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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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Year In Music

My Year in Music review thing is just wrong for some reason. It says only listened to one artist, and only one album, which is 100% not the case. Any reasons as to why this might be? Thanks for any help!

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  • My Year in Music review thing is just wrong for some reason. It says only listened to one artist, and only one album, which is 100% not the case. Any reasons as to why this might be?   Thanks ...
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Long MP3 audio files don't show correct play time and jump on progress bar

I'm using the local file feature to listen to an audiobook on my OSX computer When I get to about 4h 7m into the file, the meter jumps back to the beginning and displays 1m 58 seconds, somewhat relative to the playing position beyond 4h07m. https://w...

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  • I'm using the local file feature to listen to an audiobook on my OSX computer   When I get to about 4h 7m into the file, the meter jumps back to the beginning  and displays 1m 58 second...
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also cannot unfollow someones playlist

hi - can you please help me unfollow a particular playlist?

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  • hi - can you please help me unfollow a particular playlist?
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Login Errors

I accidentally logged out of my account yesterday, and now when I try to log in (not through Facebook) it keeps telling me I already have that I have already created an account with this email. Please help!

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  • I accidentally logged out of my account yesterday, and now when I try to log in (not through Facebook) it keeps telling me I already have that I have already created an account with this email. Pleas...
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[BUG] Save button not changing to a checkmark

When I click the Plus sign next to a track to save it to my songs, it's not changing into a checkmark. This has been happening for a few versions of the desktop app now. It's saving the track because when i click Your Music/ Songs, the track is there...

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  • When I click the Plus sign next to a track to save it to my songs, it's not changing into a checkmark.  This has been happening for a few versions of the desktop app now.  It's saving ...
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Spotify steals focus Mac + Cmd-tab + multiple desktops

One of the latest versions of Spotify on my Mac all of a sudden steals focus when I cmd-tab to it. I use multiple desktops (spaces?) and always leave Spotify on Desktop 1 on my Mac. I usually do work in some other desktop, say Desktop 2. In my settin...

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  • One of the latest versions of Spotify on my Mac all of a sudden steals focus when I cmd-tab to it.   I use multiple desktops (spaces?) and always leave Spotify on Desktop 1 on my Mac.  I ...
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Playlist doesn't stretch to full resolution of monitor

On my work mac Spotify doesn't seem to stretch the playlist columns as I adjust the size of the window. Please see attached image. This also happens on my PC desktop at home. The zoom-in, zoom-out feature doesn't "fix" this either.

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  • On my work mac Spotify doesn't seem to stretch the playlist columns as I adjust the size of the window.  Please see attached image.  This also happens on my PC desktop at home.  The zo...
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Year In Music is showing me wrong stats

I think the "Year In Music" application COULD be great, but for me it seems like the whole thing is just completely off. My top artists and albums (according to "Year In Music") are ones I've never even heard of. I even looke it up and listened to th...

  • Casual Listener
  • I think the "Year In Music" application COULD be great, but for me it seems like the whole thing is just completely off. My top artists and albums (according to "Year In Music") are ones I've never e...
  • hjalleirutan
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can't login via Facebook

I opened the app to listen to music and it logged me out so I went to re login using Facebook like I did before when I signed up. I have a huge playlist that I don't want to remake plus I have Spotify premium that I'm already paying for everytime I h...

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  • I opened the app to listen to music and it logged me out so I went to re login using Facebook like I did before when I signed up. I have a huge playlist that I don't want to remake plus I have Spotif...
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Spotify turns black after opening

Since this morning, spotify turns black after opening. It asks me for login every time I open the app, then it loads. but it comes black after a few seconds.

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  • Since this morning, spotify turns black after opening. It asks me for login every time I open the app, then it loads. but it comes black after a few seconds.  
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Exclusively Unavailable Features

The folks over at Spotify are 100% dedicated the satisfaction of their customers, and as such have lovingly removed the following features from their Mac OS client. - You used to be able to click on the album art thumbnail of the currently playing tr...

