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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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  • 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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[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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saved albums disappear after quit and restart application

Hi, Hi, since few days, when i try to save one or more albums, they appear on the saved albums list, but disappear when i quit and restart the application. This happends only when i try to save complete albums on the laptop application (using a macbo...

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  • Hi,   Hi, since few days, when i try to save one or more albums, they appear on the saved albums list, but disappear when i quit and restart the application.   This happends only when i...
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Can't install desktop client behind proxy

I'm trying to reinstall the Spotify client on my Mac, which is behind a proxy at work. There doesn't seem to be any way to log in during the installation because I can't enter my proxy settings. The Preferences menu is greyed out, so I can't enter th...

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  • I'm trying to reinstall the Spotify client on my Mac, which is behind a proxy at work.  There doesn't seem to be any way to log in during the installation because I can't enter my proxy settings...
  • suburban42
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Sync local files Bootcamp

I have bootcamp running on my mac and made a playlist with some local files on my mac. When I go into windows I have the music folder from my mac's harddrive added as a local file source, and I can see the songs when I go into the local files tab, bu...

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  • I have bootcamp running on my mac and made a playlist with some local files on my mac. When I go into windows I have the music folder from my mac's harddrive added as a local file source, and I can s...
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CAN'T DELETE MY LOCAL FILES FROM DESKTOP

HELP!! i upgraded my spotify to the latest and now i can't delete my local files or add local files to my spotify!!! really annoyng it's pulling songs from everywhere on my computer, i've gone into preferences and ticked only where i want the local f...

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  • HELP!! i upgraded my spotify to the latest and now i can't delete my local files or add local files to my spotify!!! really annoyng 😠    it's pulling songs from everywhere on my computer...
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Spotify does not want to stop crashing without warning

Yesterday I downloaded spot icy and was able to Rome freely through it without any disturbances, a couple minutes later it begins to crash about 4 times, I kept re-opening it, but I didn't have the patience for it anymore. So I deleted it. And re-dow...

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  • Yesterday I downloaded spot icy and was able to Rome freely through it without any disturbances, a couple minutes later it begins to crash about 4 times, I kept re-opening it, but I didn't have the p...
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Playlist not updating

My playlist do not update. When I create a new playlist they no longer sync when I am in wifi and plugged up to my charger so I cannot listen to new playlist. This is annoying because I have a premium subscription. I've tried to delete and redoenload...

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  • My playlist do not update. When I create a new playlist they no longer sync when I am in wifi and plugged up to my charger so I cannot listen to new playlist. This is annoying because I have a premiu...
  • MauriceMV
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Playback hijacked by dormant device.

Hi. I have spotify running on three devices - two macs and one android. Obviously, I use one at a time, but I don't shut down the app on the mac at home when I'm at work.What happens is that randomly when I'm playing music on my work mac, the music s...

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  • Hi. I have spotify running on three devices - two macs and one android. Obviously, I use one at a time, but I don't shut down the app on the mac at home when I'm at work. What happens is that random...
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Spotify - Volume control - commands

Hello, I have try everything to create a command to control de volume only of spotify. Yes it is true that i'm not a programer but ... I can manage simple thing. I copy this code that i have found : tell application "System Events" set MyList to (nam...

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  • Hello,   I have try everything to create a command to control de volume only of spotify.   Yes it is true that i'm not a programer but ... I can manage simple thing.   I copy thi...
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Spotify doesn't safe Google+ credentials

Hi! First of all, I'm glad that Spotify doesn't crash anymore when logging in with the Google federated login when I want to report lyrics/timing/pictures within the integrated musixmatch plugin. However the login still doesn't work properly. Now I d...

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  • Hi!   First of all, I'm glad that Spotify doesn't crash anymore when logging in with the Google federated login when I want to report lyrics/timing/pictures within the integrated musixmat...
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I Noticed A Few of my Favorite Songs Have Disappeared

I was listining to my playlist and I noticed that Korn Coming Undone and Twisted Transistor have been removed. Why would this have happned? Its completly gone from my mac, windows, and IPhone.

