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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 Opera gx Spotify player bugged

Using Opera GX’s built-in Spotify player and it randomly mutes the sound while the player itself keeps working. I can’t pause the song properly during that or play any other song.

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  • Using Opera GX’s built-in Spotify player and it randomly mutes the sound while the player itself keeps working. I can’t pause the song properly during that or play any other song.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I remove a folder from within another folder on the desktop app?

I have many folders that organize my playlists, thus I have all my folders within one folder so as to not clog my library list. I can't seem to figure out how to remove a folder from the main folder. I can remove playlists from the sub-folders, but I...

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  • I have many folders that organize my playlists, thus I have all my folders within one folder so as to not clog my library list. I can't seem to figure out how to remove a folder from the main folder....
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Failed to save playlist changes

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueToday I've had a problem where every time I try to change the cover of a playlist I can't save it because an error message appears saying "Failed to save playlis...

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  • Plan Premium Country France Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue Today I've had a problem where every time I try to change the cover of a playlist I c...
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Bug in new interface design

Device:Macbook Apple M1 Pro 2021Operating System:Mac Os Ventura 13.4Spotify version:Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.14.1149.ga3ae422d I am actually enjoying the new design for the desktop version, but there is one very annoying and bad bug in th...

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  • Device: Macbook Apple M1 Pro 2021 Operating System: Mac Os Ventura 13.4 Spotify version: Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.14.1149.ga3ae422d   I am actually enjoying the new design f...
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Spotify Connect, [Spotify(Mac) volume] is overwritten by [iPad volume]

I use a professional audio interface on my Mac, so I set the volume of all audio playback apps, including Spotify, to about -18dBFS.(The playback volume is set by an external monitor controller.)However, when using Spotify Connect from an iOS device ...

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  • I use a professional audio interface on my Mac, so I set the volume of all audio playback apps, including Spotify, to about -18dBFS. (The playback volume is set by an external monitor controller.) ...
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Spotify 0.6.6.10 on iMac G4 finally gave in

I earlier posted happy chimes about an old Spotify client that still ran Premium perfectly on an iMac G4: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Spotify-app-for-PowerPC-still-works-January-2018/m-p/4370197#M528999 I can now report in October 20...

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  • I earlier posted happy chimes about an old Spotify client that still ran Premium perfectly on an iMac G4:  https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Spotify-app-for-PowerPC-still-works-Januar...
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I have a premium , but not on my desktop MAC. teunjonker Faultcode: access point:22. Wat to do?

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  
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Superuser Contribution My (ios desktop) spoty cannot stop playing ads.

Hello. It just doesn,t play anything exept advertisments. Here is a video about it: https://www.loom.com/share/9ce51c4ed6724cae9aafaaf8c784ef25?sid=14a55bb8-4eed-4f68-97d1-5ea3fb9af4f6

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  • Hello. It just doesn,t play anything exept advertisments. Here is a video about it: https://www.loom.com/share/9ce51c4ed6724cae9aafaaf8c784ef25?sid=14a55bb8-4eed-4f68-97d1-5ea3fb9af4f6
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Superuser Contribution Playlist shuffle stops after two songs

Account: Family PlanCountry: UKDevice: MacBook ProOperating System: macOS Ventura After playing anything, Spotify kept queuing the same song (not in my playlists) on a loop. So I dumped the cache, uninstalled the app and re-installed it. Now any play...

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  • Account: Family Plan Country: UK Device: MacBook Pro Operating System: macOS Ventura   After playing anything, Spotify kept queuing the same song (not in my playlists) on a loop. So I dumpe...
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Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Mac] Show all Playlists opens first playlist instead

Hi, I wanted to point out a bug I've been experiencing since yesterday on Spotify Desktop (Mac) where clicking "Show all Albums" doesn't show all albums, but instead just opens up the latest album. Steps to repro: 1. Navigate to artist page Taylor Sw...

