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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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62 replies
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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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12 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air M1, 2020Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueAfter hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS), play/pause functionality with the space bar does not work until clicking on...
Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Air M1, 2020 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or Issue After hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS),...
Regular
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27 replies
6 likes
I'm an artist and I'm trying to switch to Spotify from Apple Music for staging my music for my own personal listening before actually publishing it. However, it's very frustrating that the album artwork isn't showing up even though I've made sure it'...
I'm an artist and I'm trying to switch to Spotify from Apple Music for staging my music for my own personal listening before actually publishing it. However, it's very frustrating that the album artw...
Newbie
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11 replies
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PlanFreeCountryCanadaDeviceMacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023)Operating SystemmacOS 26.1My Question or IssueWhen you click "Home" to return to the home page on the Spotify Web Player on Safari, it automatically starts to play many overlapping songs without an...
Plan Free Country Canada Device MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023) Operating System macOS 26.1 My Question or Issue When you click "Home" to return to the home page on the Spotify Web Player on Safa...
Moderator
805 Views
7 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemVentura My Question or IssueRecently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and trying to make it play again makes it pause after half a second. All following...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System Ventura My Question or Issue Recently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and tr...
Casual Listener
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43 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Air 2022 My Question or IssueI am listening to an audiobook on Premium that comes with supplemental docs/pdfs but I cannot find them on the Desktop app only on the mobile app. Any ideas where I can find these docs o...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Air 2022 My Question or Issue I am listening to an audiobook on Premium that comes with supplemental docs/pdfs but I cannot find them on the Des...
Visitor
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31 replies
3 likes
PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMacbook Air M2 2023Operating SystemMacOS Sequoia 15.5 My Question or IssueThe audio quality is worse than on my iphone 14 pro with the same lossless setting and connection to wifi, it gets better when i turn the pla...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Macbook Air M2 2023 Operating System MacOS Sequoia 15.5 My Question or Issue The audio quality is worse than on my iphone 14 pro with the same...
Moderator
352 Views
1 replies
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Hello, I'm on a 2017 MacBook Pro listening on my spotify desktop app. Settings are set to very high quality sound, but the sound quality is awful compared to listening from my phone. It is noticeably worse -- whether I'm listening through AirPods or ...
Hello, I'm on a 2017 MacBook Pro listening on my spotify desktop app. Settings are set to very high quality sound, but the sound quality is awful compared to listening from my phone. It is noticeably...
Newbie
30942 Views
12 replies
4 likes
PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacbook Pro 13" Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm in a discord call, the sound quality from Spotify is dreadful. My headphones are Sony WH-H900N and connected thro...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm in a discord call, the...
Casual Listener
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12 replies
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountryCambodia, but currently in JapanDeviceMacMini M4Operating SystemMacOS 15.5 My Question or ...
Plan Free/Premium Country None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Cambodia, but curr...
Moderator
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50 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Air M4Operating SystemSequia 15.6 My Question or IssueMy mac used to work perfectly for automixes. Today, upon checking my playlist I realized my automixes were all broken and the previous mix "pattern" (still access...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Air M4 Operating System Sequia 15.6 My Question or Issue My mac used to work perfectly for automixes. Today, upon checking my playlist I realiz...
Moderator
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Hello, i am getting an illegal scope message when trying to log in on my Spotify account on my Mac. any ideas about how to solve that?
Hello, i am getting an illegal scope message when trying to log in on my Spotify account on my Mac. any ideas about how to solve that?
Casual Listener
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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...
Moderator
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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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1 replies
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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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