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  • I was listining to my playlist and I noticed that Korn Coming Undone and Twisted Transistor have been removed. Why would this have happned? Its completly gone from my mac, windows, and IPhone. 
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Last.FM updated, no scrobbles

Hello all, Last.fm recently updated their site and since the new site went out from beta and they migrated their data to new environment, my Spotify scrobbles haven't been functioning properly. Anyone else experiencing the same? I have disconnected a...

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  • Hello all,   Last.fm recently updated their site and since the new site went out from beta and they migrated their data to new environment, my Spotify scrobbles haven't been functioning proper...
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Solved!! Installation Failed on Mac

So I rebooted by mac and after doing so spotify will not install. I have tried deleting the download as well as the cache (screen shot attached) and still nothing happens.When I try to install I just get the message "An error occured while trying to ...

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  • So I rebooted by mac and after doing so spotify will not install.   I have tried deleting the download as well as the cache (screen shot attached) and still nothing happens. When I try to ins...
  • Dreadlord
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error actualizacion en MAC, Crash! El programa se cierra inesperadamente!

Hola! Estoy un poco desesperado espero que podais ayudarme. Desde que se ha actualizado la ultima version de spotify, el programa al cerrarlo e intentar volver a abrirlo no me deja, me sale un mensaje de MAC que dice que el programa se ha cerrado ine...

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  • Hola! Estoy un poco desesperado espero que podais ayudarme. Desde que se ha actualizado la ultima version de spotify, el programa al cerrarlo e intentar volver a abrirlo no me deja, me sale un mensaj...
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SpotifyWebHelper - Constant pop ups Mac

Over the last week Spotfiy has started the mac has started to throw up the pop-up: "SpotifyWebHelper wants to use your confidential information stored in "Spotify" in your Key Chain It doesn't matter how many times you allow, deny or always allow it ...

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  • Over the last week Spotfiy has started the mac has started to throw up the pop-up:   "SpotifyWebHelper wants to use your confidential information stored in "Spotify" in your Key Chain &nbs...
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songs in que.

Can't remove songs in que.Anyone know how to delete them?

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  • Can't remove songs in que. Anyone know how to delete them?
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Solved!! Desktop player shows the wrong song as playing

This is a weird one. I'm listening to a song, which is correctly displayed in the bottom left area of my desktop player, but the playlist says a different (wrong) song is playing. What's this all about? I tried restarting Spotify and it's still doing...

  • Roadie
  • This is a weird one. I'm listening to a song, which is correctly displayed in the bottom left area of my desktop player, but the playlist says a different (wrong) song is playing. What's this all abo...
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Is Spotify forgetting songs added to My Music?

I can't 100% confirm that this is happening, but it seems to me like Spotify occassionaly forgets songs that I've added to my music. Anyone else experiencing this? Maybe it's a problem with syncing my activities across my personal Mac, work Mac, iPho...

  • Roadie
  • I can't 100% confirm that this is happening, but it seems to me like Spotify occassionaly forgets songs that I've added to my music. Anyone else experiencing this? Maybe it's a problem with syncing m...
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Solved!! Pinwheel of death - Radio function does not work from now to then

ADMINS: PLEASE TRANSFER TO HELP/MAC. THANKS. The radio function does not work anymore.I've shut down my Mac and left it. 2 hours later I restarted it, started Spotify and a song and sudenly the radio just shows that wheel turning over and over again....

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  • ADMINS: PLEASE TRANSFER TO HELP/MAC. THANKS.   The radio function does not work anymore. I've shut down my Mac and left it. 2 hours later I restarted it, started Spotify and a song and sudenl...
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Arcam mini Blink won't pair with Spotify on MacBook Pro

Hi,I've just bought an Arcam Mini Blink Bluetooth D-A converter to connect my Apple MacBook Pro running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 to my Arcam amplifier and although it works perfectly with Apple Music and pairs instantly I can't get it to pair at all with...

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  • Hi, I've just bought an Arcam Mini Blink Bluetooth D-A converter to connect my Apple MacBook Pro running OSX Yosemite 10.10.5 to my Arcam amplifier and although it works perfectly with Apple Music a...
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