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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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High CPU usage on MacOS when playing from Playlist Folder

PlanPremiumCountryBelgium DeviceMacBook Pro Early 2015Operating SystemMacOS High Siera 10.13.6Spotify Desktop 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd My Question or Issue I see high CPU usage during music streaming by Spotify. These CPU usages are up to 80% CPU. Strang...

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  • Plan Premium Country Belgium   Device MacBook Pro Early 2015 Operating System MacOS High Siera 10.13.6 Spotify Desktop 1.0.85.257.g0f8531bd   My Question or Issue  I s...
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Friend feed is not working

PlanFreeCountry New ZealandDevice(Macbook pro, 13-inch, 2017)Operating System? unsure how to find this out ? My Question or Issue hello, my friend feed one day has just stopped working and have been trying to find a solution all week. i have tried re...

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  • Plan Free Country  New Zealand Device (Macbook pro, 13-inch, 2017) Operating System ? unsure how to find this out ?       My Question or Issue   hello, my f...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sort deleted tracks within playlist

Does anyone know a way of sorting/ordering deleted tracks within a playlist? I can view them fine, but I have a playlist of 10,000 songs with 1 deleted song somewhere inside it! I'm just trying to find a way of viewing it quickly before I spend time ...

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  •   Does anyone know a way of sorting/ordering deleted tracks within a playlist? I can view them fine, but I have a playlist of 10,000 songs with 1 deleted song somewhere inside it! I'm just tryi...
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Friend Feed won't Load

PlanFree/PremiumAustraliaDeviceLaptop - AcerOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue My friend feed does not work. It was working one day then the next it wasn't. I have tried reinstalling spotify with no luck. Many say to go to hosts files, w...

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  • Plan Free/PremiumAustralia Device Laptop - Acer Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  My friend feed does not work. It was working one day then the next it wasn't. I h...
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Music stops playing after a few seconds

PaidMacBook ProU.S. My Question or Issue Spotify stops playing after a few seconds. This is incredibly frustrating - this is the third episode like this I've had in several months. I've logged out, logged back in, deleted app, download new one, logge...

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  •   Paid MacBook Pro U.S.  My Question or Issue  Spotify stops playing after a few seconds. This is incredibly frustrating - this is the third episode like this I've had in several ...
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Certain Songs from itunes won't transfer

Plan- StudentPremiumCountry: USA Device: MacOperating SystemProblem: Certain songs will not show up in local files from itunes. I have itunes selected as the local file destination and a couple of my songs are not in the local file library, others sh...

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  • Plan- Student Premium Country: USA   Device: Mac Operating System Problem: Certain songs will not show up in local files from itunes.  I have itunes selected as the local file destina...
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Pausing bug

Plan- Premium (Family)Country- USADevice- iMac 2017Operating System- macOS High Sierra 10.13.6- Spotify Desktop 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1My Question or IssueWhen using the spotify desktop app (with headphones), sometimes when I pause playback using my key...

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  • Plan - Premium (Family) Country - USA Device - iMac 2017 Operating System - macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 - Spotify Desktop 1.0.88.353.g15c26ea1 My Question or Issue When using the spotify...
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Unavailable saved songs can be found through search

Hey everyone! Hope you're ejnoying this summer! I've noticed a strange thing with some saved songs I have. 12345I don't remember how I was able to put that song to play, as I can't know because the Radio Edit version is removed, but it showed that st...

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  • Hey everyone!   Hope you're ejnoying this summer!   I've noticed a strange thing with some saved songs I have.   1 2 3 4 5I don't remember how I was able to put that song t...
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Opening Spotify Mutes Chrome

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device2014 MacBook ProOperating SystemHigh Sierra My Question or Issue Every. Single. Time. I open Spotify or pause spotify, it mutes all audio for my bluetooth headphones (Bose QC35) in Chrome. I've checked System Preferences -...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   Device 2014 MacBook Pro Operating System High Sierra   My Question or Issue  Every. Single. Time. I open Spotify or pause spotify, it mute...
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Why doesn't a song URL open in the Spotify application for Mac?

