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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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i cannot see cities and related playlists in the about section

it disappeared. it only gives information of artists (if there is) but not playlists and cities. i deleted the application, downloaded and it came back but then disappeared again. i did it couple of times but it never came back.

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  • it disappeared. it only gives information of artists (if there is) but not playlists and cities. i deleted the application, downloaded and it came back but then disappeared again. i did it couple of ...
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Solved!! Recent issues with songs not being consistently playable.

Why can I play just about anything I want as long as I do it via my phone or Amazon echo devices. But if I attempt to listen on my PC or Mac with the spotify app, many items I try to play gives me the: "This song is not available. If you have the fil...

  • Casual Listener
  • Why can I play just about anything I want as long as I do it via my phone or Amazon echo devices. But if I attempt to listen on my PC or Mac with the spotify app, many items I try to play&n...
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Spotify performing normalization/compression even when turned off?

Was doing some A/B testing on a new amp and headphones, and I noticed something very odd: The exact same track (e.g. - literally the same file) when playing in my Spotify Library sounded slightly different when played in iTunes. We're talking about a...

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  • Was doing some A/B testing on a new amp and headphones, and I noticed something very odd:   The exact same track (e.g. - literally the same file) when playing in my Spotify Library sounde...
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Spotify Won't Load

Hi, Whenever I open up Spotify on desktop, the Spotify window pops up with only a loading wheel, and it never goes away. When I try to quit Spotify, it doesn't respond and I have to force quit Spotify. First I tried deleting Spotify from my laptop co...

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  • Hi,   Whenever I open up Spotify on desktop, the Spotify window pops up with only a loading wheel, and it never goes away. When I try to quit Spotify, it doesn't respond and I have to force qu...
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[Bug]Discover weekly and RR playlists don't refresh if spotify desktop left open

Spotify desktop is always open at work and at home. To be able to see your new updated Discover Weekly or Release Radar playlists, you have to close the desktop program, and reopen it again. If you don't, the songs in your playlists say updated 8 day...

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  • Spotify desktop is always open at work and at home.  To be able to see your new updated Discover Weekly or Release Radar playlists, you have to close the desktop program, and reopen it again. &n...
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Playing Local Files over wifi using "Spotify connect" to a stereo but the option is greyed out.

I have local files that will play on all my apple devices, but will not stream through spotify connect to my stereo or bluetooth speakers. The options to use other external playing sources that work normally for other songs are greyed out on a few lo...

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  • I have local files that will play on all my apple devices, but will not stream through spotify connect to my stereo or bluetooth speakers.  The options to use other external playing sources that...
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Continuous sync with iTunes

Is there a way to make sure iTunes is continuously synced with the desktop version of Spotify? When "syncing" with iTunes, it only imports the playlists at that time and then the two systems become separate. Because I use iTunes to manage all my musi...

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  • Is there a way to make sure iTunes is continuously synced with the desktop version of Spotify? When "syncing" with iTunes, it only imports the playlists at that time and then the two systems become s...
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Suchfunktion in Playlist

In der Desktop-Version funktioniert meine Suchfunktion (innerhalb der Playlist) nicht mehr. Auch die Songs, die grad laufen kann ich nicht anwählen, wenn ich ihn anklicke. Damit hab ich immer wieder Probleme. Liegt das an Mac? Ich finde nichts darübe...

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  • In der Desktop-Version funktioniert meine Suchfunktion (innerhalb der Playlist) nicht mehr. Auch die Songs, die grad laufen kann ich nicht anwählen, wenn ich ihn anklicke. Damit hab ich immer wieder ...
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Dragging a track into radio doesn't create new radio station

Spotify version: 0.9.1.53.g876fa9df Using Mac Snow Leopard When I try dragging a track to the radio, I expect a new radio station to be created from the track, however all that happens is the radio page opens.

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  • Spotify version: 0.9.1.53.g876fa9df Using Mac Snow Leopard   When I try dragging a track to the radio, I expect a new radio station to be created from the track, however all that happ...
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Local Files not displaying correct album art

I recently downloaded a game soundtrack that is one giant album with multiple songs (obviously). The problem is that each song has a different cover art and the Spotify player only displays the same one for each song. I'd love to somehow separate the...

