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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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  • MattSuda
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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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  • bfteach
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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 Spotify desktop app is completely blank (I see nothing) so I can't close my MacBook

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook Pro, M1 , 2020 Operating Systemmac OS Sonoma 14.1.1 My Question or IssueMy Spotify desktop app is opened apparently but I can't see it (it's completely transparent) , I can't neither close the application, also I...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook Pro, M1 , 2020  Operating System mac OS Sonoma 14.1.1   My Question or Issue My Spotify desktop app is opened apparently but I can't see...
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Superuser Contribution Remote group session option not appearing.

Even when I follow step by step instructions to get to the remote group session on spotify, that option is just not appearing for me. All it shows is 'current device' and 'no other device found'. No option to + or share or start remote session

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  • Even when I follow step by step instructions to get to the remote group session on spotify, that option is just not appearing for me. All it shows is 'current device' and 'no other device found'. No ...
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Superuser Contribution Problema al reproducir Podcasts

PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceMacbook Pro, Telefono con Sistema operativo Andorid Tengo problemas al reproducir algunos Podcasts. Al darle play no avanza el timer (incluso en ocasiones avanza el tiempo pero no se reproduce el sonido). Este problem...

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  • Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Macbook Pro, Telefono con Sistema operativo Andorid   Tengo problemas al reproducir algunos Podcasts. Al darle play no avanza el timer (incluso en oc...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't connect to internet

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Air My Question or IssueSpotify won't connect to the internet. Everything else on my Mac is connecting, so I know it's a problem with Spotify. I have tried force quitting the app and opening it again, I've tried res...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Air   My Question or Issue Spotify won't connect to the internet. Everything else on my Mac is connecting, so I know it's a problem with Spotify. ...
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Your operating system is out of date -screen displayed every time Spotify is started. Please remove.

PlanPremium DeviceMac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 Hi. Please get rid of the "Your operating system is out of date" -nag screen shown every time Spotify starts.There will be no new operating system versions for Mac Pro 5,1 ...

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  • Plan Premium   Device Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010)   Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6   Hi. Please get rid of the "Your operating system is out of date" -nag screen shown every...
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Superuser Contribution Insanely high battery impact and usage

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacBook Air 2023Operating SystemmacOS 14 My Question or IssueRecently I've began noticing an issue with the battery impact and usage of Spotify. Sometimes when using the app it'll randomly shoot up to like 300 energy im...

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  •   Plan Premium Country Denmark Device MacBook Air 2023 Operating System macOS 14   My Question or Issue Recently I've began noticing an issue with the battery impact and usage of...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't delete a playlist

I'm using the free version of Spotify on my MacBook Pro, and for some reason, I can no longer delete playlists. I go into the playlist, click on the (...) button under the playlist title, and click "delete" from the drop down menu. Nothing happens. T...

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  • I'm using the free version of Spotify on my MacBook Pro, and for some reason, I can no longer delete playlists. I go into the playlist, click on the (...) button under the playlist title, and click "...
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Superuser Contribution Airplay devices not showing up in mac app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited STatesDeviceMacbook Pro 14-inch, 2021, M1 MaxOperating SystemMacOS Ventura My Question or Issue The mac app won't show any airplay devices other than my phone or the web browser. My iphone Spotify app can see and send audio t...

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  • Plan Premium Country United STates Device Macbook Pro 14-inch, 2021, M1 Max Operating System MacOS Ventura   My Question or Issue   The mac app won't show any airplay devices oth...
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How can I get the enhance button back?

Hello Spotify Community,My Spotify has updated within the past few days - and it has introduced the 'Smart Shuffle' feature in place of the 'Enhance' playlist feature. Although I would be fine with this replacement, it is quite buggy and not really p...

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  • Hello Spotify Community, My Spotify has updated within the past few days - and it has introduced the 'Smart Shuffle' feature in place of the 'Enhance' playlist feature. Although I would be fine wi...
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Superuser Contribution OS 11.7.10 Mac launch blank screen

PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMac DesktopOperating System11.7.10 I updated Spotify today and when I went to re-launch it came up with a blank, black window. I click around and nothing happens. I tried restarting the app. Then I tried deleting and re downlo...

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  •   Plan Free Country USA Device Mac Desktop Operating System 11.7.10   I updated Spotify today and when I went to re-launch it came up with a blank, black window. I click around an...
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Audiobooks. I am the plan manager. I have listened to one hour. Now locked

I am the plan manager of a Premium family subscription. I have successfully listened to an hour of audiobooks on my phone. However on the desktop app the audiobooks are showing as locked.

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  • I am the plan manager of a Premium family subscription. I have successfully listened to an hour of audiobooks on my phone. However on the desktop app the audiobooks are showing as locked.
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Superuser Contribution Can't sign in to Spotify. Error Code: 22. Version 1.0.89.313.g34a58dea

Running on OS X Mavericks. I went to go do something and I came back to my computer and my spotify was logged out and I can't seem to log back in. Is there any sort of backend update that happened recently that would cause this? I would switch to the...

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  • Running on OS X Mavericks. I went to go do something and I came back to my computer and my spotify was logged out and I can't seem to log back in. Is there any sort of backend update that happened re...
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Biography for 'Lil Peep' has an extra new line

The bio for 'Lil Peep' seems to be formatted incorrectly. It looks like after periods the bio adds a new line, but there seem to be unnecessary additions.Perhaps there is an auto-formatter for these bios, and that is causing an issue?I have attached ...

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  • The bio for 'Lil Peep' seems to be formatted incorrectly.  It looks like after periods the bio adds a new line, but there seem to be unnecessary additions. Perhaps there is an auto-formatter&n...
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Superuser Contribution Insanely long load time on iMac desktop

Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes. If I were to wait that long, the performance once everything loads is OK. It's strictly the load. On my iphone X ...

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  • Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes.  If I were to wait that long, the performance once everyt...
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Superuser Contribution the volume is up and down during the song

I connected the speaker W-KING via bluetooth to my macbook then with a jack cable, also I tried with my android but still the same problem. The volume is going up and down during the song, what can I do ?Thanks

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  • I connected the speaker W-KING via bluetooth to my macbook then with a jack cable, also I tried with my android but still the same problem. The volume is going up and down during the song, what can I...
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Superuser Contribution Can't download Spotify app to Mac desktop

So for some reason, Spotify will not download onto my Mac desktop; below is all the things that I have tried and did not work:Clean re-installUpdated my Maccleared room in storageDownloaded and tried the two different installmentsMultiple re-startsAn...

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  • So for some reason, Spotify will not download onto my Mac desktop; below is all the things that I have tried and did not work: Clean re-install Updated my Mac cleared room in storage Downloaded ...
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Superuser Contribution something went wrong try reloading the page

I have had this glitch for about a week making me unable to use spotify at allmy spotify is fine on all my other devices logged into this accountwe have a premium family subscription

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  • I have had this glitch for about a week making me unable to use spotify at all my spotify is fine on all my other devices logged into this account we have a premium family subscription
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Same Spotify link, different playlists on different devices

PlanFree/PremiumCountryDeviceiMacOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueHello guys, I've just bumped into a strange issue. My wife sent me a playlist link for Spotify, and specifically asked me to play two songs. When I opened the playlist in Saf...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Device iMac Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue Hello guys,   I've just bumped into a strange issue. My wife sent me a playlist link for Spot...
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