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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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SAME "NO INTERNET CONNECTION" **bleep** SINCE 2012??

Hello,I have a premium member Spotify account. Every several days, I get the same annoying and time-stealing "No Internect connection" **bleep**, although I am definitively connected and have best Wifi signal!When will the Spotify dev team FIX THIS *...

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  • Hello, I have a premium member Spotify account. Every several days, I get the same annoying and time-stealing "No Internect connection" **bleep**, although I am definitively connected and have best ...
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Solved!! help me find diss tracks!

Hi, I'm interested in creating a playlist of all diss tracks recorded by hip hop/rap artists. Does anyone know of an efficient and/or comprehensive way of getting at a list of tracks? I can do a search for the word 'diss' but that might not cover eve...

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  • Hi,   I'm interested in creating a playlist of all diss tracks recorded by hip hop/rap artists. Does anyone know of an efficient and/or comprehensive way of getting at a list of tracks? &n...
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Import local files from iTunes library

Hi, so I've just downloaded Spotify and am having trouble importing my music library. Currently, I have all my music in local files which I have imported into both iTunes and Google Play. Using local files to import this music into spotify has worked...

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  • Hi, so I've just downloaded Spotify and am having trouble importing my music library. Currently, I have all my music in local files which I have imported into both iTunes and Google Play. Using ...
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All my music has gone

Hi!I'm not sure what's going on, but all the songs from the "songs" tab have vanished. My playlists are still there with the correct songs, but all my saved songs from the desktop version have vanished. The songs are still saved on my mobile spotify....

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  • Hi! I'm not sure what's going on, but all the songs from the "songs" tab have vanished. My playlists are still there with the correct songs, but all my saved songs from the desktop version have va...
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Ugly "song is duplicate" popup

I think thats pretty self-explanatory. The bug is probably caused because of the longer german translation, so the buttons dont fit next to each other. A screenshot is in the attachments.

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  • I think thats pretty self-explanatory. The bug is probably caused because of the longer german translation, so the buttons dont fit next to each other.    A screenshot is in the atta...
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Freezing that's only getting worse [OS X 10.9.5]

Spotify (newest update 1.0.64.399.g4637b02a) freezing is getting only worse. I've had the problem for almost a year now. At first it was only with search and front page, I could still access my playlists and this was tolerable since I could still som...

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  • Spotify (newest update 1.0.64.399.g4637b02a) freezing is getting only worse. I've had the problem for almost a year now. At first it was only with search and front page, I could still access my ...
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Solved!! older G4 Macs

Spotify still works on my G4 laptop but the message every day that "spotify updates will no longer be available soon on this platform" worry me - should I be thinking of selling my lovely laptop sometime soon? I can't find a full length explanation o...

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  • Spotify still works on my G4 laptop but the message every day that "spotify updates will no longer be available soon on this platform" worry me - should I be thinking of selling my lovely laptop some...
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lfiles isse

Hi Everyone, I've been having issues ever since, due to tech problems, my cell company interrupted my spotify premium service. It goes like this.... First, when I create my playlist using local files in the laptop, not all the music appears in my pho...

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  • Hi Everyone, I've been having issues ever since,  due to tech problems, my cell company interrupted my spotify premium service. It goes like this....  First, when I create my playlist...
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Spotify starts random songs that's not in the queue

The last couple of weeks I have experienced that Spotify starts random songs after the first song in a playlist or in an album is done. To be exact: I open Spotify, start an album - make sure that the queue only concists of the songs in the album - a...

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  • The last couple of weeks I have experienced that Spotify starts random songs after the first song in a playlist or in an album is done. To be exact: I open Spotify, start an album - make sure th...
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Issues with the "remove" function on daily mixes

Hi, since a while ago I have problems using the "remove" function in my daily mixes using the Spotify Web Player on Google Chrome.When either clicking "dont play this song" or "dont play this artist", nothing happens. I have no problems using this fu...

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  • Hi,   since a while ago I have problems using the "remove" function in my daily mixes using the Spotify Web Player on Google Chrome. When either clicking "dont play this song" or "dont play t...
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"Can't play the current song." - Playback stops after each song

Hi, After most songs end, the next one in the radio, album, station etc, will not start, but I'll receive a blue banner message saying "Can't play the current song.". I can then play the next track by clicking the right arrow, but it will again stop ...

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  • Hi,    After most songs end, the next one in the radio, album, station etc, will not start, but I'll receive a blue banner message saying "Can't play the current song.".   I c...
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Solved!! Spotify not loading social bar or artist page.

Hello, Spotify won't load the social activity bar, friends profiles or artist pages (remain blank, with a find people tab on the SB). It's working other than that. Happened after I installed the update this morning. Tried loading a previous version, ...

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  • Hello,   Spotify won't  load the social activity bar, friends profiles or artist pages (remain blank, with a find people tab on the SB). It's working other than that. Happened afte...
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No puedo iniciar sesion de spotify desde mi movil

Acabo de salir de mi cuenta de spotify, no me deja entrar al intentarlo porque dice que ya estoy registrada. El caso es que estoy intentando iniciar sesion!!! He pedido que me mandaran la contraseña, es un servicio que estoy pagando y aun no me han m...

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  • Acabo de salir de mi cuenta de spotify, no me deja entrar al intentarlo porque dice que ya estoy registrada. El caso es que estoy intentando iniciar sesion!!! He pedido que me mandaran la contraseña,...
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Solved!! How do I delete offline synced songs?

I'm sure this has been asked alot, but is there a way to delete the "cache" of offline music synced to my mac? I know there is no way to delete the music on my iphone except to reinstall the app. But I'm wondering if theres a way to delete the downlo...

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  • I'm sure this has been asked alot, but is there a way to delete the "cache" of offline music synced to my mac? I know there is no way to delete the music on my iphone except to reinstall the app. But...
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How can I get Spotify to recognize updated tag info?

I have been taking on the task of running many, many of my files through a tag program, deleting old (multiple) tags, and, generally, cleaning everything up. One issue that I've noticed is that Spotify doesn't recognize the changes that I've made to ...

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  • I have been taking on the task of running many, many of my files through a tag program, deleting old (multiple) tags, and, generally, cleaning everything up.   One issue that I've noticed is t...
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Spotify Daily Mix display bug

Some list entries are missing in daily mix. Their text content can't be clicked. (it's not just invisible).macOS 10.12.6

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  • Some list entries are missing in daily mix. Their text content can't be clicked. (it's not just invisible). macOS 10.12.6
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Search Problems

I have a spotify account and it has been working fine for ages (bit slow). However lately, when I try to search for a song or an artist it keeps syaing that there are no results, or it will take ages to load and then not load properly. So basically I...

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  • I have a spotify account and it has been working fine for ages (bit slow). However lately, when I try to search for a song or an artist it keeps syaing that there are no results, or it will take ages...
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turn off auto import of iTunes library

How do I stop spotify from loading my itunes index. I takes a while to do that and I don't want to see my library when start up Spotify Thanks

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  • How do I stop spotify from loading my itunes index.  I takes a while to do that and I don't want to see my library when start up Spotify Thanks 
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Profile and cover photo is same

Hi,on my artist page, if I want to upload a image it shows the same for profile pic and cover pic. How to get there a different photos? I want headline/cover photo to be band picture and profile (small one) to be our band logo.Thanks

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  • Hi, on my artist page, if I want to upload a image it shows the same for profile pic and cover pic. How to get there a different photos? I want headline/cover photo to be band picture and profile ...
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