.12.6   ”Spotify can’t play this right now. If you have the file on your compu...
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"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueI have an MP3 in my downloads folder that shows up in Spotify local files, but doesn't play. I get the above error. I've searched the forums and found others with the s...

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  •   Plan Premium Country  USA Device Macbook Pro Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue I have an MP3 in my downloads folder that shows up in Spotify local files, but ...
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Unable to create radio stations using any previous methods

Mac OS XSpotify version 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d Premium Right clicking playlist, song, album, etc. no longer has menu item for creating radio station. Going to Radio is also now missing the ability to create radio station.

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  • Mac OS X Spotify version 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d   Premium   Right clicking playlist, song, album, etc. no longer has menu item for creating radio station.  Going to R...
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Only playing songs I've played before

Sometimes my Spotify does this thing where it only plays songs I'm familiar with, and when I try and play a song I've bever heard before it doesn't play anything. If it's relevant I had one month of premium which expired last night, but I don't think...

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  • Sometimes my Spotify does this thing where it only plays songs I'm familiar with, and when I try and play a song I've bever heard before it doesn't play anything.   If it's relevant I had one ...
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Local files downloaded on MAC, not on iPhone

Premium - USA DeviceMacbook Pro late 2013 & iPhone 7Both devices are 100% up to date Found out that one of my favorite albums isn't available on Spotify, but I was able to download from local files on my Mac. I imported said album and downloaded it i...

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  • Premium - USA   Device Macbook Pro late 2013 & iPhone 7 Both devices are 100% up to date   Found out that one of my favorite albums isn't available on Spotify, but I was able...
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How to save a whole playlist/multiple songs at once to your Songs

This will be helpful for anyone who didn't know you had to save a song individually everytime you added one to a playlist, if you wanted that song to appear in your Songs category. - Access spotify on your computer- Pick a playlist or multiple songs ...

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  • This will be helpful for anyone who didn't know you had to save a song individually everytime you added one to a playlist, if you wanted that song to appear in your Songs category.    - A...
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I cannot use Spotify for Mac

PlanPremiumCountryMexico DeviceMacBook Pro (mid 2012)Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14 beta My Question or Issue I have a problem with Spotify for Mac, because I cannot listen to anything. What I mean is that when I select a song, playlist or whatev...

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  • Plan Premium Country Mexico  Device MacBook Pro (mid 2012) Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14 beta   My Question or Issue   I have a problem with Spotify for Mac, because I...
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spotify says "song will play after ads", but no ad is playing.

My Question or IssueMac (mojave 10.14.2)Supposedly an ad is "playing" but there is no sound or video, or movement on the player whatsoever. click a new playlist, the blue banner atop says "will continue after ads" but it doesnt. so i have to quit spo...

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  • My Question or Issue Mac (mojave 10.14.2) Supposedly an ad is "playing" but there is no sound or video, or movement on the player whatsoever. click a new playlist, the blue banner atop says "will c...
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Set a private session for x hours only

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemMojaveMy Question or IssueHi, How can I put my song into private session for only 1 or 2 hours ? Thank's !

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Macbook Pro Operating System Mojave My Question or Issue Hi, How can I put my song into private session for only 1 or 2 hours ?    Thank's !&nb...
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Can´t play any song

PlanFreeCountry United KingdomDeviceMacbook Pro (2018)Operating SystemMac OSX Mojave My Question or Issue I can´t play any song since last update, still on 0:00, I can play just a few songs that I´ve cached or locally. Happen on Windows as well

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  • Plan Free Country  United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro (2018) Operating System Mac OSX Mojave   My Question or Issue  I can´t play any song since last update, still on 0:00, I ...
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Desktop App Keeps Crashing

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemMac High Sierra My Question or IssueDesktop app keeps crashing after about 20 seconds. I have updated and re-installed the app and my Apple software and have restarted my computer 4 t...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device (Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System Mac High Sierra   My Question or Issue Desktop app keeps crashing after about 20 seconds. I have update...
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Go to Song Radio goes to Playlist (and NOT Radio)

I used to be able to right-click a song and click Go to Song Radio, to get a list of songs that I could like/dislike. For some reason that's not possible anymore. Now when I click Go to Song Radio, it goes to a playlist and the like/dislike buttons a...

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  • I used to be able to right-click a song and click Go to Song Radio, to get a list of songs that I could like/dislike. For some reason that's not possible anymore. Now when I click Go to Song Rad...
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Spotify Connect shows wrong devices

Hi,I have different/wrong devices in my connect list, even though I am on the same wifi with all devices, the Mac and the Phone see each other but I cannot see the Chromecast from my Mac. Instead thee is an old device which I havent used in months an...

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  • Hi, I have different/wrong devices in my connect list, even though I am on the same wifi with all devices, the Mac and the Phone see each other but I cannot see the Chromecast from my Mac. Inst...
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Desktop App loads very slowly and music often does not play

Hi, For the past few weeks I'm having enormous trouble listening to music on Spotify on my mac. Whenever I click on a page in the desktop app, I see an endless wheel until I eventually give up. I'm pretty much limited to songs in my playlist and song...

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  • Hi,   For the past few weeks I'm having enormous trouble listening to music on Spotify on my mac. Whenever I click on a page in the desktop app, I see an endless wheel until I eventually give ...
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Delete from recently played

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Air 13 inch, Early 2015Operating SystemMacOS Mojave Version 10.14.2 I, like many others on this forum, have noticed that there are a number of artists on my public recently played list that I have not listened to. Th...

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  • ...f artists on my public recently played list that I have not listened to. The Artists highlighted are the ones I didn't listen to. This may have something to do with the data breach reported by the B...
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just updated desktop app, but now my History is weeks old!

i just update spotify on my imac, but now my history entries are showing up songs from weeks ago!any idea what happened, and how i can get my recent history back? thanks!

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  • i just update spotify on my imac, but now my history entries are showing up songs from weeks ago! any idea what happened, and how i can get my recent history back?   thanks!    
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