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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...

MattSuda
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2024-03-14 3:40:52 PM
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MattSuda
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-06-26 9:00:58 AM
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MattSuda
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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...

MattSuda
Spotify Star
2023-04-28 8:09:54 PM
2023-04-29 10:41:09 PM
MattSuda
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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....

mariomrt
Casual Listener
2019-04-20 2:00:15 PM
2023-05-18 3:32:12 PM
bfteach
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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...

Goodman
Spotify Legend
2012-07-19 10:29:25 AM
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friend list not working

My friend list that shows what people are listening too just stopped working, any ideas? I have logged out and in and reinstalled. Thanks!

RAP33
Casual Listener
My friend list that shows what people are listening too just stopped working, any ideas? I have logged out and in and reinstalled. Thanks!
2019-04-04 7:29:47 AM
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Cannot install Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook pro 2012 modelOperating System(MacOS Mojave 10.14.3) My Question or IssueCannot install Spotify after deleting the previous version, I cleared the cache and Application support folder -> Spotify. Even after that the i...

abhishek1208
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Device Macbook pro 2012 model Operating System (MacOS Mojave 10.14.3) My Question or Issue Cannot install Spotify after deleting the previous version, I c...
2019-04-03 10:02:03 PM
2019-04-03 11:39:59 PM
abhishek1208
Casual Listener
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Radio Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down missing

Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: iMacOperating System: macOS 10.14.3 My Question or IssueThe thumbs up/thumbs down is missing from my Song Radio stations. I've tried reinstalling Spotify (including removing cache and support files) but they're still m...

sheavek
Casual Listener
Plan: Premium Country: UK Device: iMac Operating System: macOS 10.14.3 My Question or Issue The thumbs up/thumbs down is missing from my Song Radio stations. &n...
2019-02-25 2:01:31 PM
2019-04-03 10:58:04 PM
yourfriendjp
Newbie
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Playlist is missing most songs on my phone

PlanPremiumUSAiPhone 7, current iOS Some of my playlists that appear on my desktop Mac are only partially showing up on my iPhone. One playlist has 298 songs, but only 2 songs appear on my phone's Spotify. I chatted with customer support and they wer...

chuckellen
Music Fan
Plan Premium USA iPhone 7, current iOS Some of my playlists that appear on my desktop Mac are only partially showing up on my iPhone. One playlist has 298 songs, but only 2 songs appear o...
2019-04-03 1:12:35 PM
2019-04-03 10:55:14 PM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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Podcast not "finishing" when done listening to them -

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(IMac 2013)Operating System(High Sierra) My Question or IssueSo I like to keep my podcast filter to "unplayed" for obvious reasons. But for some reason certain podcasts, like modern love, won't clear out. I've tried everyt...

dusk169
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device (IMac 2013) Operating System (High Sierra) My Question or Issue So I like to keep my podcast filter to "unplayed" for obvious re...
2019-04-03 5:07:20 PM
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How do I make a playlist of all the songs I've liked?

How do I make a playlist of all the songs i've LIKED - NOT all songs in my library - but only those I've liked by clicking the heart icon? tia PremiumMac desktop

bettyx1138
Regular
How do I make a playlist of all the songs i've LIKED - NOT all songs in my library - but only those I've liked by clicking the heart icon? tia Premium Mac desktop
2019-04-02 10:14:09 PM
2019-04-02 10:36:16 PM
Bittencourt
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Lost albums and artists on multiple platforms

PlanStudent plan/premium CountryUSA DeviceCellphone, Windows Desktop, Mac Laptop, Web player Operating SystemGoogle pixel 2, Windows 10, iOS Mojave My Question or IssueSo I found multiple people with similar issues but none of their solutions worked ...

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Memouh
Newbie
Plan Student plan/premium Country USA Device Cellphone, Windows Desktop, Mac Laptop, Web player Operating System Google pixel 2, Windows 10, iOS Mojave My Ques...
2019-04-02 5:40:47 PM
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Figuring out the name of the user having contributed to a playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Pro 2015)Operating System(iOS 10)My Question or IssueHi, this is regarding a user no longer active but formerly a contributor (no longer a premium or a free user, well perhaps you are a free user "forever" f...

CaptainBuster
Casual Listener
Plan Free/Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Pro 2015) Operating System (iOS 10) My Question or Issue Hi, this is regarding a user no longer active but formerly a contributor (no longer a...
2019-03-29 4:22:16 PM
2019-04-01 11:23:25 PM
Bittencourt
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Spotify makes my mac go slowly

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDeviceMac mini 2014) i5 2.6ghzOperating SystemOS X 10.3 My Question or Issue When I open the spotify app in my mac mini, it make my OS goes slowly (all programs performance down, my cursor hangs, audio interruption...) and...

kuik
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Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Mac mini 2014) i5 2.6ghz Operating System OS X 10.3 My Question or Issue When I open the spotify app in my mac mini, it make my O...
2019-04-01 10:57:46 AM
2019-04-01 10:11:53 PM
kuik
Casual Listener
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Some songs won't play

Macbook air, high sierra 10.13.6 I am on a Free plan however some songs even though they are listed as available and not greyed out are unable to be played. I looked up this issue and they said the solution was to download the application again fresh...

Athenamtp
Casual Listener
Macbook air, high sierra 10.13.6 I am on a Free plan however some songs even though they are listed as available and not greyed out are unable to be played. I looked up this issue and they s...
2019-03-31 9:56:13 AM
2019-04-01 2:16:11 AM
Athenamtp
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how to sync downloaded spotify tracks to an old ipod?

