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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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  • MattSuda
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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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  • bfteach
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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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Songs stop and start constantly.

It's happened a few times, but I've been trying to listen to my studying music and the songs just stop and start, stop and start, every couple of seconds. The stopping is accompanied by a small crackling noise, so it sounds like signal on a radio goi...

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  • It's happened a few times, but I've been trying to listen to my studying music and the songs just stop and start, stop and start, every couple of seconds. The stopping is accompanied by a small crack...
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Esta música não esta disponível. Se você tiver o arquivo no computado, é possível importa-lo.

Precisei desinstalar o spotify e quando instalei novamente não consegui executar nenhuma música. O que devo fazer? O que esta acontecendo? Possuo uma conta premium.

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  •   Precisei desinstalar o spotify e quando instalei novamente não consegui executar nenhuma música. O que devo fazer? O que esta acontecendo? Possuo uma conta premium.  
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Search Not Working

Search stops working after about 2 minutes in desktop (Mac) version. When it stops, nothing about search loads, there's just the spinning ring. The search bar doesn't auto-populate either. Nothing happens. Everything else works fine. Restart Spotify,...

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  • Search stops working after about 2 minutes in desktop (Mac) version. When it stops, nothing about search loads, there's just the spinning ring. The search bar doesn't auto-populate either. Nothing ha...
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wordpress embeded player showing as link

Everytime I write a post on wordpress the embeded player shows correctly then once I post it it becomes an open: link and not an embeded player. I've taken off the hyperlink and tried everything I can see on other's issue messages and nothing is work...

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  • Everytime I write a post on wordpress the embeded player shows correctly then once I post it it becomes an open: link and not an embeded player. I've taken off the hyperlink and tried everything I ca...
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Solved!! How to download the "Your Music" on mac

Hello, I am able to download playlist songs, but when I want to download the "Your Music" i do not have the option to download the music. Would really love if I could download these as I am getting my Mac and Spotify ready for school.

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  • Hello, I am able to download playlist songs, but when I want to download the "Your Music" i do not have the option to download the music. Would really love if I could download these as I am getting m...
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Play all tracks in Your Library > Albums as a playlist

Is there an easy way to play all my favorite tracks in Your Library > Albums (or in web version Your Music > Albums) as a playlist? The only way I've found is to add all tracks to a new playlist created by me but it easily becomes outdated as soon as...

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  • Is there an easy way to play all my favorite tracks in Your Library > Albums (or in web version Your Music > Albums) as a playlist?   The only way I've found is to add all trac...
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How to recover my deleted songs (not playlists) ?

Hi, Yesterday, I accidently deleted all my songs in the section "YOUR MUSIC". Is there a solution to recover all my songs please ? Thank you for your help.

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  • Hi,   Yesterday, I accidently deleted all my songs in the section "YOUR MUSIC".   Is there a solution to recover all my songs please 😞 ?   Thank you for your help.
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Solved!! Spotify freezing on latest release? Report it here.

Hey everyone, As we're rolling out a new release of Spotify for desktops - v0.8.4 - we're keen to stay on top of any bugs that may have crept in while we weren't looking. We hate bugs. So if you're having problems please use the following template to...

  • Roadie
  • Hey everyone,   As we're rolling out a new release of Spotify for desktops - v0.8.4 - we're keen to stay on top of any bugs that may have crept in while we weren't looking. We hate bugs. &...
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search (by label) no longer functional

If you search by label (e.g. In+the+Red) the results are essentially worthless now. Numerous albums, songs, and artists no longer show up in results (and when you click-through to categories). Search seems to have gone downhill a few releases ago.

  • Gig Goer
  • If you search by label (e.g. In+the+Red) the results are essentially worthless now.  Numerous albums, songs, and artists no longer show up in results (and when you click-through to categories).&...
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Superuser Contribution permanently remove the "discover weekly" playlist?

Spotify -- I didn't opt into this feature. You are damaging my user content -- my playlists -- without permission. Please tell me how to permanently remove this advertising from my "Premium" account. I pay for no ads. This is in my face at the top of...

