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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

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...

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Jemi

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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

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...

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Alcyon

Music Fan

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

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...

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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

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.

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jruby

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify App Not Loading on Mac

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating SystemMac OS Sonoma 14.4.1 My Question or IssueThe desktop spotify app opens and loads my playlists, but I cannot search up any artists or load my home page, profile, friend activity etc. It shows...

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Plan Premium Country USA   Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1   My Question or Issue The desktop spotify app opens and loads my playlists, but I cannot...

MartinT

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Superuser Contribution Browse All Missing in Search Page

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDevice(MacBook Pro 2017)Operating System(macOS Mojave)Spotify 10.14 My Question or IssueThe search page does not display anything. On my iPhone, I can clearly see all the browse all options but not on my macbook pro. I am curr...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device (MacBook Pro 2017) Operating System (macOS Mojave) Spotify 10.14   My Question or Issue The search page does not display anything. On my iPhone, I c...

MihailY

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Superuser Contribution Spotify showing wrong song lengths of some local files

DeviceMacbook Pro mid-2012Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15 - 10.15.4 My Question or IssueThis has been an issue for months now. For some reason Spotify shows some local files length's as 1 second shorter than they really are. And for some local f...

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Device Macbook Pro mid-2012 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15 - 10.15.4   My Question or Issue This has been an issue for months now. For some reason Spotify shows some local files len...

hamibh

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Superuser Contribution Scrolling issues when using Wacom

The scrolling is not working properly on Spotify App for Desktop (Mac). However I scroll (up or down) on any playlist the bar simply stops like it's stuck or something, it comebacks after a while but it's very annoying and I've never had this problem...

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The scrolling is not working properly on Spotify App for Desktop (Mac). However I scroll (up or down) on any playlist the bar simply stops like it's stuck or something, it comebacks after a while but...

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Annoying UI Bug

PlanPremiumCountryNew ZealandDeviceMacbook Pro 13", M1 2020Operating SystemMac OS Sonoma 14.4.1 My Question or IssueSpotify Desktop on Mac on my device has always began opening with the maximise, close and minimise windows right on top of the "back a...

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Plan Premium Country New Zealand Device Macbook Pro 13", M1 2020 Operating System Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1   My Question or Issue Spotify Desktop on Mac on my device has always began openi...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution The "New episodes" screen has been blank for weeks, on both macOS and website versions

On the "Home" screen, in the "All" tab, clicking on either "New episodes" or the adjacent "Show all" link leads to a blank screen after a flicker of loading animations, in both the macOS app and the website player.I've both cleared the data cache and...

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On the "Home" screen, in the "All" tab, clicking on either "New episodes" or the adjacent "Show all" link leads to a blank screen after a flicker of loading animations, in both the macOS app and the ...

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Superuser Contribution Delete artist from playlist - delete album from playlist

Hi Spotifypals, How do we delete an artist from a playlist? Kids added crappy songs to one of playlists and I need to get that artist OFF the list. Need to delete multiple songs at one time using album or artist as a sort option. Tell me how Spotifyo...

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Hi Spotifypals,   How do we delete an artist from a playlist?  Kids added crappy songs to one of playlists and I need to get that artist OFF the list.    Need to delete mu...

Susan_GP

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Superuser Contribution se cierra la aplicación sin ningún avisto

a la canción se cierra y lo abro otra vez y pasa lo mismo, debería desinstalarlo y volver a instalar? o no hay soluciónPlanFreeCountryMxDeviceMac late 15sOperating SystemOS 12.6.3 My Question or Issue

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a la canción se cierra y lo abro otra vez y pasa lo mismo, debería desinstalarlo y volver a instalar? o no hay solución Plan Free Country Mx Device Mac late 15s Operating System OS 12.6.3 &n...

Yordan

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Microsoft Teams lowers Spotify sound during calls

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA DeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemCatalina 10.15.6 Recently Microsoft Teams has been lowering or suppressing Spotify volume while I am on meeting calls. I used to be able to listen to Spotify with headphones while on cal...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System Catalina 10.15.6   Recently Microsoft Teams has been lowering or suppressing Spotify volume while I am on ...

nahchayteh

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop App text not rendering properly

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMBP 2021 Sonoma 14.4.1Operating SystemSonoma 14.4.1 My Question or IssueThe text in the desktop player isn't rendering correctly. It's rendering as white or grey blocks. I've tried a fresh install of the app twice and restar...

