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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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Superuser Contribution switch to video lags audio on first use and switch to audio skips audio

Hi team, I've encountered an interesting bug on the desktop app for mac.when I do "switch to video" the ui gets stuck for a second and the lyric turns to "you have to guess" before it re-calibrates and continues.I've noticed it's more noticeable on n...

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  • Hi team, I've encountered an interesting bug on the desktop app for mac. when I do "switch to video" the ui gets stuck for a second and the lyric turns to "you have to guess" before it re-calibrates...
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Superuser Contribution Songs immediately pause whenever I hit play

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemVentura My Question or IssueRecently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and trying to make it play again makes it pause after half a second. All following...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System Ventura   My Question or Issue Recently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and tr...
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Superuser Contribution authentication browser loop: Mac desktop iOs Ventura

I'm running the most up to date Spotify app on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Ventura, 13.3.1 ); my computer was recently wiped and I have had to re-log into all of my apps. The Spotify desktop app asks me to login via my browser (Safari) and I log i...

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  • I'm running the most up to date Spotify app on my MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Ventura, 13.3.1 ); my computer was recently wiped and I have had to re-log into all of my apps. The Spotify desktop ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Every time I Quit Spotify it immediately reopens itself (MacOS)

Hi there,Every time I Cmd+Q (or File -> Quit) Spotify it immediately reopens itself. It's the crazy ex-girlfriend that can't take a hint. I am able to Force Quit to resolve the problem *most* of the time but even then sometimes it reopens. I've gone ...

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  • Hi there, Every time I Cmd+Q (or File -> Quit) Spotify it immediately reopens itself. It's the crazy ex-girlfriend that can't take a hint. I am able to Force Quit to resolve the problem *most* of...
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Superuser Contribution Clickable titles, now underlined?

PlanPremiumCountry: France DeviceMacBook Pro Apple M1 ProOperating System15.2 (24C5089c)Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911 Hi team, since the last app update, some titles are clickable are now underlined. It feels like a bug, righ...

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  •   Plan Premium Country: France   Device MacBook Pro Apple M1 Pro Operating System 15.2 (24C5089c) Spotify  for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911   Hi...
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Superuser Contribution The "Show the now-playing panel" 'feature' keeps turning on after restart.

I am on Mac (latest version of OS and Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.29.605.g66a43ceb.I HATE the Now-Playing featuer with a vengance.I turn it OFF in settings.I quit Spotify (or reboot Mac or whatever) and this IRRITATING "feature" is turned ON...

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  • I am on Mac (latest version of OS and Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.29.605.g66a43ceb. I HATE the Now-Playing featuer with a vengance. I turn it OFF in settings. I quit Spotify (or reboo...
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Solved!! Spotify Sound Quality lowers while on Discord

PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacbook Pro 13" Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm in a discord call, the sound quality from Spotify is dreadful. My headphones are Sony WH-H900N and connected thro...

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  • Plan Premium Country United Kingdom   Device Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.2     My Question or Issue Whenever I'm in a discord call, the...
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Superuser Contribution I cannot run spotify app on my mac close automatically

I had my spotify app installed in my macbookpro for several months. Suddenly it stops working. When I click to open the app it starts the process and in 1 second it close the app again. All the time. I've tried to reinstall the app and it happened th...

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  • I had my spotify app installed in my macbookpro for several months. Suddenly it stops working. When I click to open the app it starts the process and in 1 second it close the app again. All the time....
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution What can I do if the Spotify web player won't play any music anymore?

The webplayer used to work just fine for me, but since a few weeks, the play button seems to be broken. I tried playing music, playlists, podcasts, but nothing works. The webplayer just doesn't react to my clicking the play button. I tried emptying t...

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  • The webplayer used to work just fine for me, but since a few weeks, the play button seems to be broken. I tried playing music, playlists, podcasts, but nothing works. The webplayer just doesn't react...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify App Extremely slow and unresponsive on M1 Mac

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMacBook Air M1 2020Operating SystemMacOS 14.1.1 (Problem started already on Ventura / before Update to Sonoma) My Question or IssueSince approximately one week the Spotify App on my M1 Mac is extremely unresponsive and...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany   Device MacBook Air M1 2020 Operating System MacOS 14.1.1 (Problem started already on Ventura / before Update to Sonoma)   My Question or Issue Sinc...
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Superuser Contribution songs missing/order changed on the Mac but is fine on the phone

so one of my playlists has been acting up since last week, a few songs are missing and the order has been changed on the app on my Mac, but it is fine on the phone app and even on the web, the support chat has been of no use until now, any suggestion...

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  • so one of my playlists has been acting up since last week, a few songs are missing and the order has been changed on the app on my Mac, but it is fine on the phone app and even on the web, the suppor...
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Superuser Contribution Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error:DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN The app works fine but it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...

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  •   Every time my desktop app starts up another window appears for https://xpui.app.spotify.com/index.html with the error: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN    The app works fine but ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Mac] Audio Compression Artifacts, Crackling Noise

PlanPremiumCountryUS / CanadaDeviceMacbook Pro M3 (Max)Operating SystemMac OS Sonoma 14.3.1 (23D60)Spotify Version:Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.32.997.g4c6498b6 My Question or Issuehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SJY2YkZnCTP_8DZwoshF1...

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  • Plan Premium Country US / Canada Device Macbook Pro M3 (Max) Operating System Mac OS Sonoma 14.3.1 (23D60) Spotify Version: Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.32.997.g4c6498b6 &nbs...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution bug—blue rectangle highlight around search results anytime you search for something

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicemacbook pro early 2023 m2 pro chipOperating SystemmacOS 15.1My Question or IssueSpotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.49.439.gfae492c7for a month or two now theres been a blue rectangle highlight around search results anyti...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device macbook pro early 2023 m2 pro chip Operating System macOS 15.1 My Question or Issue Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.49.439.gfae492c7 for a month or two...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify stops playing after a few seconds...

I start Spotify and go to play any song but within a few seconds Spotify will glitch and stop playing. The song's progress bar will continue to move forward but no sound will come out of my computer. My problem is on an M1 MacBook Pro hooked up to a ...

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  • I start Spotify and go to play any song but within a few seconds Spotify will glitch and stop playing. The song's progress bar will continue to move forward but no sound will come out of my computer....
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Superuser Contribution I've been getting crackling/skips in my audio - can I fix it?

This happens across all of my devices and only on Spotify, not on any other application or on the browser. I'm pretty confident that it is not a hardware issue and I have completed all troubleshooting steps. I play music for really long periods of ti...

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  • This happens across all of my devices and only on Spotify, not on any other application or on the browser. I'm pretty confident that it is not a hardware issue and I have completed all troubleshootin...
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Your operating system is out of date -screen displayed every time Spotify is started. Please remove.

PlanPremium DeviceMac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 Hi. Please get rid of the "Your operating system is out of date" -nag screen shown every time Spotify starts.There will be no new operating system versions for Mac Pro 5,1 ...

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  • Plan Premium   Device Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010)   Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6   Hi. Please get rid of the "Your operating system is out of date" -nag screen shown every...
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Superuser Contribution Why don't my queue and playlist sort match?

I have my playlist sorted by song length. Shuffle is off. The Mac desktop app is updated to the newest version. When I look at my queue, the songs only partially match the playlist order. Some songs are skipped and others are out of order. You can te...

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  • I have my playlist sorted by song length. Shuffle is off. The Mac desktop app is updated to the newest version. When I look at my queue, the songs only partially match the playlist order. Some songs ...
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