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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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Spotify app for PowerPC still works January 2018

I sometimes fire up my iMac G4 20 inch (from year 2003) that runs OSX Tiger with Spotify app (Spotify version for PowerPC Macs from around 2011, contemporary with Apple announcing no new OS upgrades for that platform). And today in 2018 it still work...

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  • I sometimes fire up my iMac G4 20 inch (from year 2003) that runs OSX Tiger with Spotify app (Spotify version for PowerPC Macs from around 2011, contemporary with Apple announcing no new OS upgr...
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Is there a list view for albums/artists etc or are we restricted to this inconvenient grid view?

I keep looking for a way to view my categories as a list instead of this awful grid view with album covers which is I guess all the rage in design but is HORRIBLE from a usability perspective, however I cannot find any such option. Am I missing somet...

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  •  I keep looking for a way to view my categories as a list instead of this awful grid view with album covers which is I guess all the rage in design but is HORRIBLE from a usability perspective, ...
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Pausing track doesn't fade volume when playing through Sonos speakers

When I use the Spotify apps to play music to Sonos speakers and I pause/play the music, it doesn't fade out/in like when I pause/play it through my headphones. It should.

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  • When I use the Spotify apps to play music to Sonos speakers and I pause/play the music, it doesn't fade out/in like when I pause/play it through my headphones. It should. 
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Solved!! Continuous play

Why do songs sometimes play continuously and other times not?

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  • Why do songs sometimes play continuously and other times not?
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Black Screen

It's 2018 and I'm hoping you have an easy solution to a black screen on start up (for Mac)?

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  • It's 2018 and I'm hoping you have an easy solution to a black screen on start up (for Mac)?
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Track list disappeared

I spent two hours pulling together a play list for a party next week. I even copied and pasted a link to my flat mate to show them. The tracks (around 70-80) have now disappeared. The playlist is called "commercial dance pop" on my account. Not one s...

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  • I spent two hours pulling together a play list for a party next week. I even copied and pasted a link to my flat mate to show them. The tracks (around 70-80) have now disappeared. The playlist is cal...
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Playlist Picture not loading

I've tried adding pictures to a few of the new playlists I created on my mac this week, but spotify keeps rejecting them. After I try to add an image a red window appears on the bottom saying: "That image is too small. It must be at least 300 x 300."...

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  • I've tried adding pictures to a few of the new playlists I created on my mac this week, but spotify keeps rejecting them. After I try to add an image a red window appears on the bottom saying: "That ...
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Playlist Cover Art Not Showing

I created a playlist that is linked to a church devotional. I edited the playlist details and uploaded an image, but it won't display the image as the cover art. The image still shows up when I "edit playlist details," but it doesn't show up in the a...

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  • I created a playlist that is linked to a church devotional. I edited the playlist details and uploaded an image, but it won't display the image as the cover art. The image still shows up when I "edit...
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Chaining Proxy and VPN in mac

Hi everyone, Spotify is not accessible in my country, so I should use Proxy.The problem happens when I am in university in which I should use VPN to connect to the Internet, in this case, I use Proxy for the Web by setting it in advanced setting of V...

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  • Hi everyone,   Spotify is not accessible in my country, so I should use Proxy. The problem happens when I am in university in which I should use VPN to connect to the Internet, in this case, ...
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Bug and workaround for adding songs to playlists in Spotify Mac 1.0.72.117

Since an update to Spotify Mac 1.0.72.117, I cannot add a song to any of my playlists after starting Spotify. The song drags, but no playlist will activate under it while dragging, and releasing it over a playlist will not add the song. This happens ...

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  • Since an update to Spotify Mac 1.0.72.117, I cannot add a song to any of my playlists after starting Spotify. The song drags, but no playlist will activate under it while dragging, and releasing...
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Latest version of Spotify is quite

Hello, I am Premium user and I have complain about the latest version of Spotify. It gets worse over 3 moth ago and keep going in this direction. When are you going to fix the sound quality and make it louder as it was? iTunes is louder than Spotify....

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  • Hello,    I am Premium user and I have complain about the latest version of Spotify. It gets worse over 3 moth ago and keep going in this direction. When are you going to fix the sound qu...
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Will only play 4 tracks from a playlist with over 1700 tracks

I have a playlist with over 1700 tracks. Whether on shuffle or not, Spotify will only play the four songs on top of the list. It will then stop. This playlist contains a mix of Spotify tracks and local filesThe playlist originally started as an impor...

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  • I have a playlist with over 1700 tracks. Whether on shuffle or not, Spotify will only play the four songs on top of the list. It will then stop.    This playlist contains a mix of Spotif...
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Only able to import one iTunes playlist

I am attempting to switch over from Apple Music/iTunes to Spotify and want to import all my playlists from it.I got to File -> Import Playlists -> iTunes.It creates a folder called iTunes and places one playlist in it, with one grayed out song (presu...

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  • I am attempting to switch over from Apple Music/iTunes to Spotify and want to import all my playlists from it. I got to File -> Import Playlists -> iTunes. It creates a folder called iTunes a...
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Repeat button greyed out in spotify premium for Mac

I've had this problem since spotify updated a few days ago. I can still go to Playback > Repeat to repeat an entire playlist, but the button is greyed out and I can't repeat individual tracks. I've got Spotify version 1.0.4.90.g0b6df40b on Mac. Help?

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  • I've had this problem since spotify updated a few days ago. I can still go to Playback > Repeat to repeat an entire playlist, but the button is greyed out and I can't repeat individual tracks. I'v...
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Where is the repeat song/playlist button for free users on Mac Client??

It looks like the repeat button seems to have vanished in the recent update of the Mac Spotify app! Is anyone else facing the same issue? I had an update pushed to me this morning and the repeat button has gone since then. My spotify client version i...

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  • It looks like the repeat button seems to have vanished in the recent update of the Mac Spotify app! Is anyone else facing the same issue? I had an update pushed to me this morning and the repeat butt...
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Pause/Next Buttons dont work

I realized this morning that the 'pause' and 'next' buttons on my MacBook don't work with Spotify anymore? Tried restarting and everything and nothing helped!

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  • I realized this morning that the 'pause' and 'next' buttons on my MacBook don't work with Spotify anymore? Tried restarting and everything and nothing helped!
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Not able to drag-and-drop / add songs to most of the playlists

Brief description of the issueFor several version I have had a problem with the desktop version of the Spotify where when trying to drag and drop songs to playlists it is not possible. When I drag the song to the name of the list in the side the gree...

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  • Brief description of the issue For several version I have had a problem with the desktop version of the Spotify where when trying to drag and drop songs to playlists it is not possible. When I drag ...
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Why is SHUFFLE still so poorly done?

As a Premium subscriber, I help fund the machine. And it's great - I listen to Spotify for many hours every day. But whatever platform I'm on, whether it's through an Echo, the Mac app, my iPhone or similar, there's one glaring consistency: The shuff...

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  • As a Premium subscriber, I help fund the machine. And it's great - I listen to Spotify for many hours every day. But whatever platform I'm on, whether it's through an Echo, the Mac app, my iPhone or ...
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I cannot make my playlists secret on phone or macbook app

I can't seem to be able to make my playlist's secret on either the desktop app, web app or phone app. I can, however, make them public. Please HALP!

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  • I can't seem to be able to make my playlist's secret on either the desktop app, web app or phone app. I can, however, make them public.   Please HALP!
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