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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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songs getting explicit

Hi, yesterday I downloaded a song and opened it in a music editor software and when I listened to it from there it became explicit and when I went back to Spotify and listened to it there it also turned explicit. It's really weird and now I can't lis...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, yesterday I downloaded a song and opened it in a music editor software and when I listened to it from there it became explicit and when I went back to Spotify and listened to it there it als...
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Shows/podcasts + last.fm

I was wondering why none of the shows and podcasts scrobble to last.fm. Everything else does, and I like to have everything I listen to in my last.fm profile, including things like podcasts, audiobooks and radio shows. Will this be available in the f...

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  • I was wondering why none of the shows and podcasts scrobble to last.fm. Everything else does, and I like to have everything I listen to in my last.fm profile, including things like podcasts, audioboo...
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Embed Spotify in Wordpress

Hi There! I am trying to embed my playlist in my site:wanderwylde.com using the spotify embed code: but when I hit play from the site nothing happens. Am I using the wrong code? Thank you!Steph

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  • Hi There!   I am trying to embed my playlist in my site: wanderwylde.com   using the spotify embed code:  <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/steph.nysa/playlist/...
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Is there a way to convert/switch Local Files into Streamed Music?

I'm new to Spotify, and luckily there was a way to transfer my Youtube Playlists into Spotify (well, not all of them songs, of course). Today I discovered you can Import Playlists from iTunes, but I found out that the Local Files thing is a mess (why...

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  • I'm new to Spotify, and luckily there was a way to transfer my Youtube Playlists into Spotify (well, not all of them songs, of course).   Today I discovered you can Import Playlists from iTune...
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album unplayable

what's goin on?almost every song on children of bodoms album follow the reaper is greyed outi didn't pay 10€ to listen to nothing

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  • what's goin on? almost every song on children of bodoms album follow the reaper is greyed out i didn't pay 10€ to listen to nothing
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Cancel My Membership

Spotify, If you are unable to fix the problems with your lastest software release and or tell me how I can download a previous version, that actually works, I will be canceling my Premium Membership! What's the point of paying for a membership for a ...

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  • Spotify,   If you are unable to fix the problems with your lastest software release and or tell me how I can download a previous version, that actually works, I will be canceling my Premium Me...
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Superuser Contribution Daily Mix section disappears from desktop version

Hi,From yesterday that I updated my spotify desktop on my mac, Daily Mix section is disappeared from left side panel. But in my android I can access it in Radio section.

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi, From yesterday that I updated my spotify desktop on my mac, Daily Mix section is disappeared from left side panel. But in my android I can access it in Radio section.
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Superuser Contribution OSX Desktop player stopped highlighting current track

Not a major but an annoyance.Since I updated to the latest version, it's not highlighting the track that is currently playing as it used to be. It doesn't make sense from my user perspective, when a track I like is playing I wanna see it in the curre...

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  • Not a major but an annoyance. Since I updated to the latest version, it's not highlighting the track that is currently playing as it used to be.   It doesn't make sense from my user perspecti...
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Superuser Contribution Friend feed

Não consigo ver certos amigos no feed, sendo que eles não estão em sessão privada, me ajudem

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  • Não consigo ver certos amigos no feed, sendo que eles não estão em sessão privada, me ajudem
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Repeat is not working

Everytime i click repeat song it changes to repeat playlist when i click on another song

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  • Everytime i click repeat song it changes to repeat playlist when i click on another song
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My songs are not loading

Hey guys! So for the past week, I have been trying to listen to my songs that I saved. I have like over 500 songs, and I like to just hit the shuffle button and let it play from all of the songs I have. In order to get all of the songs, I need to scr...

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  • Hey guys! So for the past week, I have been trying to listen to my songs that I saved. I have like over 500 songs, and I like to just hit the shuffle button and let it play from all of the songs I ha...
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Anyway to bind my buttons on the keyboard to chance volume on only spotify not everything ?

i got 2 buttons on my logitech internet navigator keyboard that are volume buttons. anyway to make them only work on spotify not all different sounds on the computer ?

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  • i got 2 buttons on my logitech internet navigator keyboard that are volume buttons. anyway to make them only work on spotify not all different sounds on the computer ?
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Where did Repeat One go?

I'm trying to repeat a song on my spotify iOS app/mac desktop app, but the repeat one option seems to have disappeared? When I click on the repeat button it says "repeat track" but nothing is actually repeat.

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  • I'm trying to repeat a song on my spotify iOS app/mac desktop app, but the repeat one option seems to have disappeared? When I click on the repeat button it says "repeat track" but nothing is actuall...
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Songs imported from drive, won't override the album.

"This song is not available. if you have the file on your computer you can import it". I want to listed to a particular album that I own (digital version). Spotify won't let me stream this album. Probably because of licensing issues, or localisation ...

  • Casual Listener
  • "This song is not available. if you have the file on your computer you can import it".    I want to listed to a particular album that I own (digital version). Spotify won't let me stream ...
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Wrong song is playing

One of the bands I listen to, Pinback, has issues with playing the right song. On their album Blue Screen Life, the song X.I.Y every other day is playing a different version of the song for some reason. On the album Pinback, the song Tripoli isn't ev...

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  • One of the bands I listen to, Pinback, has issues with playing the right song. On their album Blue Screen Life, the song X.I.Y every other day is playing a different version of the song for some reas...
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Like/Dislike opposite places

Hi, The Favourite and Remove icons in Daily Mix is in opposite places as the Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down icons when playing Radio. ThanksThomas

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  • Hi,   The Favourite and Remove icons in Daily Mix is in opposite places as the Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down icons when playing Radio.     Thanks Thomas
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Cant play current song.

Help required. Im listening to spotify but when I open up a game on the pc the music stops and spotify displays a "cant play current song message". Any ideas why? and how can i listen and play? I've tabbed out and tried pressing play and switching so...

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  • Help required.   Im listening to spotify but when I open up a game on the pc the music stops and spotify displays a "cant play current song message". Any ideas why? and how can i listen and pl...
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Track Jumps to First Position When Using Multiple Devices

Whenever I am using two desktop Spotify programs to control the music through, the music soon jumps to the beginning of the playlist (usually after the end of the first selected track is played). This is not using shuffle and also not at the last tra...

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  • Whenever I am using two desktop Spotify programs to control the music through, the music soon jumps to the beginning of the playlist (usually after the end of the first selected track is played). Thi...
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Songs unavailable in offline mode

I had put these songs on the playlist but the songs marked (there are more) on the screenshot is still unavailable when am in offline mode. I did uninstall the app then performed a clean install but the problem still persists. Please help... Thanks.

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  • I had put these songs on the playlist but the songs marked (there are more) on the screenshot is still unavailable when am in offline mode. I did uninstall the app then performed a clean install but ...
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Sound issues on downloaded songs (extreme quality)

HeyI've recently got hands on my new Sennheiser HD598 SR. Their sound is amazing. But since I'm using these I've discovered disturbing sounds on my extreme quality downloads. Especially with quiet songs there is a cracking sound which appears to be r...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hey I've recently got hands on my new Sennheiser HD598 SR. Their sound is amazing. But since I'm using these I've discovered disturbing sounds on my extreme quality downloads. Especially with quiet ...
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