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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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  • 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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Dr dre Beats wireless controls on Mac OSX

The buttons on the side of the headset do not work with Spotify (eg, play/pause, skip, etc); is there a way to enable this? I'm using OSX, and use these headphones for listening to music. I found a post 11 months old regarding the same problem, when ...

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  • The buttons on the side of the headset do not work with Spotify (eg, play/pause, skip, etc); is there a way to enable this?  I'm using OSX, and use these headphones for listening to music. ...
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Blend playlist option: a small variation on shuffle

If you are lazy or too busy and make a playlist from multiple whole albums (or nearly a whole album, minus that one song you hate), other than dragging each song in randomly (too complex), or physically rearranging them on the playlist page (no time)...

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  • If you are lazy or too busy and make a playlist from multiple whole albums (or nearly a whole album, minus that one song you hate), other than dragging each song in randomly (too complex), or physica...
  • Pow808
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  • Salve a tutti, non riesco a vedere cosa ascoltano i miei amici nella barra laterale, non mi arrivano notifiche inerenti a persone che mi seguono, non ho la barra dei messaggi ne la "V" accanto al mio...
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Random songs disappearing from "Your Music"

Has anyone else had this issue of songs that you know you had saved to "Your Music", sometimes for years, finding them all of a sudden missings? I'm not talking about songs that have been removed by labels or artists, those usually stay in "Your Musi...

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  • Has anyone else had this issue of songs that you know you had saved to "Your Music", sometimes for years, finding them all of a sudden missings?   I'm not talking about songs that have been re...
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Cant Post to Facebook?

Really lame, I've connected and disconnected my facebook account several times but I still cant share anything to facebook. Everytime I click share, this window comes up like my account isn't linked. When in fact it is. Any suggestions?

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  • Really lame, I've connected and disconnected my facebook account several times but I still cant share anything to facebook. Everytime I click share, this window comes up like my account isn't linked....
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How to upgrade from Premium to Premium family on itunes

I am trying to upgrade my account from Premium to Premium family. My current subscription is on itunes. Seems as if only way to do this through is to cancel current membership and then upgrade back to premium family. Surely there has to be another wa...

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  • I am trying to upgrade my account from Premium to Premium family. My current subscription is on itunes. Seems as if only way to do this through is to cancel current membership and then upgrade back t...
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How long to update playlists on another device?

So a friend has a playlist that he would like to share with me. http://open.spotify.com/user/1139070315/playlist/6XVd2kHED6TxL5FiKoX5WGThis link doesn't work. So I connected with him via spotify and the playlist isnt there. I did find this playlist t...

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  • So a friend has a playlist that he would like to share with me. http://open.spotify.com/user/1139070315/playlist/6XVd2kHED6TxL5FiKoX5WG This link doesn't work. So I connected with him via spo...
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login issue when trying to access from iphone

I'm trying to login on my iphone with facebook creditentials. the system says that facebook has been authorised already and then comes back to spotify page but nothing happen.It will only log in if connected to wifi and once is connected i will only ...

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  • I'm trying to login on my iphone with facebook creditentials. the system says that facebook has been authorised already and then comes back to spotify page but nothing happen. It will only log in if...
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Local mp3 file won't play due to "this song is not available."

The song is not on Spotify, so I have a local file of it. It syncs up and appears in Local Files but will not play because it says "This song is not available. If you have the file on your computer you can import it." I tried it on offline mode, and ...

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  •  The song is not on Spotify, so I have a local file of it. It syncs up and appears in Local Files but will not play because it says "This song is not available. If you have the file on your comp...
  • Consti2tion
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Album repeating to Track 1 randomly

Over the past month, an album will jump back to track 1 and start over and the end of later tracks when I'm using Spotify on my Mac desktop app. I've updated Spotify at least once since this began but this issue still hasn't been fixed.

