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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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Home screen won't load on Mac

I'm running macOS High Sierra and have 1.0.77.338 version of the Spotify app downloaded on my Mac. All of the other tabs and windows load with content with the exception of the home screen, which is completely blank (see attachment). I have tried qui...

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  • I'm running macOS High Sierra and have 1.0.77.338 version of the Spotify app downloaded on my Mac.     All of the other tabs and windows load with content with the exception of the h...
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"This song is not available..."

For many songs, the Spotify Mac desktop player refuses to play the song - instead, it give the error message "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer, you can import it." This happens for songs both inside and outside my lib...

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  • For many songs, the Spotify Mac desktop player refuses to play the song - instead, it give the error message "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer, you can import it...
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Remove artists from showing - any new ideas?

Removing an artist from a feed seems to be a great idea since we are all trying to cultivate our own experience on Spotify. Any new ideas on this? I've got **bleep** showing in my lists when my kids were listening to stuff. Unfortunately, Spotify tur...

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  • Removing an artist from a feed seems to be a great idea since we are all trying to cultivate our own experience on Spotify. Any new ideas on this? I've got **bleep** showing in my lists when my kids ...
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Solved!! If I delete songs on my computer (MacBook Air), will they stay on the Local Files tab in Spotify?

I don't have a lot of storage on my computer (120 gigs) and my music takes up a big portion of it, I want to delete them to make more storage but still want to be able to find them easily.

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  • I don't have a lot of storage on my computer (120 gigs) and my music takes up a big portion of it, I want to delete them to make more storage but still want to be able to find them easily.
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Musics playing with wrong time/versions

I've been having problems with spotify on mac, tried to fully uninstall, deleted cache folders and all there was. on spotify web it's normal and on my cellphone aswell, but on my mac it's not, examples: save me -BTS has 3:17, shows and works as 62:14...

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  • I've been having problems with spotify on mac, tried to fully uninstall, deleted cache folders and all there was. on spotify web it's normal and on my cellphone aswell, but on my mac it's not, exampl...
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Marantz NR 1603 no Spotify support anymore???

Before the firmware update I couldn't get Spotify to work on mij Marantz NR1603 anymore. It said I needed a premium account. But I have an active Spotify premium account for years now. Tried to log in, but this message keeps up appearing.Then I saw t...

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  • Before the firmware update I couldn't get Spotify to work on mij Marantz NR1603 anymore. It said I needed a premium account. But I have an active Spotify premium account for years now. Tried to log i...
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Solved!! Does Spotify use the local files to play from Offline playlist or does it stream?

Hello there,I downloaded my playlist on my Mac to save data. However, I wondered: When I'm connected to the internet but play my playlist, does ist use the offline files or does it stream? Thanks!

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  • Hello there, I downloaded my playlist on my Mac to save data. However, I wondered: When I'm connected to the internet but play my playlist, does ist use the offline files or does it stream?   ...
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Solved!! Playlist Sharing With Non-Facebook User

In April 2012 I convinced my elderly mother to download and install spotfiy. Soon after that I made a few playlists that I knew she would like and was able to simply enter her spotify username and send them to her inbox, which she promptly received, ...

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  • In April 2012 I convinced my elderly mother to download and install spotfiy. Soon after that I made a few playlists that I knew she would like and was able to simply enter her spotify username and se...
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Friend activity

HI! My friend activity suddenly stopped showing all of my friends. I follow a lot of people and it's only showing three. There also isn't a "show more" button. Only a "find friends" button and the people I already follow are not listed there since I ...

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  • HI!  My friend activity suddenly stopped showing all of my friends.  I follow a lot of people and it's only showing three.  There also isn't a "show more" button.  Only a "find fr...
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Bug on touch bar when skipping back to beginning of track

Not sure if this is a spotify or apple issue but when outside of the spotify app, using the 'equaliser' icon on the touchbar, it expands to show the scrub bar as well as skip back pause and skip fwd buttons, when using the skip back button the scrubb...