Using version 10.13.5 OSX, opening a hyperlink to a song in Messages sends the user to the default browser to play the song. For me, it's often in an incognito Chrome window, so I'm rarely logged in. I end up just copying and pasting the URL into the...

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  • Using version 10.13.5 OSX, opening a hyperlink to a song in Messages sends the user to the default browser to play the song. For me, it's often in an incognito Chrome window, so I'm rarely logged in....
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Friend Feed

PlanFreeCountry DeviceMacBook Air early 2015Operating SystemHigh Sierra My Question or Issue My friend feed has not been loading, I had this problem for months. I've been searching for a solution but I can only find them for windows. I've tried resta...

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  • Plan Free Country   Device MacBook Air early 2015 Operating System High Sierra   My Question or Issue  My friend feed has not been loading, I had this problem for months. I'v...
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Google Chrome webplayer

FreeUnited States Device( Macbook Air late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or Issue On my webplayer with the playlist that are 100+ songs wont load fully and i have refreshed the page. What is going on

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  •   Free United States   Device ( Macbook Air late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue  On my webplayer with the playlist that are 100+ songs wont ...
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Friends feed failed to load for at least 2 months now

Problem:where there always was my friends feed now for the past 2 months it has only showed "hmm, friends feed failed to load"I have been desperately googling for solutions and even found a thread where spotify said they have fixed it but it definetl...

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  • Problem: where there always was my friends feed now for the past 2 months it has only showed "hmm, friends feed failed to load" I have been desperately googling for solutions and even found a threa...
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Rearranging Songs in Desktop app Playlists

Plan: PremiumCountry: MexicoDevice: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)Operating System: 10.13.6 My Question or Issue: I was creating a new playlist, I knew that I could drag and drop songs to organize the list, but today I was not a...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Mexico Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Operating System: 10.13.6   My Question or Issue: I was creating a new playlist, I knew ...
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Black Screen

I was told my version was out of date and I needed to download the most current version. I did the following:Downloaed spotify installerInstalled new version on mac.Opened Spotify and I get just a black screen. I have closed spotify and tried reopeni...

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  • I was told my version was out of date and I needed to download the most current version. I did the following: Downloaed spotify installer Installed new version on mac. Opened Spotify an...
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The disk image disappeared

hello, the disk image disappeared from the player. How do I get back?

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  • hello, the disk image disappeared from the player. How do I get back?
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Unable to change playlist cover

Hello, I have been having an issue where I am unable to change playlist cover images. Uploading the image and clicking "Save" results in the "Save" button becoming dark green (see screenshot), but nothing happens even after I leave it for upwards of ...

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  •   Hello, I have been having an issue where I am unable to change playlist cover images. Uploading the image and clicking "Save" results in the "Save" button becoming dark green (see screenshot)...
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Solved!! Why can't I edit my tracklist in one of my playlists?

I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify app but it isn't working on my Macbook Pro. I was t...

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  • I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify ...
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Playlist content different on mobile/desktop/web app?

This friend of mine created a playlist I follow and I really like certain songs he recently added. I use the app on my phone (iOS) and there the playlist contains 63 songs. On the web and on the desktop app, the playlist contains 45 songs: it doesn’t...

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  • This friend of mine created a playlist I follow and I really like certain songs he recently added.    I use the app on my phone (iOS) and there the playlist contains 63 songs. On the web ...
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Invalid URI code error for all my playlists

Hi, I keep getting an invalid URI code error every time I try to share my playlist on a thread or comment. I'm on Premium with my Android phone. Here's a sample playlist:spotify:user:spotifier:playlist:7nYb854GAgOEeJ9aWHcVyF?

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  • Hi, I keep getting an invalid URI code error every time I try to share my playlist on a thread or comment. I'm on Premium with my Android phone.   Here's a sample playlist: spotify:user:spoti...
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