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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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Superuser Contribution Is there anyway to download local files while being hardwired?

Hey so my motherbored is broken and I cant connect to wifi I'm only hardwired. Is there anyway I can download my music onto my phone. On my Iphone it somehow worked but on my s9 it dosent seem to downloading. Can anyone help?

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  • Hey so my motherbored is broken and I cant connect to wifi I'm only hardwired. Is there anyway I can download my music onto my phone. On my Iphone it somehow worked but on my s9 it dosent seem to dow...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Weird crossfade glitch on Mac even with crossfade turned off

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Pro 15" late 2016Operating SystemOSX 10.13.6 My Question or IssueTuesday I hit the 'Next Track' key on my Mac keyboard to skip a track, usually the track would skip straight away to the beginning of the next track.Bu...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Pro 15" late 2016 Operating System OSX 10.13.6   My Question or Issue Tuesday I hit the 'Next Track' key on my Mac keyboard to skip a track, usua...
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AutoPlay Option Not Available

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device27" iMac Late 2013Operating SystemOSX 10.13.6 My Question or Issue The option to turn on AutoPlay is not available under Settings or Advanced Settings. It is available on my iphone, however not on my desktop app.

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device 27" iMac Late 2013 Operating System OSX 10.13.6   My Question or Issue  The option to turn on AutoPlay is not available under Settings or A...
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Superuser Contribution Crossfade when FFWDing Tracks Producing Unexpected Results

Plan:PremiumCountry:South Africa Device:Mac Book Pro Late 2016Operating System:OS X El Capitan Issue- As a Spotify User- When I have enabled crossfade on my Spotify- And I fast forward a song- It starts playing at an arbitrary time- I suspect this is...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: South Africa   Device: Mac Book Pro Late 2016 Operating System: OS X El Capitan   Issue - As a Spotify User - When I have enabled crossfade on my Spotify ...
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Superuser Contribution Long playlist jumps back to first track

When I listen to a very long playlist, Spotify will sometimes just jump back to the first track of the playlist. (Another possibly related issue is that when I hit shuffle on a very long playlist, it only grabs songs from the beginning of that playli...

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  • When I listen to a very long playlist, Spotify will sometimes just jump back to the first track of the playlist. (Another possibly related issue is that when I hit shuffle on a very long playlis...
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Superuser Contribution Content error, Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

There is an error between track 1 and 2 on Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden album, where the last minute or so of track 1 is duplicated and identical to the first minute of track 2. Regards,Simen

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  • There is an error between track 1 and 2 on Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden album, where the last minute or so of track 1 is duplicated and identical to the first minute of track 2.    Reg...
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Solved!! [Desktop] Spotify takes forever to load

PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceMacBook Pro 2012Operating SystemMac OS High Sierra, 10.13.6 My Question or IssueThe Desktop app always takes forever to load content. Has anyone else ever had this problem? I've noticed this for a while, but today seems to...

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  • Plan Premium Country  USA Device MacBook Pro 2012 Operating System Mac OS High Sierra, 10.13.6    My Question or Issue The Desktop app always takes forever to load content. H...
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Problems logging in abroad

PlanFree (I am trying to renovate my premium account)Country : NETHERLANDS DeviceMacbook Pro 2017 / OnePlus 6 My Question or IssueI installed Spotify on my macbook and on my oneplus 6 few weeks ago, when I was still living in Italy. Now that I moved ...

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  • Plan Free (I am trying to renovate my premium account) Country : NETHERLANDS   Device Macbook Pro 2017 / OnePlus 6      My Question or Issue I installed Spotify on my mac...
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Solved!! [DESKTOP][MUSIC] stops when plays some spots.. like OralB for eg.

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDevice(iMac late 2013)Operating System(Mac High Sierra 10.13.6) My Question or Issue My spotify app stops when playing some spots, like oralB, so I have to quit and restart app to replay music.could you fix that? thanks.

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  •   Plan Free Country  Italy Device (iMac late 2013) Operating System (Mac High Sierra 10.13.6)   My Question or Issue  My spotify app stops when playing some spots, like...
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Solved!! [Mac] Next song not playing automatically

Steps to reproduce:- Open Spotify on Mac- Search for Imagine Dragons Believer or some other song- Play the first result- Wait for song to end or skip to near the endNotice: It just stops playing. A few days ago, it would automatically come up with a ...

