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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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Discover page title is undefined

Hi, I would like to report a new issue. Here are the details : Spotify version 1.7.157.g2a6526f9Mac OS X : 10.10.3Localisation : FrenchSeverity : Minor Scenario : When I click on Browse in the main menu, and select Découvrir (Discover) to display cus...

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  • Hi,   I would like to report a new issue. Here are the details :   Spotify version 1.7.157.g2a6526f9 Mac OS X : 10.10.3 Localisation : French Severity : Minor   Scenari...
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HELP Spotify has stopped working after installing Mac OS X 10.10.3

Spotify keeps crashing since installing Mac OS X 10.10.3 yesterday. Unstalling and reinstalling again won't work...Does anyone know what I should do?The error message says "Check with the developer to make sure Spotify works with hte version of OS X....

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  • Spotify keeps crashing since installing Mac OS X 10.10.3 yesterday. Unstalling and reinstalling again won't work... Does anyone know what I should do? The error message says "Check w...
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Starred Playlist Disappered

I logged into my account on a new iPhone and my starred played was gone. I had quite a few songs on it so could it somehow be restored?

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  • I logged into my account on a new iPhone and my starred played was gone. I had quite a few songs on it so could it somehow be restored?
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Solved!! Spotify for Desktop - Release Notes (1.0.9)

What's new in this version (1.0.9) Say hello to our new colour. Nice, isn't it? Store your music where you want. Head over to Settings to pick your cache location. New on touch screens: adjust volume or jump to a different part of a song by dragging ...

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  • What's new in this version (1.0.9)   Say hello to our new colour. Nice, isn't it? Store your music where you want. Head over to Settings to pick your cache location. New on touch scree...
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Family Plan Premium

Hello, I have family plan spotify and it says on the spotify website that the family plan is allowed four premium accounts within your family, but it has only allowed me two. How do I fix that?

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  • Hello, I have family plan spotify and it says on the spotify website that the family plan is allowed four premium accounts within your family, but it has only allowed me two. How do I fix that?
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unable to login desktop client mac

Mac 10.10.3(unable to see spotify version without logging in) My mac has a couple user profiles. Spotify mac app worked fine until I went to load it in another user profile. When I entered the login credentials, I get the error that the username or p...

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  • Mac 10.10.3 (unable to see spotify version without logging in)   My mac has a couple user profiles. Spotify mac app worked fine until I went to load it in another user profile. When I entered...
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Why did my account all of the sudden change to free instead of premium?

My spotify stopped working all of the sudden. I was a premium member and yesterday, the app kicked me out of my music and said that I had the free account so now I can only listen to shuffle. I'm quite confused about this especially since I've been p...

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  • My spotify stopped working all of the sudden. I was a premium member and yesterday, the app kicked me out of my music and said that I had the free account so now I can only listen to shuffle. I'm qui...
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Growl No Longer Working

As of Spotify 1.0.2.6.g9977a14b, Growl 2.1.3 no longer works on OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 Anyone having the same issue, is there a fix?

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  • As of Spotify 1.0.2.6.g9977a14b, Growl 2.1.3 no longer works on OSX Yosemite 10.10.2   Anyone having the same issue, is there a fix?
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Not playing correct song

I put my songs in a-z order on my iPhone 5 and the songs that start with numbers play when I try to play a song that starts with an A!

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  • I put my songs in a-z order on my iPhone 5 and the songs that start with numbers play when I try to play a song that starts with an A!
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files can play on macbook but not iPhone?

strangely, they all play on my desktop but certain songs dont play on my iphone.any suggestions on what to do?

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  • strangely, they all play on my desktop but certain songs dont play on my iphone. any suggestions on what to do?
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Solved!! Completely blank window on Mac OSX 10

Recently the desktop client has stopped working for me entirely. The window is completely blank. No text whatsoever other than the identifying "Spotify" text at the top of the window. I don't know if this is related to an OSX update or not because I ...

  • Casual Listener
  • Recently the desktop client has stopped working for me entirely. The window is completely blank. No text whatsoever other than the identifying "Spotify" text at the top of the window. I don't know if...
  • Josh264
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Superuser Contribution Audio keeps cutting randomly (but timer keeps going) in all devices (mac, android, pc and ps3).

Hi guys! Anybody having the same?? It is like i'm working with a poor connection, audio cuts every minute. I thought that might be the connection but I see the time counter running while audio is out! I've tried reinstall, but it is happening with al...

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  • Hi guys!      Anybody having the same??   It is like i'm working with a poor connection, audio cuts every minute. I thought that might be the connection but I see the time co...
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Spotify doesnt play search results list.

Im gonna make it simple. Desktop version of Spotify on Mac seems to be bugging lately, heres why: The search results list, wont let you play any of the songs, and sometimes, when you click em spotify will play the current song from your personal play...

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  • Im gonna make it simple.   Desktop version of Spotify on Mac seems to be bugging lately, heres why:    The search results list, wont let you play any of the songs, and sometimes, w...
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Cannot log in on my phone

So I had to restore my iPhone so my Spotify was deleted. Now I can't log back in. I also get charged twice every time a payment is authorized. I still have Spotify on my iPad which works fine but won't let me see or access my log in info. I've tried ...

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  • So I had to restore my iPhone so my Spotify was deleted. Now I can't log back in. I also get charged twice every time a payment is authorized. I still have Spotify on my iPad which works fine but won...
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Get track properties in AppleScript

I wrote a very small app using the OS X AppleScript API, and when I wrote it, this used to work (back in 1.0.2, maybe? I can find out exactly when it quit working if that helps). How come it doesn't work now? tell application "Spotify" to get propert...

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  • I wrote a very small app using the OS X AppleScript API, and when I wrote it, this used to work (back in 1.0.2, maybe?  I can find out exactly when it quit working if that helps).  How come...
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Solved!! Accidentally changed cache location and the app crashes and never opens

I recently changed the cache location to an external usb and whenever I try to open the app t crashes and gives me an error pop up. I cant change the cache location back to default since I can never open the app, feels like a catch22 situation. A sim...

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  • I recently changed the cache location to an external usb and whenever I try to open the app t crashes and gives me an error pop up. I cant change the cache location back to default since I can never ...
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The Extra Play/Pause Button Beside the Save Button

As a software engineer and in my humble opinion when you already have a button visible to the user in a program, depending on the importance of that button one should make it stand out, but one should not put a duplicate of a button in the same view....

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  • As a software engineer and in my humble opinion when you already have a button visible to the user in a program, depending on the importance of that button one should make it stand out, but one&...
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Unwanted Junk in my Inbox

Recently my Spotify inbox has been getting filled with junk. Accounts with names I don't recognize are continually sending me new playlists and not only making my inbox a mess, but also creating new notifications on my mobile device. Is there a way t...

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  • Recently my Spotify inbox has been getting filled with junk. Accounts with names I don't recognize are continually sending me new playlists and not only making my inbox a mess, but also creating new ...
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Can't scroll through songs and wrong song being played

On my iphone, it seems that since the last update when I come to scroll down my list of songs, part of the screen blanks out and when I select a song it does not play the right song. Is this a known problem and will it be fixed in another update?

  • Casual Listener
  • On my iphone, it seems that since the last update when I come to scroll down my list of songs, part of the screen blanks out and when I select a song it does not play the right song.  Is this a ...
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