  • Roadie
  • Spotify -- I didn't opt into this feature. You are damaging my user content -- my playlists -- without permission.   Please tell me how to permanently remove this advertising from my "Premium"...
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Minilyric plugins for spotify wasn't installed properly

hey, i installed minilyric.. it says that minilyric is a plugin fro spotify..minilyric ask me to choose the installation path manually and after i did it, minilyric keep saying that spotify plugin wasn't installed properly..what should i do?thanks

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  • hey, i installed minilyric.. it says that minilyric is a plugin fro spotify.. minilyric ask me to choose the installation path manually and after i did it, minilyric keep saying that spotify plugin ...
  • The_Argentinian
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Minilyrics

Hello everbody. I've been using an app called Minilyrics and since a few updates, the app couldn't work fine again. Has someone been using this app and experimented this? If so, could it be fixed?Thanks!!

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  • Hello everbody. I've been using an app called Minilyrics and since a few updates, the app couldn't work fine again. Has someone been using this app and experimented this? If so, could it be fixed? T...
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music stops playing when commercial starts

The home depot commercial comes up, won't play, so it essentially locks up and i can't listen to anything. I then have to restart the program for it to work again. Home depot commercials come on a lot, so I'm frequently restarting. This is a huge inc...

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  • The home depot commercial comes up, won't play, so it essentially locks up and i can't listen to anything. I then have to restart the program for it to work again. Home depot commercials come on a lo...
  • jjc289
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Solved!! lost all songs suddenly,NOT PLAYLIST,ALL MY MUSIC IN SONGS FOLDER-perdidas todas las canciones

He estado usando spotify todo el dia y hace media hora derrepente,sin haber modificado nada he perdido todas las canciones añadidas en la seccion ´´canciones´´ no las playlist,que se pueden recuperar desde la web,tambien conservo todos los artistas q...

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  • He estado usando spotify todo el dia y hace media hora derrepente,sin haber modificado nada he perdido todas las canciones añadidas en la seccion ´´canciones´´ no las playlist,que se pueden recuperar...
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Create a similar playlist isn't working

It's a Playlsit that I have created and I'm trying to create a similar one (on a MacBook) but it's not working. The option isn't blanked out, but nothing happens when I click it. How can I fix this?

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  • It's a Playlsit that I have created and I'm trying to create a similar one (on a MacBook) but it's not working. The option isn't blanked out, but nothing happens when I click it. How can I fix this?
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my music has disappeared

A week ago the songs in 'my music' section have disappeared when I use my account in my desktop ( this didn't happen in my iphone app). I can't see my songs nor play them. It may coincide with having used my iphone as a remote control for playing mus...

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  • A week ago the songs in 'my music' section have disappeared when I use my account in my desktop ( this didn't happen in my iphone app). I can't see my songs nor play them. It may coincide with h...
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Solved!! Playlist limits

Are there any limits to the number of playlists that you can have? Am hitting the limit of Albums and I just wondered...

  • Roadie
  • Are there any limits to the number of playlists that you can have?   Am hitting the limit of Albums and I just wondered...    
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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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Spotify Freezes my entire Macbook Pro!

So I just downloaded spotify, it logins and opens, but then whenever i try to click anything it just freezes my WHOLE LAPTOP. I can't even click force quit, i have to force restart EVER SINGLE TIME. I have the newest model of a macbook pro, this shou...

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  • So I just downloaded spotify, it logins and opens, but then whenever i try to click anything it just freezes my WHOLE LAPTOP. I can't even click force quit, i have to force restart EVER SINGLE TIME. ...
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People list real time song refresh

On the right hand side in the people list where it shows the songs people are listening to it is not refreshing. I have to restart spotify to see the updated feed. Is this a problem others are having? I had hoped that it would refresh in real time (l...

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  • On the right hand side in the people list where it shows the songs people are listening to it is not refreshing. I have to restart spotify to see the updated feed. Is this a problem others are having...
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