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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...

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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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Can't play song when changing audio device

Brief description of the issue:Whenever I change the output device on my Mac, I cannot play any more songs on Spotify. I have to restart Spotify after the new output device is selected to be able to play songs again.Steps to reproduce the issue:Start...

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  • Brief description of the issue: Whenever I change the output device on my Mac, I cannot play any more songs on Spotify. I have to restart Spotify after the new output device is selected to be able t...
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My Spotify is Offline for no reason

So for some reason my Spotify is saying it's offline even though it isn't on offline mode AND I have an internet connection. I tried to find a solution on this site, but for some reason I'm denied access to the post that might help out with my situat...

  • Casual Listener
  • So for some reason my Spotify is saying it's offline even though it isn't on offline mode AND I have an internet connection. I tried to find a solution on this site, but for some reason I'm denied ac...
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Wireless bluetooth headphones stop and start (desktop player)

My wireless bluetooth headphones are never a problem on any other device but when I listen to the web player on my Mac, songs stop playing altogether and stay paused for up to 30 seconds, then pick up where they left off. This repeats so often that I...

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  • My wireless bluetooth headphones are never a problem on any other device but when I listen to the web player on my Mac, songs stop playing altogether and stay paused for up to 30 seconds, then pick u...
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Profile only showing eight playlists

My profile is only listed eight public playlists when I have closer to 25, and would like them all to be displayed. None of them are secret, and I'm able to move the order of them on desktop, but only the top eight will show. Any ideas on how to fix ...

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  • My profile is only listed eight public playlists when I have closer to 25, and would like them all to be displayed. None of them are secret, and I'm able to move the order of them on desktop, but onl...
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Friends Activity

The activity feed says my friends listened to songs 5-7 days ago even though they were listening to music today. This problem has been going on for the last week or so. Uninstalling and installing the app again did not help.

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  • The activity feed says my friends listened to songs 5-7 days ago even though they were listening to music today. This problem has been going on for the last week or so. Uninstalling and installing th...
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Broken proxy settings, No internet connection detected / Error code: 4 / Offline

Spotify was telling me I was offline, I tried lots of stuff, eventually cleared cache and reinstalled. Now I can't even log in via Facebook.I think it's related to Spotify's utterly broken support for proxies. Proxy autodetect has never worked on Mac...

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  • Spotify was telling me I was offline, I tried lots of stuff, eventually cleared cache and reinstalled. Now I can't even log in via Facebook. I think it's related to Spotify's utterly broken sup...
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Can't save new songs and library vanished

I Can't save new songs and Every time i go to save a song it just doesn't, whenever i try to load my library it gives an error try again message before saying its empty, im absolutely sure im on the right account as i only have 1 and i only use it on...

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  • I Can't save new songs and Every time i go to save a song it just doesn't, whenever i try to load my library it gives an error try again message before saying its empty, im absolutely sure im on the ...
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People in "Friend activity" showing up as numbers

Why are some people suddenly showing up in the Friend activity bar listed as numbers instead of their name? It's not all of them, just a few... I don't think they're random people following me (I recognize the photo for one of them).

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  • Why are some people suddenly showing up in the Friend activity bar listed as numbers instead of their name? It's not all of them, just a few... I don't think they're random people following me (I rec...
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Spotify Premium works on my phone but on my laptop it's still telling me to upgrade

I have spotify premium on my phone and it works great but whenever I listen to it on my Mac it keeps telling me to upgrade and i have to listen to all the advertisements... how do I fix this to have premium on both without paying extra?

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  • I have spotify premium on my phone and it works great but whenever I listen to it on my Mac it keeps telling me to upgrade and i have to listen to all the advertisements... how do I fix this to have ...
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Play button widget causing Firefox to never finish loading page (mac)

Apologies if this is in the wrong place- I can't seem to find a topic on spotify widgets. The play button widget on firefox (mac) is causing the page to never finish loading. You can see this by visiting - https://beta.developer.spotify.com/documenta...

