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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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After opening computer, no sound

Hi, I have a Macbook Pro 15inch from 2011, and I've had trouble with Spotify. I've had a repeated problem of my Spotify desktop client program disabling the sound whenever I resume playback after I've closed and opened my computer up again. I can't f...

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  • Hi, I have a Macbook Pro 15inch from 2011, and I've had trouble with Spotify. I've had a repeated problem of my Spotify desktop client program disabling the sound whenever I resume playback after I'v...
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Solved!! Sharing accounts

I share and account with my sister & when we both wanna listen to spotify we have to hear what one or the other is listening to. Is there a way I can change that? Would greatly appreciate a response.

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  • I share and account with my sister & when we both wanna listen to spotify we have to hear what one or the other is listening to. Is there a way I can change that? Would greatly appreciate a respo...
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1.0.6 - No notification badges on playlists (but search is back!)

YAY, playlist search is back! But there seems to be a problem with playlist notifications, at least the badges that display the number of updated tracks. I still get the notifications in the upper right corner, but not by the playlist itself.

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  • YAY, playlist search is back! But there seems to be a problem with playlist notifications, at least the badges that display the number of updated tracks.   I still get the notifications in the...
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Solved!! Spotify opens new tabs in safari automatically (3599.spotilocal.com)

I have an annoying problem with my spotify. It automatically opens three (always three) tabs with some delay in between each tab. These tabs have URLs on the domain 3599.spotilocal.com and looks like this: https://3599.spotilocal.com:4370/csrf/getFbC...

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  • I have an annoying problem with my spotify. It automatically opens three (always three) tabs with some delay in between each tab. These tabs have URLs on the domain 3599.spotilocal.com and looks like...
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Spotify fails to detect name of current song playing?

I'm on Mac OS 10.10.1 and Spotify (1.0.6.80.g2a801a53) When I'm playing a song in my playlist, the song name/artist fails to appear on the bottom left of the application like it's supposed to. Instead, it just shows "New Playlist". And no, it's not a...

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  • I'm on Mac OS 10.10.1 and Spotify (1.0.6.80.g2a801a53)   When I'm playing a song in my playlist, the song name/artist fails to appear on the bottom left of the application like it's supposed t...
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New song not listed in playlist

I got a notification that Spotify had added a new song to the Folk Pop playlist by Spotify, but when I go to the playlist or click the notification, the song is not listed on their playlist. Why is that? Did they delete it the minute they added it, e...

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  • I got a notification that Spotify had added a new song to the Folk Pop playlist by Spotify, but when I go to the playlist or click the notification, the song is not listed on their playlist. Why is t...
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1.0.7 Feedback

Still no notification badges by the playlists telling me how many songs have been added since last time. Also, still no blue dots inside the playlist to tell me this.

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  • Still no notification badges by the playlists telling me how many songs have been added since last time. Also, still no blue dots inside the playlist to tell me this.
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Login

How do u disable Spotify in Login items from appearing on startup of Mac ? I need to keep removing it from 'Login iTems" every time i start up.

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  • How do u disable Spotify in Login items from appearing on startup of Mac ?   I need to keep removing it from 'Login iTems" every time i start up.
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Getting "Local Files" into "My Music" Work Around?

There seems to be no easy way to do this anymore. About 80% of my iTunes library is in Spotify, which is good enough for me (for now), and so I was hoping I could have that entire library (the 80% that is matched in Spotify) under "My Music." I've tr...

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  • There seems to be no easy way to do this anymore. About 80% of my iTunes library is in Spotify, which is good enough for me (for now), and so I was hoping I could have that entire library (the 80% th...
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Play queue broken on osx application

The play queue on the mac app is frustratingly broken. Songs added to the queue do not actually get added, reordering does not work, everything, the whole the is largely unresponsive, navigating to the history tab almost brings the whole app to a sta...