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  • The folks over at Spotify are 100% dedicated the satisfaction of their customers, and as such have lovingly removed the following features from their Mac OS client.   - You used to be able to ...
  • Valerian
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Playlists won't go into secret mode

Help! I've tried multiple times to hide playlists by right clicking and choosing "make secret" however they still all show up publicly (except the ones I created after I chose the default private playlist option under settings). When I go back to eac...

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  • Help! I've tried multiple times to hide playlists by right clicking and choosing "make secret" however they still all show up publicly (except the ones I created after I chose the default private pla...
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Solved!! Spotify Using my dev port causing conflict

Spotify has gone rogue and has started to listen to my local development port (8099) which means I can't listen to spotify while working locally. How did this happen and how do I fix it? Ideas localhost:4381 (LISTEN) localhost:4371 (LISTEN) localhost...

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  • Spotify has gone rogue and has started to listen to my local development port (8099) which means I can't listen to spotify while working locally. How did this happen and how do I fix it? Ideas local...
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Solved!! Spotify is killing my MacBook

Recently, every time I start Spotify, my MacBook comes to a comlete stand still. No other apps respond and I keep getting that Chrome error of unresponsive pages. It literally takes me minutes just to successfully force quit Spotify. As soon as I for...

  • Casual Listener
  • Recently, every time I start Spotify, my MacBook comes to a comlete stand still. No other apps respond and I keep getting that Chrome error of unresponsive pages. It literally takes me minutes j...
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Crash Report MAC OS X 10.11 Beta

Model Identifier: MacBookAir6,2 (Macbook Air 13")System Version: OS X 10.11 (15A178w)Kernel Version: Darwin 15.0.0Processor Name: Intel Core i5Processor Speed: 1.4 GHzNumber of Processors: 1Total Number of Cores: 2L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KBL3 Cache:...

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  • Model Identifier: MacBookAir6,2 (Macbook Air 13") System Version: OS X 10.11 (15A178w) Kernel Version: Darwin 15.0.0 Processor Name: Intel Core i5 Processor Speed: 1.4 GHz Number of Processors: ...
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Can't launch Spotify

I've been subscribed to Spotify Premium for a couple of years now. When I tried launching spotify today, I got a window with the following message: You can’t open the application “Spotify” because PowerPC applications are no longer supported. Tried d...

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  • I've been subscribed to Spotify Premium for a couple of years now. When I tried launching spotify today, I got a window with the following message: You can’t open the application “Spotify” becau...
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Missing part of song

Hi, I was listening to Soulwax's song "Krack" from the album "Nite Versions" and I noticed part of the song was missing. During the intro, there's supposed to be a high pitched beat but for some reason all there is on the Spotify version is the voice...

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  • Hi,   I was listening to Soulwax's song "Krack" from the album "Nite Versions" and I noticed part of the song was missing. During the intro, there's supposed to be a high pitched beat but for ...
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Troubles with Pubs

DescriptionSpotify stops playing music, after playing certain pubs (e.g. Coca Cola, Telenet). A detailed description1. Music is playing2. Music stops playing, pub is playing3. Spotify freezes, can't click play, next, previous, etc. My Operating Syste...

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  • Description Spotify stops playing music, after playing certain pubs (e.g. Coca Cola, Telenet).   A detailed description 1. Music is playing 2. Music stops playing, pub is playing 3. S...
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SOLUTION: iPhone app is skipping in 10 sec increments - I logged out and back in and it fixed itself

I had a weird problem today and wanted to share how I fixed it. I'm using the iPhone app and it started skipping. It plays 1 second and skips 10 seconds (e.g., 0:01 > 0:11 > 0:22 etc.). I was using it yesterday and it was fine. I didn't see a recent ...

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  • I had a weird problem today and wanted to share how I fixed it.   I'm using the iPhone app and it started skipping. It plays 1 second and skips 10 seconds (e.g., 0:01 > 0:11 > 0:22 etc.)...
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