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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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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify window by itself

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook Pro late 2017Operating SystemmacOS My Question or IssueThe Spotify window moves by itself when clicking, even in other applications.

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Macbook Pro late 2017 Operating System macOS   My Question or Issue The Spotify window moves by itself when clicking, even in other applications. &n...
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Superuser Contribution Playlist Folders stuck inside Folders

Update, this seems to have been resolved. Not sure how or what happened. Since the newest Spotify desktop update the Playlist Folders are not able be moved out of holding folders. They can move between other folders in the same master folder, but I c...

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  • Update, this seems to have been resolved. Not sure how or what happened.    Since the newest Spotify desktop update the Playlist Folders are not able be moved out of holding folders. They...
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Where is the dislike button in the mac desktop app, please?

I'm on the way to go crazy because the algorhythm still doesn't want to accept all the dislikes of my handy app and on my MAC desktop. It's hard to constantly stop horrible songs. I can't see any option to dislike any songs. There's nothing but the l...

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  • I'm on the way to go crazy because the algorhythm still doesn't want to accept all the dislikes of my handy app and on my MAC desktop. It's hard to constantly stop horrible songs. I can't see any opt...
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Superuser Contribution Keep Screen on Apple devices

Settings option to keep screen on when playing on apple devices; specifically macbook pro on battery power. Teach Apple that our streaming is as important as youtube's. Now screen goes dark after few minutes. Workaround is to play youtube videos on m...

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  • Settings option to keep screen on when playing on apple devices; specifically macbook pro on battery power.  Teach Apple that our streaming is as important as youtube's.  Now screen goes da...
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Superuser Contribution New Playlists don't show up under Recently Played

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: MacBook Air (M2, 2022) Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.14.1149.ga3ae422d New playlists don't show up under "recents" even though I just played a song from the playlist. I can only find it if I search. Web player ...

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  •   Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: MacBook Air (M2, 2022)  Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.14.1149.ga3ae422d   New playlists don't show up under "recents" even thou...
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Superuser Contribution podcasts not playing but music is (mac and iphone)

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDevicemacbook air and iphone 11 My Question or Issueorignally was not able to listen to my podcast on my iphone, so i turned to my laptop. now, i can't listen to either. i tried the clean reinstall, the standard reinstall, ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Australia Device macbook air and iphone 11   My Question or Issue orignally was not able to listen to my podcast on my iphone, so i turned to my laptop. now, i can't...
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Superuser Contribution Offline downloads extremely slow, also songs buffer whilst playing, all of this is really unbearable

PlanPremiumCountrySouth Africa DeviceMacbook Pro late 2019 Operating SystemmacOS My Question or IssueOffline music downloads are extremely slow, also songs buffer whilst playing (streaming), all of this is really unbearable... I can't just listen to ...

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  • Plan Premium Country South Africa    Device Macbook Pro late 2019   Operating System macOS    My Question or Issue Offline music downloads are extremely slow...
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Mac OSX Stream Quality WORST than iOS

I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without. There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming quality is inferior than the Spotify iOS App. I have "High-Quality ...

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  • I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without.   There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming qu...
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Spotify desktop app creating ghosting/flickering on Dell monitor connected to M1 Macbook pro

PlanDuoCountryUsa DeviceM1 Macbook Pro 13" (2020)Dell U2720QOperating SystemMontery 12.5.1 My Question or IssueThe Spotify Desktop app will cause my Dell U2720Q monitor to blink, then behave erratically: ghosting of applications, minor color shifts a...

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  • Plan Duo Country Usa   Device M1 Macbook Pro 13" (2020) Dell U2720Q Operating System Montery 12.5.1   My Question or Issue The Spotify Desktop app will cause my Dell U2720Q moni...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify uses 100% of CPU

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Air 2020Operating SystemmacOS 12.6.8 My Question or IssueSince yesterday, Spotify and its associated helpers consistently use ~100% of my computer's CPU. Every time I open the program, my computer's fans scream so l...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Air 2020 Operating System macOS 12.6.8   My Question or Issue Since yesterday, Spotify and its associated helpers consistently use ~100% of my c...
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Superuser Contribution MacOS desktop app becomes unresponsive after laptop wakes up from sleep

When I come back from lunch after 1h and reopen my Macbook, the buttons are unresponsive. When I try to quit the app, the window disappears but the program stays running in the background and I need to force quit. After reopening it works fine again.

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  • When I come back from lunch after 1h and reopen my Macbook, the buttons are unresponsive. When I try to quit the app, the window disappears but the program stays running in the background and I need ...
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Superuser Contribution Play/Stop button on MX Keys Keboard not working

Using MacOs app.Ventura 13.4Logitech MX Keys keyboardThe pause/play button is not functioning with Spotify. The other seems to work: skip, volume, etc. are working as intended. I already tried to disable the keymapping in Chrome, disable the Spotify ...

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  • Using MacOs app. Ventura 13.4 Logitech MX Keys keyboard The pause/play button is not functioning with Spotify. The other seems to work: skip, volume, etc. are working as intended. I already ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify thinks I'm not connected to the internet

The Internet connection is fine, the proxy settings in the application are off, but Spotify still thinks it is offline, reinstalling the application did not help. MacBook Pro 2020 Mac OS Monterey 12.3.1

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  • The Internet connection is fine, the proxy settings in the application are off, but Spotify still thinks it is offline, reinstalling the application did not help. MacBook Pro 2020 Mac OS Monterey 12....
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Superuser Contribution Desktop app suggests songs that are already in my playlist

My spotify desktop app recently started suggesting songs for my playlists that are already in my playlist. This makes expanding my playlists very much harder. If i add a song to my playlist via the suggested songs section, the app does not prompt me ...

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  • My spotify desktop app recently started suggesting songs for my playlists that are already in my playlist. This makes expanding my playlists very much harder. If i add a song to my playlist via the s...
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