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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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Friend images and Discover images aren't showing up.

PlanPremiumUnited States DeviceMacbook Air early 2015Operating SystemiOS 10.13.5 My Question or IssueNone of the images in the discover tab are showing up, its the same way with the friends tab as well. I really like seeing the images and it will onl...

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  • Plan Premium United States   Device Macbook Air early 2015 Operating System iOS 10.13.5   My Question or Issue None of the images in the discover tab are showing up, its the same ...
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How do I private message someone?

  I just wanna know how to PM someone on Spotify desktop.  

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  •     I just wanna know how to PM someone on Spotify desktop.  
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latest update takes a long time to install on my Macbook pro

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemiOS 10.13.6 My Question or IssueI have downloaded the latest update and it is just taking forever to install. The little window says: "Installing Spotify..." and nothing moves... I have...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System iOS 10.13.6   My Question or Issue I have  downloaded the latest update and it is  just taking fo...
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Songs not showing on desktop

Plan PremiumCountry USADevice(Macbook Pro late 2014)Operating System(latest OS) My Question or Issue Spotify playlists, Songs list, Albums... not showing on desktop app – this is going on for about a week or so.WiFi is stable; OS updated; logged out ...

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  • Plan  Premium Country   USA Device (Macbook Pro late 2014) Operating System (latest OS)   My Question or Issue  Spotify playlists, Songs list, Albums... not showing on d...
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Superuser Contribution Problème Pare feu mac os

Bonjour,Hier je me voulais me connecter sur l'application mac os de Spotify. Mais un problème est survenu et cette page s'est affiché : Que dois je faire face à cette situation ? Merci de votre réponse

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  • Bonjour, Hier je me voulais me connecter sur l'application mac os de Spotify. Mais un problème est survenu et cette page s'est affiché : Que dois je faire face à cette situation ?   Merci d...
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Spotify-client doesn't work with proxy settings

PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (17G65)Spotify versionThe latest one My Question or IssueEver since June the Spotify-client is always offline and cannot connect at all. Music cannot be played. The issue seems to be in u...

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  • Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS 10.13.6 (17G65) Spotify version The latest one   My Question or Issue Ever since June the Spotify-client is always offline a...
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Savant - not getting my playlists?

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceSavantOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I am using Savant 8 and can't seem to get my playlists or any other information. Is there a setting that needs to be changed?

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  • Plan Premium Country USA  Device Savant Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  I am using Savant 8 and can't seem to get my pla...
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Problem firewall (Mac os)

Hello,Yesterday I wanted to connect to the mac os application of Spotify. But a problem has occurred and this page is displayed: What should I do ? Thanks for your answer

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  • Hello, Yesterday I wanted to connect to the mac os application of Spotify. But a problem has occurred and this page is displayed:  What should I do ?   Thanks for your answer 🙂
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MacOS crash on app start

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra 10.13.5 My Question or Issue My app is crashing when I start it. The window appears and things start to load, then it crashes. So far I've: Uninstalled any ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) Operating System macOS High Sierra 10.13.5   My Question or Issue   My app is crashing when I start it. The wind...
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Superuser Contribution Error on Artist Search

When searching or clicking on their name, for some artists I get the following message on a black screen: "Something went wrongWe can't seem to find this artist. Please try another search." This has happened while searching for Bela Bartok as well as...

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  • When searching or clicking on their name, for some artists I get the following message on a black screen:   "Something went wrong We can't seem to find this artist. Please try another search....
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Stuck on Offline mode

PlanPremiumCountry Guam, USADeviceIMacOperating SystemOS 10.13.6 My Question or IssueAfter updating to the following version (1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc) my spotify widget will not go online, but if I use the browser version I can. Prior to the update it w...

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  • Plan Premium Country  Guam, USA Device IMac Operating System OS 10.13.6       My Question or Issue After updating to the following version (1.0.87.491.ge2a121fc) my&nb...
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Song stuck in “songs” playlist

hello, i have had the song hey ya by OutKast stuck in my songs playlist for the past 6 months. Both on my desktop app and iOS app. Every time I try to remove it, it just keeps coming back. What can I do to get rid of it

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  • hello,   i have had the song hey ya by OutKast stuck in my songs playlist for the past 6 months. Both on my desktop app and iOS app. Every time I try to remove it, it just keeps coming back. W...
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Superuser Contribution Weird Hidden Album

I have a bunch of songs saved from an album that are playable through my "songs" and the album is still there if I click the link to it. However, if I go to the artist's page the album has been replaced - same album, same songs (except for one) but i...

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  • I have a bunch of songs saved from an album that are playable through my "songs" and the album is still there if I click the link to it.  However, if I go to the artist's page the album has been...
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Two Songs Playing At Once

I (regretfully) updated to the new version of Spotify for mac and it seems buggy, noteably because it keeps playing two songs at once. If I'm clicking through a playlist to different songs, it ends up having 2 songs going. I can pause/control one of ...

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  • I (regretfully) updated to the new version of Spotify for mac and it seems buggy, noteably because it keeps playing two songs at once.   If I'm clicking through a playlist to different songs, ...
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Friend feed not working today

The friend feed is not working today...does anyone know what is up? PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro 2016 Operating System(High Sierra)

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  • The friend feed is not working today...does anyone know what is up?   Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Macbook Pro 2016   Operating System (High Sierra) 
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History on desktop... more than 50 tracks possible?

Plan:Premium Family Country:USA Device27” iMac (current second to bottom build w/32GB RAM added post purchase) Operating SystemmacOS current build and current OS My Question or Issue I'm looking to find larger ‘listory’© (by me;)) ... Listen history,...

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  •     Plan: Premium Family    Country: USA   Device 27” iMac (current second to bottom build w/32GB RAM added post purchase)   Operating System macOS current b...
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Different library on Mac and iPhone

Plan PremiumCountry AustraliaDevice iPhone 6, and Macbook Pro 2017Operating System iOS 11.4.1, Mac OS 10.12.6My Question or IssueSongs I have saved from my spotify on my phone no longer appear in the desktop version of Spotify even though it is the s...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device iPhone 6, and Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System iOS 11.4.1, Mac OS 10.12.6 My Question or Issue Songs I have saved from my spotify on my phone no longer a...
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Is it possible to change 'Favorite Songs' back to 'Songs'?

The update doesn't really bother me that much but over half of my saved songs were lost when Spotify decided to make the change. Is there any way to either revert back to the old format or recover my songs? Thanks. PlanFree/Country U.S.DeviceMacbook ...

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  • The update doesn't really bother me that much but over half of my saved songs were lost when Spotify decided to make the change. Is there any way to either revert back to the old format or recover my...
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Superuser Contribution [Radio] Prevent Repeats

PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 My Question or Issue Radio songs repeat way too often, is there a way to fix this?

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  • Plan Premium Country  Australia Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System macOS 10.13.6   My Question or Issue  Radio songs repeat way too often, is there a way to fix th...
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Solved!! Sorting a playlist back to the Author's Default

I found some playlists I want to follow that have the beatport top 100 tracks for certain genres. When i was looking at the playlist to see how recently it had been updated I changed the sort to date. I realized later that the author had the playlist...

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  • I found some playlists I want to follow that have the beatport top 100 tracks for certain genres. When i was looking at the playlist to see how recently it had been updated I changed the sort to date...
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