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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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  • 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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I don't want that others can see which playlists I follow

I don't want that others (especially my fb friends) can see which playlists I follow. Can somebody help?!

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  • I don't want that others (especially my fb friends) can see which playlists I follow. Can somebody help?!
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Download Stopped after Update

After the latest and fantastic update Spotify won't update when I'm using wifi. It's now completely useless to me when I can't listen to new song on the go!

  • Casual Listener
  • After the latest and fantastic update Spotify won't update when I'm using wifi. It's now completely useless to me when I can't listen to new song on the go!
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Unknown random songs start playing

I've been having this problem for about a month. I'll be playing an album or a playlist and suddenly it'll stop and start playing a completely random song that I've never heard. Most of the time it's not even really a song, but wolf houling noises on...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've been having this problem for about a month. I'll be playing an album or a playlist and suddenly it'll stop and start playing a completely random song that I've never heard. Most of the time it's...
  • pocius
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Premium payment made but still saying I'm on FREE

iTunes took premium payment but I'm still on free. Lodge contact form with Spotify case number 03630744 but have had no reply and still on FREE. I have logged in and out several times aswell as reloading app as suggested but still no success. Thanks

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  • iTunes took premium payment but I'm still on free. Lodge contact form with Spotify case number 03630744 but have had no reply and still on FREE. I have logged in and out several times aswell as reloa...
  • Pete
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Play Queue

Hi, I was wondering if there was any possible way of turning off the the play queue.

  • Newbie
  • Hi, I was wondering if there was any possible way of turning off the the play queue.
  • rednblu
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Problems making music available for off-line playback

Hi, Hopefully someone can help! Ive searched but can't find the answer. I have a premium spotify account which I've been using on my phone for about a year no problems. I downloaded the software for my Mac, all my albums show and they show as saved. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hi,   Hopefully someone can help! Ive searched but can't find the answer.   I have a premium spotify account which I've been using on my phone for about a year no problems. I downloaded...
  • Sexyloops
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Solved!! Download Error on Yosemite

I've been using Spotify for a while now on my Mac (10.10.3) but recently the desktop player crashed and I was unable to open it. Unfortunately I do not have the exact error message that I received when it was unable to open. I've tried to do a clean ...

  • Newbie
  • I've been using Spotify for a while now on my Mac (10.10.3) but recently the desktop player crashed and I was unable to open it. Unfortunately I do not have the exact error message that I received wh...
  • lufedrizzi
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Spotify won't play any sound after wake up - Mac OSX Yosemite & Focusrite Scarlett 18i20

After I wake up my MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2014 Spotiffy won't play any sound. The player starts the song, the clock is running but no sound comes out of the speakers. I use a Focusrite Scarllet 18i20 interface. However, any other applciation plays sound...

  • Newbie
  • After I wake up my MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2014 Spotiffy won't play any sound. The player starts the song, the clock is running but no sound comes out of the speakers. I use a Focusrite Scarllet 18i...
  • pereljon
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No sound from the Spotify app on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

About a week ago the sound stopped playing completely from my Mac Spotify app. Sound works perfectly from other apps. I've tried a clean reinstall 3x to no effect. In the clean reinstall, I remove the following directories/files: /Applications/Spotif...

  • Newbie
  • About a week ago the sound stopped playing completely from my Mac Spotify app. Sound works perfectly from other apps. I've tried a clean reinstall 3x to no effect.    In the clean reins...
  • pereljon
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0 Facebook Friends on Spotify, but I know it is not.

Spotify shows 0 facebook friends on spotify. But I can see my friend is on spotify and he was able to see many of our mutual friends as well. What is the problem here and how to fix it? I am using a mac.

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  • Spotify shows 0 facebook friends on spotify. But I can see my friend is on spotify and he was able to see many of our mutual friends as well.   What is the problem here and how to fix it? &nb...
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Spotify 1.0.14.124.g4dfabc51 on El Captian

I'm having this error, Spotify updated and it deleted all my previous settings, my facebook name isn't showing, nor the people I'm following, just numbers or usernames.I don't believe is because the dev beta of El Capitan because I've been using it f...

  • Music Fan
  • I'm having this error, Spotify updated and it deleted all my previous settings, my facebook name isn't showing, nor the people I'm following, just numbers or usernames. I don't believe is because th...
  • MattSuda
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Adding a song to playlist

Just thought the devs should know about a small issue. If you are listening to a playlist and add a song to the playlist, the icon that shows the song that's currently playing stays on the index of the of the song previous to adding a new song to the...

  • Newbie
  • Just thought the devs should know about a small issue. If you are listening to a playlist and add a song to the playlist, the icon that shows the song that's currently playing stays on the index...
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Solved!! Spotify choopy playback when I use a DAC

I've an Audioengine DAC connected to my Mac. When I use it Spotify keeps stopping and starting whatever I'm listening to. I tested this with the web player and the desktop app. This only happens with Spotify so the problem isn't the DAC. Anyone else ...

  • Casual Listener
  • I've an Audioengine DAC connected to my Mac. When I use it Spotify keeps stopping and starting whatever I'm listening to. I tested this with the web player and the desktop app.   This onl...
  • wrongmark
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Solved!! Local files are not visible in latest update

Hello, I rely on spotify not only to find new music but to sync it from my local files. With the latest version, I click on "local files" and nothing appears. See attached screenshot. I can toggle the folder locations on and off in settings, but as s...

  • Casual Listener
  • Hello, I rely on spotify not only to find new music but to sync it from my local files. With the latest version, I click on "local files" and nothing appears. See attached screenshot. I can toggle th...
  • gbcox
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...

  • Music Fan
  • 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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • indogirlsteef
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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...
  • Nico
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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...

  • Newbie
  • 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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