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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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  • MattSuda
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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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Lag on Apple Silicon

PlanPremium DeviceMacBook Air (2022, M2) Operating SystemmacOS Monterey 12.5 My Question or Issue: The Spotify interface and animations are often very choppy on my Apple Silicon mac with hardware acceleration on, and scrolling feels choppy and skippy...

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  • Plan Premium   Device MacBook Air (2022, M2)   Operating System macOS Monterey 12.5   My Question or Issue:   The Spotify interface and animations are often very choppy...
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[UX] "Browse all genres" Page Organization

Spotify, Can you please consider a feather that allows users to customize the organization of the "Browse All" Genre page, by simply dragging them? Or at least, consider having a default organization that's in an alphabetical order vs. random (curren...

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  • Spotify,   Can you please consider a feather that allows users to customize the organization of the "Browse All" Genre page, by simply dragging them? Or at least, consider havin...
  • Loxer
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Superuser Contribution Is there a keyboard shortcut for Lyrics? If not why not?

I would love to be able to ping backwards and forwards; in and out of it. Say, really long solo when the lyrics are less important.

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  • I would love to be able to ping backwards and forwards; in and out of it. Say, really long solo when the lyrics are less important.
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Superuser Contribution Add to queue option disappeared - iMac

FOURTH time trying to submit this. Seriously, could this be more frustrating? A week ago, my queue started acting erratically - added 12 songs, only three showed up, and then suddenly my queue was filled with 30 episodes of a podcast. Delete everythi...

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  • FOURTH time trying to submit this. Seriously, could this be more frustrating?   A week ago, my queue started acting erratically - added 12 songs, only three showed up, and then suddenly my que...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify will only play through the MAC Internal Speakers, not USB mixer

Plan:PremiumCountry:US DeviceiMac 2017 Monterrey 12.2.1I have been using the IOS desktop client for a number of years now and out of nowhere yesterday it started playing only through the iMac internal speakers. now for the last 2+ year I have been us...

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  • Plan:Premium Country:US   Device iMac 2017  Monterrey 12.2.1 I have been using the IOS desktop client for a number of years now and out of nowhere yesterday it started playing only th...
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Superuser Contribution [Mac] Full Screen Album Art not working.

PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacBook Pro Operating SystemMacOS BigSur Version 11.2.1 My Question or IssueHello, I remember a couple of weeks ago I could enter full screen by a little button next to the play bar to enter the album art cover in full scr...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device MacBook Pro  Operating System MacOS BigSur Version 11.2.1   My Question or Issue Hello,  I remember a couple of weeks ago I could ent...
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Superuser Contribution Search etc not working

Hello, I’m running the Desktop app on my MacBook pro which is running MacOS Mojave 10.14.6. I have a paid premium account. Everything was working fine until a few days ago when the app seemed to update. I am unable to search. I can type in the search...

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  • Hello,   I’m running the Desktop app on my MacBook pro which is running MacOS Mojave 10.14.6. I have a paid premium account. Everything was working fine until a few days ago when the app seeme...
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Can I use spotify for a wedding?

Hi,I'd like to know if the license of spotify allows me to use this service to stream music at my friend weeding. Thanks,Christian

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  • Hi, I'd like to know if the license of spotify allows me to use this service to stream music at my friend weeding.   Thanks, Christian
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't filter Playlists when adding a song.

Hi there! So my Spotify for Desktop app (Mac) just updated to the new version (1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60-a), and i'm having a problem when adding songs to one of my playlists. I use to be able to right-click on a song that was playing, go to "Add to Playl...

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  • Hi there!   So my Spotify for Desktop app (Mac) just updated to the new version (1.1.55.498.gf9a83c60-a), and i'm having a problem when adding songs to one of my playlists. I use to be able to...
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Solved!! Mac desktop app bluetooth speaker volume lowering automatically

When playing music in the Spotify Desktop app for Mac over my bluetooth speakers (Argon Alto 4 Active) the volume of my speakers are lowering automatically.This happens randomly in the middle of a song and keeps happening every X (feels like 10 or 15...