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  • Over the past month, an album will jump back to track 1 and start over and the end of later tracks when I'm using Spotify on my Mac desktop app. I've updated Spotify at least once since this beg...
  • Bittencourt
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Album cover and song title freeze [Mac OS X]

Hello In the last two weeks I experienced that the album cover and the song title freeze after listening to a couple of songs or that the ad that was played before a song freezes. I attached a screenshot. I must mention that I deleted all the Spotify...

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  • Hello   In the last two weeks I experienced that the album cover and the song title freeze after listening to a couple of songs or that the ad that was played before a song freezes.  &nb...
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Spotify doesn't play the entire playlist

I have a playlist which has about 50 hours of music in it (give or take), however when i play it spotify seems to be grabbing a chunk of this (maybe 100 songs) and looping them, this is without repeat turned on.It also seems to do the same thing when...

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  • I have a playlist which has about 50 hours of music in it (give or take), however when i play it spotify seems to be grabbing a chunk of this (maybe 100 songs) and looping them, this is without repea...
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Songs will play on desktop but not on my phone

Hello, I have looked at forums to see how this question has been addressed but all are a bit different. It appears that my local files which play fine on my computer (macbook pro) will not play on my phone. They are indicated to be downloaded as the ...

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  • Hello,    I have looked at forums to see how this question has been addressed but all are a bit different. It appears that my local files which play fine on my computer (macbook pro) will...
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Crash after +- 1 minute CONSTANLY

Hi Spotify! I've got the newest Spotify on my Mac (El Capitan), but after about 1 minute / 30 seconds, Spotify closes itself. Now I'm able to listen to a song for 30 seconds if I'm quick. :l I tried deleting and reinstall Spotify, but the bug keeps e...

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  • Hi Spotify!   I've got the newest Spotify on my Mac (El Capitan), but after about 1 minute / 30 seconds, Spotify closes itself. Now I'm able to listen to a song for 30 seconds if I'm quick. :l...
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Superuser Contribution "X More Releases" Missing

When I click on the "Album" for all of the songs by Rammstein in my library, I'm brought to the album's page as expected. However, this album is different from the album accessed from Rammstein's main page. Fore example, my "Rosenrot" goes here https...

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  • When I click on the "Album" for all of the songs by Rammstein in my library, I'm brought to the album's page as expected. However, this album is different from the album accessed from Rammstein's mai...
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New Releases Page Bug - Automatic Scroll to Top

For weeks now, when I go to the New Releases page from the Browse menu, and I click on an album title to see the track list for the album, then I hit the back button to go back to the New Releases page, as soon as I try to scroll, I am sent all the w...

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  • For weeks now, when I go to the New Releases page from the Browse menu, and I click on an album title to see the track list for the album, then I hit the back button to go back to the New Releases pa...
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Don't know who I'm following

It seams somewhere along the many updates, it just plain doesn't show if I'm following an artist or not. This is frustrating as I think I'm not following anyone, missing out on their updates, releases. I am, in fact, following most artists I like, bu...

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  • It seams somewhere along the many updates, it just plain doesn't show if I'm following an artist or not. This is frustrating as I think I'm not following anyone, missing out on their updates, release...
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[OSX] [Desktop] Spotify does not close and constantly reopens

DescriptionDesktop Spotify Client Constantly Reopens and cannot permanently closeA more detailed description, using numbered stepsOpened Spotify (technically, it was already open)Then I 'Quit' SpotifyI noticed Spotify restarted itself, minimized in t...

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  • Description Desktop Spotify Client Constantly Reopens and cannot permanently close A more detailed description, using numbered steps Opened Spotify (technically, it was already open) Then...
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Solved!! Radio not loading

Not sure what happened but up until a few days ago my radio area was working fine and now all of a sudden starting a day ago or so I can't load my radio section at all or create new artist radio's. I'm on a mac and I've tried completely uninstalling ...

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  • Not sure what happened but up until a few days ago my radio area was working fine and now all of a sudden starting a day ago or so I can't load my radio section at all or create new artist radio...
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