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Discuss Spotify for Mac
When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...
Spotify Legend
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Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Of AmericaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify the installer says "Unsupported PlatformSorry, this version of Spotify is for mac...
Visitor
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How do I clear the recently played items that appear on the home screen upon launching the desktop app? If I go into the Recently Played section and remove them there, they still show up on the home screen.
Visitor
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Note: only applicable in Desktop. See bottom for setup details.The "Date added" column in my playlist is displaying the day off-by-one for at least two songs that I can confirm. I just stumbled upon this issue today. I know for a fact that in the las...
Note: only applicable in Desktop. See bottom for setup details. The "Date added" column in my playlist is displaying the day off-by-one for at least two songs that I can confirm. I just s...
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On MacBook Air M2, latest OS 26.1, Spotify desktop app is causing iCloud sync to hang ("uploading one item, 0 of 87kb"). As soon as I quit Spotify, the iCloud sync completes. As soon as I re-open Spotify the issue re-appears. I've already disabled lo...
On MacBook Air M2, latest OS 26.1, Spotify desktop app is causing iCloud sync to hang ("uploading one item, 0 of 87kb"). As soon as I quit Spotify, the iCloud sync completes. As soon as I r...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceiMac late 2016Operating System Monterey, 12.7.6 My Question or IssueSince this week Spotify does not show my USB connection to my amplifier anymore, I can only see devices elsewhere in the house (TV, BlueOS). I do n...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device iMac late 2016 Operating System Monterey, 12.7.6 My Question or Issue Since this week Spotify does not show my USB connection to my am...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryUSDeviceMac desktop My Question or IssueMy music won't play and I've refreshed, I've re-installed the app, and it keeps bugging out when i try to play music.
Plan Free Country US Device Mac desktop My Question or Issue My music won't play and I've refreshed, I've re-installed the app, and it keeps bugging out when i try to play music.
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceMacBook Pro M4 ProOperating SystemMacOS 26.1 My Question or IssueI have two external monitors. While watching a podcast video on Spotify on my Mac, and I'm using my browser/any other app on an external monitor an...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device MacBook Pro M4 Pro Operating System MacOS 26.1 My Question or Issue I have two external monitors. While watching a podcast video on Spotify...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I can't delete playlists I made accidentally. How do you delete a playlist and not just a so...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I...
Spotify Star
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I am no longer able to download a playlist that I have created on my Apple McBook Air?
I am no longer able to download a playlist that I have created on my Apple McBook Air?
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro M3 ProOperating SystemIOS 15.6.1 My Question or IssueEvery song I try to play it says Cant Play this Song, that's the only info I get
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro M3 Pro Operating System IOS 15.6.1 My Question or Issue Every song I try to play it says Cant Play this Song, that's the only info I...
Casual Listener
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Hi, my MacBook air is the version of15.7.2, just redownloaded due to can not turn on the app anymore as well, but all shows up a black page and shutdown...why???? i've been listing on my laptop for years....
Hi, my MacBook air is the version of15.7.2, just redownloaded due to can not turn on the app anymore as well, but all shows up a black page and shutdown...why???? i've been listing on my laptop for y...
Casual Listener
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I want to buy Spotify premium but i Cant see Smart shuffle feature in the desktop app. Smart shuffle is present in the mobile app, but there is no smart shuffle feature in the desktop version. Can you help me if this feature is in active development ...
I want to buy Spotify premium but i Cant see Smart shuffle feature in the desktop app. Smart shuffle is present in the mobile app, but there is no smart shuffle feature in the desktop version. Ca...
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Spotify crashes after asking to reopen PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemIOS Sequoia 15.6 My Question or IssueWhen I open Spotify, a popup displays stating "the last time you opened Spotify it was force quite while reopenin...
Spotify crashes after asking to reopen Plan Premium Country Australia Device Macbook Air Operating System IOS Sequoia 15.6 My Question or Issue When I open Spotify, a po...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Of AmericaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify the installer says "Unsupported PlatformSorry, this version of Spotify is for mac...
Plan Premium Country United States Of America Device MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) Operating System Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or Issue When I try to install Spotify ...
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This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button. How to reproduce:Open SpotifyPlay a songHide Spotify (Cmd+H or from menu Spotify > Hid...
This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button. How to reproduce: Open S...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Air 13"Operating SystemmacOS 15.4.1 My Question or IssueMy Spotify player always opens at login, never had any issues and now I cannot get it to open. Every time I click on the icon, it just tries to open and then cl...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Air 13" Operating System macOS 15.4.1 My Question or Issue My Spotify player always opens at login, never had any issues and now I cannot get i...
Newbie
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The lyrics feature offers an option to "report" wrong lyrics, but it doesn't ask which ones are wrong or what the correct lyrics are. Normally I'm not too picky about this kind of thing, but I've come across a few lines that are just really flat-out ...
The lyrics feature offers an option to "report" wrong lyrics, but it doesn't ask which ones are wrong or what the correct lyrics are. Normally I'm not too picky about this kind of thing, but I've com...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Pro 2024Operating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueMy friend activity has been working fine, with no issues for years. A few days ago, my friend activity tab displayed a message telling me to go to settings...
Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Pro 2024 Operating System MacOS My Question or Issue My friend activity has been working fine, with no issues for years. A few days ...
Newbie
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PlanPremium IndividualCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 15 Pro, Macbook Air)Operating System IOS 18.6.2, Mac OS Tahoe 26.0.1 My Question or IssueAutomatic bookmark for Audio books is not working. If I want to stop listening to an audio book switching to li...
Plan Premium Individual Country Germany Device (iPhone 15 Pro, Macbook Air) Operating System IOS 18.6.2, Mac OS Tahoe 26.0.1 My Question or Issue Automatic bookmark for...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumDeviceMacBookPro My Question or Issue:please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant
Plan Premium Device MacBookPro My Question or Issue: please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant
Casual Listener
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I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without. There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming quality is inferior than the Spotify iOS App. I have "High-Quality ...
I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without. There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming qu...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice2020 Macbook Pro (M1)Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.4.1 My Question or IssueI've been completely unable to open the Spotify app on my Mac for the past several days now because it crashes the second I try to open it. It cra...
Plan Premium Country USA Device 2020 Macbook Pro (M1) Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 My Question or Issue I've been completely unable to open the Spotify app on my Mac for the ...
Visitor
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