Hi, I am trying to sync some download Spotify songs I have to an old ipod. I am Spotify premium and i'm using spotify on mac desktop. I never see a section called "devices" show up on the left of Spotify like people said it would. Let me know if you ...

torrleonard
Newbie
Hi, I am trying to sync some download Spotify songs I have to an old ipod. I am Spotify premium and i'm using spotify on mac desktop. I never see a section called "devices" show up on the left of Spo...
2019-04-01 1:13:05 AM
2019-04-01 1:21:18 AM
Nico
Community Legend
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Sometimes Songs will start at random points

I've had this happen on multiple Mac Computers. I've attached a screen recording of it happening.

driven4rhythm
Regular
I've had this happen on multiple Mac Computers. I've attached a screen recording of it happening.
2019-03-22 3:03:03 PM
2019-03-31 6:06:39 PM
driven4rhythm
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Solved!! Spotify Error 126 in Mac

PlanPremiumCountryMexico DeviceMacbookProOperating SystemMojave My Question or IssueSince some months ago I used Spotify on my Mac whitout any problem.However, since some days ago I can`t acces my account in my Mac.When I try to login an error appear...

arktourusacr
Casual Listener
Plan Premium Country Mexico Device MacbookPro Operating System Mojave My Question or Issue Since some months ago I used Spotify on my Mac whitout any problem. However, since...
2018-11-29 5:30:53 PM
2019-03-31 1:53:38 AM
arktourusacr
Casual Listener
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Spotify Connect Broken: Randomly Pausing (Yamaha AVR, Gramofon, Panasonic, Samsung and others...)

Edited 8 May 2018 (original post below). On ~3rd May Spotify Connect started randomly pausing (in my case on Yamaha hardware) on a range of devices - rendering their Spotify capbility unusuable. We've since established that this is a problem affectin...

qwyxldex
Gig Goer
Edited 8 May 2018 (original post below). On ~3rd May Spotify Connect started randomly pausing (in my case on Yamaha hardware) on a range of devices - rendering their Spotify capbility unusua...
2018-05-05 1:07:06 PM
2019-03-30 11:29:54 AM
1w1t4n
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Connect
Connect Yamaha 575
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Poor sound quality for particular artists

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Macbook Pro Retina 2016Operating System: OSxSong: This is the thing by Fink This and a few other songs by the same artist seem to have incredibly compressed sound when compared to other services. Other songs seem fine...

on2valhalla
Casual Listener
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro Retina 2016 Operating System: OSx Song: This is the thing by Fink This and a few other songs by the same artist seem t...
2019-03-27 8:55:12 PM
2019-03-29 8:45:09 PM
Bittencourt
Spotify Star
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How to Re-arrange Playlist Order

Previously one could re-arrange the order of the actual playlists by accessing the desktop version of Spotify and dragging the playlists in the side bar to the left. However, with the recent change to the desktop interface (at least on a Mac) the sid...

bsell1
Newbie
Previously one could re-arrange the order of the actual playlists by accessing the desktop version of Spotify and dragging the playlists in the side bar to the left. However, with the recent change t...
2019-03-28 5:21:46 PM
2019-03-28 11:09:50 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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Playlist Organization

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Search Bar

PlanPremiumCountry UK Device( Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(mojave) On the desktop app on my mac, the search bar has gone missing. I now have to click search to reach this. Has this been removed recently?

Paddy_irl
Regular
Plan Premium Country UK Device ( Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (mojave) On the desktop app on my mac, the search bar has gone missing. I now have to click search to r...
2019-03-28 7:00:50 PM
2019-03-28 11:08:35 PM
Loxer
Community Legend
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Stream SAME song at SAME time on TWO desktops in SAME house

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook, Macbook ProOperating SystemLatest OS My Question or IssueI am hosting a party. I do not have wireless bluetooth speakers. However, I do have speakers that I regularly plug into with an AUX cable. I want to play the...

spots2
Newbie
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook, Macbook Pro Operating System Latest OS My Question or Issue I am hosting a party. I do not have wireless bluetooth speakers. However,...
2019-03-26 9:04:56 PM
2019-03-28 4:58:43 PM
Bethany_Dawn
Community Legend
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Superuser Contribution Question about Playlists

So, I recently exceeded my playlist on Spotify. Now, I want to continue this playlist in a second part. Now here is where my problem lies: I don't want to have the same tracks from the first one be on the second one. I wish there was a way to "Skip D...

Itsspicyt
Casual Listener
So, I recently exceeded my playlist on Spotify. Now, I want to continue this playlist in a second part. Now here is where my problem lies: I don't want to have the same tracks from the first one...
2019-03-27 1:17:30 AM
2019-03-28 4:34:20 PM
Guido
Spotify Legend
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Help

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Solved!! Unavailable songs not greyed-out in my playlist

Premium plan, Canada, Macbook Pro 15" Mid 2014, macOS 10.12.6 I created a playlist using the desktop app, selecting songs that are available (not greyed-out). However, several songs are not playable. When I view the playlist via a web browser, they a...

djmarfmarf
Regular
Premium plan, Canada, Macbook Pro 15" Mid 2014, macOS 10.12.6 I created a playlist using the desktop app, selecting songs that are available (not greyed-out). However, several song...
2019-03-25 2:49:56 PM
2019-03-27 10:13:28 PM
Bittencourt
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Unavailable songs

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