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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...

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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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Alcyon

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Of AmericaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify the installer says "Unsupported PlatformSorry, this version of Spotify is for mac...

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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

How do I clear the recently played items that appear on the home screen upon launching the desktop app? If I go into the Recently Played section and remove them there, they still show up on the home screen.

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Superuser Contribution Smart shuffle on desktop

I want to buy Spotify premium but i Cant see Smart shuffle feature in the desktop app. Smart shuffle is present in the mobile app, but there is no smart shuffle feature in the desktop version. Can you help me if this feature is in active development ...

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I want to buy Spotify premium but i Cant see Smart shuffle feature in the desktop app. Smart shuffle is present in the mobile app, but there is no smart shuffle feature in the desktop version. Ca...

Joan

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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes after asking to reopen

Spotify crashes after asking to reopen PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemIOS Sequoia 15.6 My Question or IssueWhen I open Spotify, a popup displays stating "the last time you opened Spotify it was force quite while reopenin...

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Spotify crashes after asking to reopen  Plan Premium Country Australia  Device Macbook Air Operating System IOS Sequoia 15.6   My Question or Issue When I open Spotify, a po...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States Of AmericaDeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueWhen I try to install Spotify the installer says "Unsupported PlatformSorry, this version of Spotify is for mac...

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Plan Premium Country United States Of America Device MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) Operating System Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7   My Question or Issue When I try to install Spotify ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop] Play/pause button not automatically focused after re-opening Spotify desktop

This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button. How to reproduce:Open SpotifyPlay a songHide Spotify (Cmd+H or from menu Spotify > Hid...

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This used to be the case, but since the last few versions of Spotify Desktop re-opening the app does not automatically focus the keyboard on the Play/Pause button.   How to reproduce: Open S...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Is there a way to edit incorrect lyrics?

The lyrics feature offers an option to "report" wrong lyrics, but it doesn't ask which ones are wrong or what the correct lyrics are. Normally I'm not too picky about this kind of thing, but I've come across a few lines that are just really flat-out ...

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The lyrics feature offers an option to "report" wrong lyrics, but it doesn't ask which ones are wrong or what the correct lyrics are. Normally I'm not too picky about this kind of thing, but I've com...

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Superuser Contribution Friend Activity not working

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Pro 2024Operating SystemMacOS My Question or IssueMy friend activity has been working fine, with no issues for years. A few days ago, my friend activity tab displayed a message telling me to go to settings...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Pro 2024 Operating System MacOS   My Question or Issue My friend activity has been working fine, with no issues for years. A few days ...

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Automatic bookmark for Audio books is not working

PlanPremium IndividualCountryGermanyDevice(iPhone 15 Pro, Macbook Air)Operating System IOS 18.6.2, Mac OS Tahoe 26.0.1 My Question or IssueAutomatic bookmark for Audio books is not working. If I want to stop listening to an audio book switching to li...

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Plan Premium Individual Country Germany Device (iPhone 15 Pro, Macbook Air) Operating System   IOS  18.6.2, Mac OS Tahoe 26.0.1   My Question or Issue Automatic bookmark for...

Billy-J

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution using siri for Spotify on mac

PlanPremiumDeviceMacBookPro My Question or Issue:please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant

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  Plan Premium Device MacBookPro     My Question or Issue: please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant  

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Mac OSX Stream Quality WORST than iOS

I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without. There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming quality is inferior than the Spotify iOS App. I have "High-Quality ...

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I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without.   There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming qu...

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Mac Desktop App Crashes on Launch

PlanPremiumCountryUSADevice2020 Macbook Pro (M1)Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.4.1 My Question or IssueI've been completely unable to open the Spotify app on my Mac for the past several days now because it crashes the second I try to open it. It cra...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device 2020 Macbook Pro (M1) Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.4.1   My Question or Issue I've been completely unable to open the Spotify app on my Mac for the ...

seamore7963

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The picture in picture (PiP)/miniplayer does not go smaller

PlanPremiumCountrySouth AfricaDeviceMacbook Air 2020Operating SystemmacOS 15 My Question or IssueMy miniplayer/PiP keeps saying it's a premium feature when i want to make it smaller but i have Spotify Premium.