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  • Hi, I wanted to point out a bug I've been experiencing since yesterday on Spotify Desktop (Mac) where clicking "Show all Albums" doesn't show all albums, but instead just opens up the latest album. ...
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Superuser Contribution Why are my private playlists public?

I just noticed that all of my private playlists have been made public. This is horrifying, they are private for a reason. Such an invasion of privacy. Why has this happened and how do I make them private permanently?

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  • I just noticed that all of my private playlists have been made public. This is horrifying, they are private for a reason. Such an invasion of privacy. Why has this happened and how do I make them p...
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Superuser Contribution spotify is not set to login on open but does it anyway on my imac

spotify is not set to login on open but does it anyway on my imac. i spoke with apple and they said its an issuer with your software. any assistance helpful

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  • spotify is not set to login on open but does it anyway on my imac. i spoke with apple and they said its an issuer with your software. any assistance helpful
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Superuser Contribution Couldn't log into my account. reinstalled it and have lost all playlists

I have not been able to log into my A/c or indeed Spotify.com at all, On my 2012 iMac (Browser out of date) or 2015 Macbook Pro (Safari out of date) So installed Chrome on Macbook Pro. I couldn't uninstall it as the app was open I couldnt access it t...

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  • I have not been able to log into my A/c or indeed Spotify.com at all, On my 2012 iMac (Browser out of date) or 2015 Macbook Pro (Safari out of date) So installed Chrome on Macbook Pro. I couldn't uni...
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Superuser Contribution when I play music on Mac it pause itself after 6 seconds

on my phone and pc Spotify works perfectly but on Mac it didn't uploaded newest playlist that I added. and another problem is that when I try to open the browser version of Spotify the "safari can't open the page because the adres is invalid" popes o...

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  • on my phone and pc Spotify works perfectly but on Mac it didn't uploaded newest playlist that I added. and another problem is that when I try to open the browser version of Spotify the "safari can't ...
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Superuser Contribution spotify wont let me go into spotify anymore

Whenever i use the spotify browser (this computer wont let me download it for some reason) which i normally use it wont let me in. When i open it says "something went wrong try reloading the page" I have done that many times and it still wont work. I...

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  • Whenever i use the spotify browser (this computer wont let me download it for some reason) which i normally use it wont let me in. When i open it says "something went wrong try reloading the page" I ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Mac crash when quitting

Latest Spotify App on Mac OS 11.7.7 always crash while quitting the app, and it's mandatory to do a forced quit. I've already re-installed the app cleaning every cache before a new installation but the problem is still there and quite annoying. Thank...

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  • Latest Spotify App on Mac OS 11.7.7 always crash while quitting the app, and it's mandatory to do a forced quit. I've already re-installed the app cleaning every cache before a new installation but t...
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Superuser Contribution Hide computers in "connect to a device"

I'm able to play Spotify to my Sonos devices on my network. The problem is that I also see all of the computers that are currently on the network. Is there a way to hide those computers so they aren't visible among the options that are displayed?

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  • I'm able to play Spotify to my Sonos devices on my network. The problem is that I also see all of the computers that are currently on the network. Is there a way to hide those computers so they aren'...
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Superuser Contribution Downloads not working offline on Macbook

Premium planBased in New Zealand DeviceMacbook Pro 2021Operating SystemVentura 13.4.1 Spotify app on my Macbook Pro isn't playing downloaded albums in offline mode. Weirdly, it will play tracks that are downloaded and in my "liked" playlist. The prob...

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  • Premium plan Based in New Zealand   Device Macbook Pro 2021 Operating System Ventura 13.4.1   Spotify app on my Macbook Pro isn't playing downloaded albums in offline mode.  ...
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Superuser Contribution Discover Weekly does not update on remote device

I consistently get this annoying behavior:A new Discover Weekly playlist can only be played back on the device I am currently using; if I try to listen to it on a connected device, the previous Discover Weekly is played. The only way I can get a new ...

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  • I consistently get this annoying behavior: A new Discover Weekly playlist can only be played back on the device I am currently using; if I try to listen to it on a connected device, the previous Dis...
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