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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Text disappears from search bar while typing.

Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.44.405.g81fd6352macOS 14.5 (23F79) Just now I've noticed there's a chance for a character to disappear a moment after typing it. For example while I was typing "classical reading" the "e" disappeared around the ti...

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  • Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.44.405.g81fd6352 macOS 14.5 (23F79)   Just now I've noticed there's a chance for a character to disappear a moment after typing it. For example while I ...
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Superuser Contribution unable to dismount discs due to spotify image

PlanPremiumDeviceMac ProOperating SystemiOS 15.2, happened on previous versions as well My Question or Issue Hi,I can't solve the following issue since a while now.Since about 4 months I am unable to eject any harddrives. In harddrive-helper I see th...

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  • Plan Premium Device Mac Pro Operating System iOS 15.2, happened on previous versions as well   My Question or Issue   Hi, I can't solve the following issue since a while now. Sin...
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Superuser Contribution Mac OS sequoia web player issues

using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop speakers and also when using bluetooth headphones, au...

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  • using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop sp...
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Superuser Contribution I'm not able to view video for jordan peterson podcast.

I am not able to view video for Jordan Peterson podcasts. I can see the video with others (such as Joe Rogan). I tried logging in and logging out. Please advise

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  • I am not able to view video for Jordan Peterson podcasts. I can see the video with others (such as Joe Rogan). I tried logging in and logging out. Please advise
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle should not repeat individual songs

In a playlist of mine that is more than 6 hours long, shuffle often plays songs twice or three times within 30 minutes. I know there are a few posts about this already, but there isn't a recent one and this problem still exists. It is obviously not d...

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  • In a playlist of mine that is more than 6 hours long, shuffle often plays songs twice or three times within 30 minutes.   I know there are a few posts about this already, but there isn't a rec...
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Superuser Contribution Home page lags a lot- but the other pages don't.

Plan PremiumCountry IndiaDevice MacBook Air M1Operating System MacOS Sonoma I've been having this recurring issue for the last few days. The home page is stuttering and lagging but the moment I go onto any other page that's not the case. It's smooth ...

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  • Plan Premium Country India Device MacBook Air M1 Operating System MacOS Sonoma   I've been having this recurring issue for the last few days. The home page is stuttering and lagging but the...
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Superuser Contribution Where can I find the PDF that goes with my audiobook?

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...

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  • 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...
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Solved!! Unable to play liked songs on MacOs

I'm not able to play liked songs on MacOSSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.57.463.g4f748c64So I log out and log in again and the same issue is happening.The fun fact is that it works on my mobile Thanks

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  • I'm not able to play liked songs on MacOS Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.57.463.g4f748c64 So I log out and log in again and the same issue is happening. The fun fact is that it works o...
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Superuser Contribution Songs immediately pause whenever I hit play

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...

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  • 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...
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Superuser Contribution Unable to log into Spotify App Mac OS 10.14.6 (Mojave)

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMac Pro 2010Operating SystemMacOS Mojave (10.14.6) My Question or IssueI finally fixed my old power mac, the spotify app on the machine runs fine but it will not let me log in. It tells me that I have a Uswername or password...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Mac Pro 2010 Operating System MacOS Mojave (10.14.6)   My Question or Issue I finally fixed my old power mac, the spotify app on the machine runs fine bu...
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Superuser Contribution App doesn’t work properly on MacBook Air

PlanPremium FamilyCountryItaly DeviceMacBook Air 2020Operating SystemmacOS 14.4.1 My Question or Issue Hi, since quite a lot of time the App on my MacBook doesn’t work properly. Basically, I can’t go on any playlist besides the one I was able to down...

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  • Plan Premium Family Country Italy    Device MacBook Air 2020 Operating System macOS 14.4.1   My Question or Issue   Hi,  since quite a lot of time the App on my ...
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Superuser Contribution Britney Spears album disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook Pro late 2016)Operating Systemos mojave My Question or IssueHi there, I noticed this past week that the Britney Spears album "Britney" (2001) has been removed from her main spotify page. When I search for it, I c...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System os mojave   My Question or Issue Hi there, I noticed this past week that the Britney Spears album "Br...
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Superuser Contribution Song mutes when tried to play

PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air, 13-inch, 2020Operating SystemmacOS 15.2 (Sequoia) Question or IssueWhenever I try to play "26 Second Song" by Shel Silverstein, it mutes Spotify, and when the next song plays, it unmutes itself. Anyone k...

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  •   Plan Free Country United States Device MacBook Air, 13-inch, 2020 Operating System macOS 15.2 (Sequoia)   Question or Issue Whenever I try to play "26 Second Song" by Shel Silv...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Failed to save playlist changes

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueToday I've had a problem where every time I try to change the cover of a playlist I can't save it because an error message appears saying "Failed to save playlis...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue Today I've had a problem where every time I try to change the cover of a playlist I c...
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Superuser Contribution Podcasts keep glitching and pausing/playing

Hello! Issue explained: 1) Podcasts are randomly pausing and staying paused in the middle of podcasts - happens irregularly and effects the experience.2) Applicable to any podcast I play.3) Happens irrespective if the video is on or off.4) Applicable...

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  •   Hello!   Issue explained:  1) Podcasts are randomly pausing and staying paused in the middle of podcasts - happens irregularly and effects the experience. 2) Applicable to any p...
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High memory usage over time, on Mac

Since some versions ago, one of the Spotify Helpers sometimes increases its memory to high values (like 1,8GB or more). That only happens over the time, it's suddenly, I don't expect that mainly because I'm only listening to music. Spotify works as w...

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  • Since some versions ago, one of the Spotify Helpers sometimes increases its memory to high values (like 1,8GB or more). That only happens over the time, it's suddenly, I don't expect that mainly beca...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution using siri for Spotify on mac

PlanPremiumDeviceMacBookPro My Question or Issue:please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant

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  •   Plan Premium Device MacBookPro     My Question or Issue: please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant  
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Permanently randomize the order of a playlist

I'd like an option in the playlist settings menu (...) to randomize the order of the playlist. I made a playlist with over 250 songs and I don't have the time to try to randomize them one by one.When my friends press play and forget to press the shuf...

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  • I'd like an option in the playlist settings menu (...) to randomize the order of the playlist. I made a playlist with over 250 songs and I don't have the time to try to randomize them one by one. Wh...
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Deleted playlist from Library, but playlist still exists in Home page under greeting

I recently deleted one of my playlists that I created, but that playlist still exists on the Home page under the "Good ___" greeting. It's listed as the first playlist, and even though I want to delete it from the Home page, it gives me a pop-up stat...

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  • I recently deleted one of my playlists that I created, but that playlist still exists on the Home page under the "Good ___" greeting. It's listed as the first playlist, and even though I want to dele...
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Superuser Contribution An infinite song, crashing playback controls

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacBook Pro 16" M1, iPhone 15 ProOperating SystemSequoia and newest iOS My Question or IssueAfter listening to songs radio I got stuck on one song. One second before it finishes it jumps back to 1:48 and keeps playing fo...

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  • Plan Premium Country Poland Device MacBook Pro 16" M1, iPhone 15 Pro Operating System Sequoia and newest iOS   My Question or Issue After listening to songs radio I got stuck on one so...
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