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  •   Steps to reproduce: - Open Spotify on Mac - Search for Imagine Dragons Believer or some other song - Play the first result - Wait for song to end or skip to near the end Notice: It just ...
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Superuser Contribution Demon Days Track Listing is wrong

PlanPremiumCountryAmerica My Question or Issue So Ive been using spotify for about 2 years and ive loved the expirience although ive been thinking about switich back to itunes. One of my favorite albums Demon Days by Gorillaz is totally wrong in the ...

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  • Plan Premium Country America     My Question or Issue  So Ive been using spotify for about 2 years and ive loved the expirience although ive been thinking about switich back to ...
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Friends activity feed not working.

I am following a couple of friends on spotify, but I can't see their activity on the right sidebar. It just tells me to "Find friends" , but people who follow me can apparently see what I'm currently playing. I tried all of the possible solutions tha...

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  •   I am following a couple of  friends on spotify, but I can't see their activity on the right sidebar.  It just tells me to "Find friends" , but people who follow me can apparently se...
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Log in Proxy problem

hey everyone. I'm really struggling with loggin in my account. It says that there is a firewall blocking spotif, and to change the proxy settings, and there's nothing i can do to log in.. I'm using a macbook idk can someone help!?!?

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  • hey everyone. I'm really struggling with loggin in my account. It says that there is a firewall blocking spotif, and to change the proxy settings, and there's nothing i can do to log in.. I'm using a...
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Autoplay Function Has Disappeared

PlanFreeCountryDenmark DeviceMacbook Pro mid 2015Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue Earlier today, the autoplay function on my desktop Spotify completely vanished, which is unfortunate since it was a feature I used quite frequently. I've tri...

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  •   Plan Free Country Denmark   Device Macbook Pro mid 2015 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  Earlier today, the autoplay function on my desktop Spotify co...
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'Create similar playlist' deletes original

I just clicked the 'Create Similar Playlist' option out of interest to see what would happen. It did create a similar playlist, but it also deleted the original, without making it available to recover video my account on the website. Pretty sure that...

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  • I just clicked the 'Create Similar Playlist' option out of interest to see what would happen. It did create a similar playlist, but it also deleted the original, without making it available to recove...
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Solved!! Downloading the Mac App is not possible, due to server not responding

Hi guys, several times I tried to download the Mac App, unfortunately without any success. Although, it is possible to download the .dmg from the website, when I open it, it tells me that the download server is not respoing after trying a couple of s...

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  •   Hi guys,    several times I tried to download the Mac App, unfortunately without any success. Although, it is possible to download the .dmg from the website, when I open it, it te...
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Missing Traffic Light on MacOS fullscreen

I am using Spotify on macOS. I recently (ie just now) updated Spotify (to ver. 1.0.89.313.g34a58dea ) and as a result when in fullscreen, the traffic light for controlling the window has disappeared from the top left: It did not used to be this way i...

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  • I am using Spotify on macOS.   I recently (ie just now) updated Spotify (to ver. 1.0.89.313.g34a58dea ) and as a result when in fullscreen, the traffic light for controlling the window has dis...
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Spotify heeps pausing no matter what.

PlanPremiumCountryLatviaDeviceMacbook Pro early 2015 13''Operating SystemMacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or Issue Hello, problem is - Spotify is pausing in mid-song every 3-5 minutes when spotify is on background. I have tried everything.- Clea...

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  • Plan Premium Country Latvia Device Macbook Pro early 2015 13'' Operating System MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue  Hello, problem is - Spotify is pausing in mi...
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Every time an ad comes up, everything stops

PlanFreeCountry ItalyDeviceMacBook ProOperating SystemiOS 10.13.6 My Question or IssueAs I wrote in the title, everytime an ad comes up, everything stops, and the only solution seems to be closing the app and opening it again. Even the ad does not pl...

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  • Plan Free Country  Italy Device MacBook Pro Operating System iOS 10.13.6   My Question or Issue As I wrote in the title, everytime an ad comes up, everything stops, and the o...
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Solved!! song window on desktop app won’t appear

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacBook Pro 2015Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue There used to be a box here when your music was playing. Why did it go away? When a song would be playing it would be there.

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country USA   Device MacBook Pro 2015 Operating System iOS 10    My Question or Issue  There used to be a box here when your music was playing. Why di...
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