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Plan Premium Country South Africa Device Macbook Air 2020 Operating System macOS 15   My Question or Issue My miniplayer/PiP keeps saying it's a premium feature when i want to make it ...

Amay

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can I shut off the tiny window that appears when I switch from Spotify to another tab on Mac?

PlanFree/PremiumCountryUSA DeviceiMac 24-inch M1 2021Operating SystemSequoia 15.5 My Question or IssueHow do I stop this from happening every single time I switch to a different tab? I can hear what's playing -- I don't want a tiny window to show up....

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Plan Free/Premium Country USA     Device iMac 24-inch M1 2021 Operating System Sequoia 15.5   My Question or Issue How do I stop this from happening every single time I swi...

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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 Top >20 Artists & Albums / Expanded Spotify Wrapped

PlanDUO/PremiumCountry Mexico Device(iPhone 12 Pro, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemiOS 18.6.2 / Monterrey 12.7.6 My Question or IssueI've tried inquiring by Google AI and also Brave browsers, as well as several recommended YouTube videos for h...

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Plan DUO/Premium Country Mexico   Device (iPhone 12 Pro, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System iOS 18.6.2 / Monterrey 12.7.6   My Question or Issue I've tried inquiring by Googl...

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Superuser Contribution Mac - Change audio output of Spotify App ONLY

Hi, I'm trying to change the output channel of the Spotify App. Does anyone know how to do this? Please DO NOT tell me to change the default output device of my whole machine. Thats exactly what I do not want to do. I want to be able to play spotify ...

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Hi, I'm trying to change the output channel of the Spotify App.  Does anyone know how to do this?   Please DO NOT tell me to change the default output device of my whole machine.  ...

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Superuser Contribution You've discovered a premium feature on miniplayer (I am premium)

PlanPremium DuoCountryUSADeviceMac DesktopOperating SystemSonoma My Question or IssueWhen I try to use the miniplayer, I get "you've discovered a premium feature" even though I am a premium user.

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Plan Premium Duo Country USA Device Mac Desktop Operating System Sonoma   My Question or Issue When I try to use the miniplayer, I get "you've discovered a premium feature" even though...

arabellag

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Superuser Contribution Can't sign in to Spotify. Error Code: 22. Version 1.0.89.313.g34a58dea

Running on OS X Mavericks. I went to go do something and I came back to my computer and my spotify was logged out and I can't seem to log back in. Is there any sort of backend update that happened recently that would cause this? I would switch to the...

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Running on OS X Mavericks. I went to go do something and I came back to my computer and my spotify was logged out and I can't seem to log back in. Is there any sort of backend update that happened re...

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Superuser Contribution MacOS Tahoe (v26) compatibility issues

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook Pro late 2020 (Intel chip)Operating SystemMacOS Tahoe 26.0 My Question or IssueAfter upgrading MacOS, certain Spotify app features are missing. So far I have noticed that the controls which used to be enab...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook Pro late 2020 (Intel chip) Operating System MacOS Tahoe 26.0   My Question or Issue After upgrading MacOS, certain Spotify app feature...

Lynn11

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Solved!! Spotify won't download on macOS Sierra 10.12.6

PremiumUnited States DeviceMacbook Pro 2014)Operating System(Sierra 10.12.6) Hello! So, Spotify will not completely download onto my desktop. It seems to be finished, but opens to a blank, grey screen. I've tried finding an answer online, however not...

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Premium United States   Device Macbook Pro 2014) Operating System (Sierra 10.12.6)   Hello!    So, Spotify will not completely download onto my desktop. It seems to be f...

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Superuser Contribution volume controls not working anymore when listening on another device - play/pause/next/previous are

Plan - Premium - the NetherlandsDevice - Macbook Pro Early 2015Operating System - Catalina 10.15.7Application - Spotify for macOS (Intel) 1.1.96.785.g464c973aIssue: when playing using Spotify on MacOS and playing to another device (Chromecast Audio),...

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Plan - Premium - the Netherlands Device - Macbook Pro Early 2015 Operating System - Catalina 10.15.7 Application - Spotify for macOS (Intel) 1.1.96.785.g464c973a Issue: when playing...

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