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  • Apologies if this is in the wrong place- I can't seem to find a topic on spotify widgets.   The play button widget on firefox (mac) is causing the page to never finish loading.   You ca...
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Black Screen on Mac

Hi- i started having this problem this morning where I could open spotify, but it just showed a black blank screen. I was still able to play music by controlling it on my touchbar, but tried to uninstall it and reinstall. Now I cannot play music or a...

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  • Hi- i started having this problem this morning where I could open spotify, but it just showed a black blank screen. I was still able to play music by controlling it on my touchbar, but tried to unins...
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Mac Playlist Bug

I have discovered a bug when adding songs to a playlist on my Mac. I have found this issue to be the same on both a 2015 Retina Macbook Pro and a 2017 Macbook Pro with High Sierra OS. When dragging a song to add it to a playlist, only some playlists ...

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  • I have discovered a bug when adding songs to a playlist on my Mac. I have found this issue to be the same on both a 2015 Retina Macbook Pro and a 2017 Macbook Pro with High Sierra OS.   When d...
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my friends can't view my activity

I already checked yes about publishing my activity, I don't know the problem

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  • I already checked yes about publishing my activity, I don't know the problem
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Friends Feed Not Working

I've seen people post about this but there's been no progress. As of a few weeks ago, my friends feed on desktop has stopped updating. I no longer see new songs that my friends are listening to and the songs I listen to do not appear on anyone else's...

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  • I've seen people post about this but there's been no progress. As of a few weeks ago, my friends feed on desktop has stopped updating. I no longer see new songs that my friends are listening to and t...
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Solved!! Can I ditch iTunes and just use Spotify?

Has anyone completely ditched iTunes for Spotify? I have used iTunes for years, but the bugginess of the app is really tiresome. Has anyone found Spotify to be a full-fledged alternative to iTunes, and found they can have all the same options with Sp...

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  • Has anyone completely ditched iTunes for Spotify? I have used iTunes for years, but the bugginess of the app is really tiresome. Has anyone found Spotify to be a full-fledged alternative to iTunes, a...
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ORDINE LIBRERIA

Salve, come mai, nonostante ho l'ordine alfabetico della libreria, alcune canzoni come "The Scientist" invece di trovarsi nella lettera " T " si trovano nella lettera " S "?Questo avviene con tutte le canzoni che presentano un "articolo" come inizio....

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  • Salve, come mai, nonostante ho l'ordine alfabetico della libreria, alcune canzoni come "The Scientist" invece di trovarsi nella lettera " T " si trovano nella lettera " S "? Questo avviene con tutte...
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Daily Mix not syncing between platforms!

I love the Daily Mix. Spotify has hit a niche here. However, my daily mixes on my iphone and my desktop do not line up. The daily mix on my desktop is completely different than that on my phone. Can these not sync to use what is liked and disliked fr...

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  • I love the Daily Mix. Spotify has hit a niche here.   However, my daily mixes on my iphone and my desktop do not line up. The daily mix on my desktop is completely different than that on my ph...
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Deleted Song

https://themusic.today/release/acid-21-up-all-night-single/9077072/ . I found this song here in Spotify but it cant play it cause it is deleted , i like the song and if someone can send me the full song i will be happy

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  • https://themusic.today/release/acid-21-up-all-night-single/9077072/ . I found this song here in Spotify but it cant play it cause it is deleted , i like the song and if someone can send me the f...
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Friends activity not showing up

Hi there. Since about a week ago, my friends activity is not showing up. I only follow one person but his activity is stuck on 7 days ago, even though I know he's been listening to music since. His playlists are updating, but not what he's listening ...

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  • Hi there. Since about a week ago, my friends activity is not showing up. I only follow one person but his activity is stuck on 7 days ago, even though I know he's been listening to music since. His p...
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Spotify connect randomly restart current song

HI, 99% of the time i listen to spotify playlists randomly and without a real pattern, spotify restart songs Very frustrating, so i really hope for inputs Thanks

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  • HI,   99% of the time i listen to spotify playlists   randomly and without a real pattern, spotify restart songs   Very frustrating, so i really hope for inputs   Thanks
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