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  • The play queue on the mac app is frustratingly broken. Songs added to the queue do not actually get added, reordering does not work, everything, the whole the is largely unresponsive, navigating to t...
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All songs have disappeared

Hi! All of my songs were gone when I opened Spotify on my macbook today. I have no idea what happened and I've followed what Spotify asked me to do (to log out and log in with my username) but my songs are all still gone. Just wondering if anyone cou...

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  • Hi!   All of my songs were gone when I opened Spotify on my macbook today. I have no idea what happened and I've followed what Spotify asked me to do (to log out and log in with my username) b...
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Drag and drop playlists locks out keyboard and mouse

DescriptionWhen I try to drag a playlist into a folder, the app stops responding to the mouse and keyboard A more detailed description, using numbered stepsCreate a playlist folderRight click on an album, select Add to Playlist > New PlaylistIn the l...

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  • Description When I try to drag a playlist into a folder, the app stops responding to the mouse and keyboard   A more detailed description, using numbered steps Create a playlist folder Rig...
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[Mac] Can't authenticate with HTTPS proxy set, on [1.0.1]

I use Spotify desktop on Mac, behind a HTTP proxy. After today's update, I can no longer authenticate with Facebook, or directly using Spotify U/P, with the proxy set. My company firewall is actually a HTTP proxy, not HTTPS, so until today (for the p...

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  • I use Spotify desktop on Mac, behind a HTTP proxy.  After today's update, I can no longer authenticate with Facebook, or directly using Spotify U/P, with the proxy set.    My compa...
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Chrome Flagging Spotify as Harmful Program

When trying to download the Spotify application for Mac, I am getting a message from the Chrome browser stating "The site ahead contains harmful programs". I am trying to download the Spotify install zip file from https://www.spotify.com/us/download/...

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  • When trying to download the Spotify application for Mac, I am getting a message from the Chrome browser stating "The site ahead contains harmful programs".  I am trying to download the Spotify i...
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Issue with "friend feed" or activity feed.

Hey everyone, so recently I've noticed that my right side activity feed will stop refreshing sometimes. This has been happening for several weeks and initially I thought it was only when my computer went into sleep mode. But recently I've been able t...

  • Roadie
  • Hey everyone, so recently I've noticed that my right side activity feed will stop refreshing sometimes. This has been happening for several weeks and initially I thought it was only when my computer ...
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Solved!! Some tracks dont play

Some tracks (for example Young lust from The Wall 2011 remastered version) dont play - I double click it, nothing happens, progress bar isnt moving, music isnt playing. Im using Mac, latest version of Spotify and I have premium.Thx for help

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  • Some tracks (for example Young lust from The Wall 2011 remastered version) dont play - I double click it, nothing happens, progress bar isnt moving, music isnt playing.   Im using Mac, latest ...
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Recently played artist section is not updating

On the desktop app, the recently played artist section hasn't updated itself for at least two weeks, and is the same for all of my friend's profiles as well for me, why is this happening?

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  • On the desktop app, the recently played artist section hasn't updated itself for at least two weeks, and is the same for all of my friend's profiles as well for me, why is this happening?
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High memory usage over time, on Mac

Since some versions ago, one of the Spotify Helpers sometimes increases its memory to high values (like 1,8GB or more). That only happens over the time, it's suddenly, I don't expect that mainly because I'm only listening to music. Spotify works as w...

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  • Since some versions ago, one of the Spotify Helpers sometimes increases its memory to high values (like 1,8GB or more). That only happens over the time, it's suddenly, I don't expect that mainly beca...
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Solved!! Offline mode not always available

Hi All---been experiencing an issue with my ipad offline syncing. I have my lists all set to available offline mode on my home network on a Macbook. I use an ipad to listen to playlists while taking public transit to work. In the past, all playlists ...

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  • Hi All---been experiencing an issue with my ipad offline syncing. I have my lists all set to available offline mode on my home network on a Macbook. I use an ipad to listen to playlists while taking ...
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MAC Low playback volume

Playback on Mac desktop client is lower than other services even at maximum volume, is there anyway to fix this without using a third party app? Thanks

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  • Playback on Mac desktop client is lower than other services even at maximum volume, is there anyway to fix this without using a third party app? Thanks
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