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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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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 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 Spotify on Mac

Why can I play my Spotify on my Android phone, my car, My Echo Dot, My Google Pebble but not my Imac?

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  • Why can I play my Spotify on my Android phone, my car, My Echo Dot, My Google Pebble but not my Imac?
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution In-app notifications stay on screen indefinitely if Spotify window loses focus

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 14"Operating SystemmacOS 13.6Spotify versionSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.23.1125.g920a7ada My Question or IssueThe new in-app notifications that show when you take an action (ex: liking or un-liking a so...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 14" Operating System macOS 13.6 Spotify version Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.23.1125.g920a7ada   My Question or Issue The new in...
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Superuser Contribution What happened to personalized what's new/new releases on desktop?

I can no longer find the personalized new releases section on desktop. It used to be under discover I think in search. On mobile you can still find under the bell icon, but it seems gone on desktop.

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  • I can no longer find the personalized new releases section on desktop. It used to be under discover I think in search. On mobile you can still find under the bell icon, but it seems gone on desktop.
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Spotify free

PlanFreeCountry DevicemacOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueWhy does it say that the spotify app on my computer can only be logged into if i have a premium account. Why is it not free anymore?

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  • Plan Free Country   Device mac Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue Why does it say that the spotify app on my computer can only be...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Length of Each song a Playlist

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device:Macbook Pro 2019)Operating System (iOS 10) My Question or Issue: After upgrading last week to the latest version, the lenght of each songs on the Plalist column is missing. It only shows the following columns: TitleAr...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device: Macbook Pro 2019) Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue:   After upgrading last week to the latest version, the lengh...
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Superuser Contribution album or playlist displays as blank in social bar (can't be clicked on)

  PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemLatest IOS My Question or Issuewhat does this mean? or is it a bug where the playlist name doesn't display?

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  •       Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Pro Operating System Latest IOS   My Question or Issue what does this mean? or is it a bug where the playlist name doesn't dis...
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Superuser Contribution Problem: Spotify mutes all sound after pressing pause....

PlanPremiumCountryTurkey DeviceMacBook Pro 15-ınch 2018Operating SystemmacOS Movaje My Question or IssueHi; Spotify mac app keeps muting everything that makes sound after I pause my music. Background sound plays fine when I play music over it, but wh...

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  • Plan Premium Country Turkey   Device MacBook Pro 15-ınch 2018 Operating System macOS Movaje   My Question or Issue Hi;   Spotify mac app keeps muting everything that ...
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Superuser Contribution Shuffle icon showing as active involuntarily

Hi everyone! I have noticed an error when navigating a very specific around the artist page. If the path is followed, the shuffle button turns on without me activating it, and while it is showing active it won't actually shuffle songs. So it is just ...

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  • Hi everyone! I have noticed an error when navigating a very specific around the artist page. If the path is followed, the shuffle button turns on without me activating it, and while it is showing act...
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Superuser Contribution [macOS] Multiple different Daily Mix 1 on home screen

PlanPremiumCountryItalyDeviceMacbook Air late 2020Operating SystemmacOS 14.0 (23A344)Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.22.982.g794acc0a The Daily Mix 1 playlist appeared twice on the home screen, with different content. When clicking on play on th...

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  • Plan Premium Country Italy Device Macbook Air late 2020 Operating System macOS 14.0 (23A344) Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.22.982.g794acc0a   The Daily Mix 1 playlist appeared...
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Superuser Contribution Embedded podcast will not play using Safari on Macbook

PlanFreeCountrySweden DeviceMacbookOperating SystemOsX My Question or IssueWhen embedding an episod of my pod on a website it works awesome, except wen using Safari on my Macbook. If I do use chrome on the same it works just fine. I am assume it is a...

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  • Plan Free Country Sweden   Device Macbook Operating System OsX   My Question or Issue When embedding an episod of my pod on a website it works awesome, except wen using Safari on...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution "I don't like |this song" feature removed from Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists?

I've just figured out the dislike feature on Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists have been simplified: while before by clicking the minus button I got 2 separate options to dislike the current artist or the current song (which gave me the imp...

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  • I've just figured out the dislike feature on Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists have been simplified: while before by clicking the minus button I got 2 separate options to dislike the curren...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify prevents external display to reactivate after sleep

PlanPremiumCountryDE DeviceMacBook Pro 16" M1 ProOperating Systemmacos sonoma (but occured on ventura as well) My Question or IssueFor some months now I have been having issues with getting my external display to reactivate after my lunchbreak etc. U...

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  • Plan Premium Country DE   Device MacBook Pro 16" M1 Pro Operating System macos sonoma (but occured on ventura as well)   My Question or Issue For some months now I have been havi...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Public playlists

PlanFree/PremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceALLOperating SystemALL My Question or IssueI have a couple of playlists, and I noticed that the ones I made private and then public are not being displayed for other people. So I created new ones, and those are b...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Argentina Device ALL Operating System ALL   My Question or Issue I have a couple of playlists, and I noticed that the ones I made private and then public are ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution all actions delayed on Mac app

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDevice M1 Pro Macbook Pro late 2022Operating SystemMacOS Ventura My Question or IssueI am using the MacBook version of Spotify desktop, and every button is extremely delayed. Any action (pause, play, skip, search, open ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country United States Device  M1 Pro Macbook Pro late 2022 Operating System MacOS Ventura   My Question or Issue I am using the MacBook version of Spotify des...
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