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  • Not sure if this is a spotify or apple issue but when outside of the spotify app, using the 'equaliser' icon on the touchbar, it expands to show the scrub bar as well as skip back pause and skip fwd ...
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Stuck on Buffer/ Black Empty Screen/ Freezes After Two Songs

Spotify has had consistent problems for me for over a year. The problems mainly are- after launch, Spotify remains as a empty black screen. The menu on the left loads, but clicking does nothing.- after launch, Spotify loads, but gets stuck on bufferi...

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  • Spotify has had consistent problems for me for over a year. The problems mainly are - after launch, Spotify remains as a empty black screen. The menu on the left loads, but clicking does nothing. -...
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Friends Disappear From Friend's Tab

Today, I logged onto the desktop version of Spotify only to discover that everyone was missing from the friend's tab on the spotify app. I was still following them in my following, but their names and profiles had completely disappeared from it, and ...

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  • Today, I logged onto the desktop version of Spotify only to discover that everyone was missing from the friend's tab on the spotify app. I was still following them in my following, but their names an...
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BUG - can't re-order playlist folders

I think I have hit some limit or something on my number of folders / sub-folders? I'm on mac desktop. It was working, then started to get inconsistent and after attempting to re-order some top level folders, I can no longer drag any playlist names / ...

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  • I think I have hit some limit or something on my number of folders / sub-folders? I'm on mac desktop. It was working, then started to get inconsistent and after attempting to re-order some top level ...
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Scrobbling Problem with Local Files

I'm having a problem with Scrobbling to last.fm when I listen to any local files through Spotify. This behavior has changed within the last few months (3 months maybe?); Spotify version 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 Mac desktop app. Whether I'm listening to a...

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  • I'm having a problem with Scrobbling to last.fm when I listen to any local files through Spotify. This behavior has changed within the last few months (3 months maybe?); Spotify version 1.0.77.3...
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Contact an artist

How do i contact an artist? The song 'You and I' by Mayday is not on iTunes or anywhere I can find apart form on spotify... I want to use this track from something so want to buy the track / contact the owner.... PLEASE!!!????

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  • How do i contact an artist?    The song 'You and I' by Mayday is not on iTunes or anywhere I can find apart form on spotify...   I want to use this track from something so want to ...
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How do I stop Spotify from opening upon startup?

I used Spotify the other day for the first time in several months. Now when I start up my computer, Spotify automatically opens. I've tried removing the icon from my dock, but can't. I've gone into users & groups from system preferences & unchecked S...

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  • I used Spotify the other day for the first time in several months. Now when I start up my computer, Spotify automatically opens. I've tried removing the icon from my dock, but can't. I've gone into u...
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Songs stuck / don't play continuously

Hi! I've been using spotify uniquely on my browser (firefox ver 59.0.2, macOS 10.12.6, free account) for about 6-7 months now, and I haven't had any problems til just about 1-2 weeks ago. My songs wouldn't continue to the following one when I play th...

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  • Hi! I've been using spotify uniquely on my browser (firefox ver 59.0.2, macOS 10.12.6, free account) for about 6-7 months now, and I haven't had any problems til just about 1-2 weeks ago. My songs wo...
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Unmute won't work.

Hello, Just noticed what might be a bug. I am running 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 on mac 10.13.4. My Spotify was muted and I couldn't raise the vulume or unmute. I tried to restart the app, the computer and nothing worked. So I had the idea of plugging earp...

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  • Hello,   Just noticed what might be a bug. I am running 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78 on mac 10.13.4.   My Spotify was muted and I couldn't raise the vulume or unmute. I tried to restart th...
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Solved!! Script to change settings

Hi there! I am using Spotify desktop on my MBP. At the office, we use a proxy and I have configured spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything. This means that every day, I have to go back to my settings, disable / enable the prox...

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  • Hi there!   I am using Spotify desktop on my MBP.   At the office, we use a proxy and I have configured spotify to go through the proxy. At home, I don't use anything.    Th...
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