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  • I recently downloaded a game soundtrack that is one giant album with multiple songs (obviously). The problem is that each song has a different cover art and the Spotify player only displays the same ...
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Solved!! Close, Minimize, and Maximize buttons are gone on macOS High Sierra

You have to use keyboard shortcuts or the top menu (Window -> Close) to close, minimize, or maximize the window since the three buttons are missing after the macOS High Sierra Developer Preview update (https://developer.apple.com/download/)

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  • You have to use keyboard shortcuts or the top menu (Window -> Close) to close, minimize, or maximize the window since the three buttons are missing after the macOS High Sierra Developer Preview up...
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Solved!! Crashing on startup/search issues

Hi all, A number of users are experiencing some Spotify issues at the moment - crashing on startup, search not working, etc. Could you help us out by posting the following info: -- Operating system(s) affected -- Version of Spotify -- Country Thanks ...

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  • Hi all,   A number of users are experiencing some Spotify issues at the moment - crashing on startup, search not working, etc.   Could you help us out by posting the following info:...
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Superuser Contribution "Aktueller Song kann nicht abgespielt werden" - Songs not playing on Mac

It's a common error as I read in other issues from different people. I cleaned the cache, I removed all other sources for songs, I even reinstalled the client. Problem persists. Spotify doesn't want to play songs on my Mac. When I change to different...

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  • It's a common error as I read in other issues from different people. I cleaned the cache, I  removed all other sources for songs, I even reinstalled the client. Problem persists. Spotify doesn't...
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Offline Songs

Why can't I make songs available offline? I mean the actual song tab... So it's like a normal music library where I don't have to continusly stream each song I want to listen too. I'm not that interested in making individual playlists and having to g...

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  • Why can't I make songs available offline? I mean the actual song tab... So it's like a normal music library where I don't have to continusly stream each song I want to listen too. I'm not that i...
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When Connected to Device - Current Song is NOT Highlighted

I am using Spotify player on Mac. I've already tried reinstalling Spotify with your instruction, but it doesn't help. This problem occurs only when I connect to my Bose device and play it like that. In that case currently playing song is not highligh...

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  • I am using Spotify player on Mac. I've already tried reinstalling Spotify with your instruction, but it doesn't help.   This problem occurs only when I connect to my Bose device and play it li...
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Spotify crashes other apps on OSX

Hello,Both on my computers (Mac Pro and Macbook Air) and my partner's (Macbook Pro), having spotify run alongside Photoshop (and some other apps) causes those apps to crash rather frequently. ie. I'll have photoshop crash every hour with Spotify on a...

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  • Hello, Both on my computers (Mac Pro and Macbook Air) and my partner's (Macbook Pro), having spotify run alongside Photoshop (and some other apps) causes those apps to crash rather frequently. ie. I...
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Solved!! Memory leak on Mac OS 10.11.5

Hi folks,I have been using spotify desktop client on my Mac. And I have noticed interesting thing recently: application wrote around 30 Gb to disk storage. There are a few screens attached.DISK CPU Network

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  • Hi folks, I have been using spotify desktop client on my Mac. And I have noticed interesting thing recently: application wrote around 30 Gb to disk storage. There are a few screens attached. DI...
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"Can't play track" after computer wakes up from sleep

Hi there,I'm seeing an issue with resuming play after my computer has been asleep for a while. More or less every time my computer has gone to sleep (with Spotify open), and I wake it up and try to resume the Spotify track I was on, Spotify says "Can...

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  • Hi there, I'm seeing an issue with resuming play after my computer has been asleep for a while. More or less every time my computer has gone to sleep (with Spotify open), and I wake it up and t...
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Mit Premium kein neues Album abspielen

Hallo Zusammen, trotz Premium Account ( Family Paket aus Belgien) kann ich keine neuen Alben bspw. das neue von Bushido - Black Friday , welches in Deutschland erscheint, nicht streamen. Spotify sagt immer, dass diese Songs nicht verfügbar sind. Lieg...

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  • Hallo Zusammen,    trotz Premium Account ( Family Paket aus Belgien) kann ich keine neuen Alben bspw. das neue von Bushido - Black Friday , welches in Deutschland erscheint, nicht streame...
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AppleScript volume doesn't sync correctly when switching devices

On Mac / Desktop, the volume will suddenly jump because volume seems to get cached incorrectly. Steps to reproduce: 1. Connect Spotify to an Amazon Echo device, start playing a song via desktop.2. Set volume directly on Spotify desktop slider to 10%,...

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  • On Mac / Desktop, the volume will suddenly jump because volume seems to get cached incorrectly. Steps to reproduce:   1. Connect Spotify to an Amazon Echo device, start playing a song via desk...
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