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Plan Premium Country US Device MBP 2021 Sonoma 14.4.1 Operating System Sonoma 14.4.1   My Question or Issue The text in the desktop player isn't rendering correctly. It's rendering as ...

sarmeyer

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Desktop Mac UI full of artifacts

Version: Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.35.663.gb699649eThere are black/red bars and boxes covering my library and the recently played albums/playlists at the top of my Home page.

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Version: Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.35.663.gb699649e There are black/red bars and boxes covering my library and the recently played albums/playlists at the top of my Home page.

Joan

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Superuser Contribution podcast in desktop (mac) not showing latest episodes (on iphone it does)

PlanFamily/PremiumCountryNetherlands Device(Macbook air m2 )Operating System(Sonoma) My Question or Issue

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Plan Family/Premium Country Netherlands  Device (Macbook air m2 ) Operating System (Sonoma)   My Question or Issue  

Ivelina

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Superuser Contribution No internet connection

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Air 2021Operating SystemSonoma 14.2.1 My Question or IssueThe Spotify app keeps saying I don't have an internet connection even though I do. I will not continually reset my wifi just for one dumb, barely better than ...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Air 2021 Operating System Sonoma 14.2.1   My Question or Issue The Spotify app keeps saying I don't have an internet connection even though I do....

Maria

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Superuser Contribution Friend activity disappearing and then some reappearing

My Question or Issue: Hi! So I opened up my Spotify and only 3 friends activity were present when I usually have 10. So I read to update my computer, uninstall everything on my computer that dealt with Spotify and the re-download it, restart my compu...

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My Question or Issue: Hi! So I opened up my Spotify and only 3 friends activity were present when I usually have 10. So I read to update my computer, uninstall everything on ...

Vasil

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Friend Activity some friends missing
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Friend Activity feed on mac not working

Using the desktop app for Mac. Activity feed now just says 'Find Friends', and shows no friend activity . I know the friends I am following are online and listening to music but it is not appearing in the feed. Seeing what my friends are listening to...

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Using the desktop app for Mac. Activity feed now just says 'Find Friends', and shows no friend activity . I know the friends I am following are online and listening to music but it is not appearing i...

annabellers

Casual Listener

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Activity Feed Problem
Friend Activity some friends missing
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Superuser Contribution [bug] "public playlist" text is cut off when viewing public playlists

PlanPremium IndividualCountryUSDeviceMacBook Pro 14" (early 2023, apple silicon m2 pro chip [16gigs of ram, 1tb storage])Operating SystemmacOS 14.4.1 (23E224)Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.35.663.gb699649eMy Question or Issuehi all. discovered ...

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Plan Premium Individual Country US Device MacBook Pro 14" (early 2023, apple silicon m2 pro chip [16gigs of ram, 1tb storage]) Operating System macOS 14.4.1 (23E224) Spotify for macOS (Apple ...

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Superuser Contribution I can't play anything. Nothing happens when I press "play" now.

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

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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  

Novy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify App: "This app is restricted to Premium users only" Error Code

PlanPremium CountryUSA DeviceMacbook Air (Mid 2013) Operating SystemOS X Yosemite, Version 10.10.5 Over the weekend, I had to do a series of shutting down and restarting my Macbook Air due to several tabs refusing to force quit. Today, I opened up th...

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Plan Premium   Country USA   Device Macbook Air (Mid 2013)   Operating System OS X Yosemite, Version 10.10.5   Over the weekend, I had to do a series of shutting down ...

grainnemcknight

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Superuser Contribution I can't listen to "Manifesting 20-05" by feid and yandel

The artist released this album on april 10th and it's still hidden on my spotify account (or greyed out on my desktop app). I can see that people can listen to it. Am i the only one?

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The artist released this album on april 10th and it's still hidden on my spotify account (or greyed out on my desktop app). I can see that people can listen to it. Am i the only one?

Sebastianortiz17

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app takes forever to start

PremiumCanadaiMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015)Monterey 12.7.4 Spotify runs fine on most of my home devices (Windows laptop, Android phone, etc). But on my work iMac at the office, the app takes forever to start. When I open Spotify from my dock, it opens p...

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Premium Canada iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015) Monterey 12.7.4   Spotify runs fine on most of my home devices (Windows laptop, Android phone, etc). But on my work iMac at the office, the app ta...

thomaspashko11

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