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  • When playing music in the Spotify Desktop app for Mac over my bluetooth speakers (Argon Alto 4 Active) the volume of my speakers are lowering automatically. This happens randomly in the middle of a ...
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Superuser Contribution Blocked user still see liked playlist(s)?

If I block a user and they have liked one of my playlists before I blocked them, can they still see it?

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  • If I block a user and they have liked one of my playlists before I blocked them, can they still see it?  
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Superuser Contribution My Spotify Search Doesn't Work

FreeAustralia Macbook Air Operating SystemiOS 11.6 My Question or Issue:My spotify search bar has stopped working in entirety. Whenever I search something it gives me the message "No results found for ____. Please make sure your words are spelled cor...

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  • Free Australia    Macbook Air  Operating System iOS 11.6   My Question or Issue: My spotify search bar has stopped working in entirety. Whenever I search something it give...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Won't Play Any Podcasts

Plan: FreeCountry: AustraliaDevice: Macbook AirOperating System: iOS 11.6 My Question or Issue:Whenever I try to play podcasts, they won't play. I'll double click the file and it won't open or play, it won't give me an error message or anything. It's...

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  • Plan: Free Country: Australia Device: Macbook Air Operating System: iOS 11.6   My Question or Issue: Whenever I try to play podcasts, they won't play. I'll double click the file ...
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Superuser Contribution changing playlist

hello,when I'm listening to Spotify on my laptop (mac) and I press the skip song button it changes the song but it also changes from the playlist I was listening to. It doesn't change it to another playlist it's just a stream of random songs. I've tr...

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  • hello, when I'm listening to Spotify on my laptop (mac) and I press the skip song button it changes the song but it also changes from the playlist I was listening to. It doesn't change it to another...
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Superuser Contribution Bookmarks Broken

It doesn't matter what playlist, folder, or album I'm trying to open it says "Page not found" and refuses to load unless I first make an arbitrary detour to the Spotify page and then navigate back to the playlist, folder, or album I'm trying to open,...

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  • It doesn't matter what playlist, folder, or album I'm trying to open it says "Page not found" and refuses to load unless I first make an arbitrary detour to the Spotify page and then navigate back to...
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Superuser Contribution Play back not saved for podcasts on mac desktop app

The playback status of podcasts is does not save on the mac desktop app. This is regardless of where i started playing the podcast. I dont know how to bring this up to the programming team. Currently running it on monterrey.

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  • The playback status of podcasts is does not save on the mac desktop app. This is regardless of where i started playing the podcast. I dont know how to bring this up to the programming team.  &n...
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Superuser Contribution Mac Monterrey - Spotify black screen (nothing helps!)

Spotify Screen is black. I tried to reinstall it. Doesn't help. I tried to follow previous suggestions and delete some files from Library Folder - Application Support. Impossible. There's no Spotify Folder there. So what am I supposed to do!? It's te...

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  • Spotify Screen is black. I tried to reinstall it. Doesn't help. I tried to follow previous suggestions and delete some files from Library Folder - Application Support. Impossible. There's no Spotify ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution The search function doesn't work

Macbook Pro iOS 10.14.4. For some days now I cannot use the search function on Spotify. It is there, and I can write in it, but nothing happens after that. It's as if the search function can't access the library at all. It's all black. I can play mus...

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  • Macbook Pro iOS 10.14.4.   For some days now I cannot use the search function on Spotify. It is there, and I can write in it, but nothing happens after that. It's as if the search function can...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution MacOS app doesn't work offline after update

Plan: PremiumCountry: Czech republic Device: Macbook Pro Mid-2017Operating System: MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 After the latest update, I cannot use the MacOS app in offline mode. Most of my downloaded playlists are not available and all I get is the erro...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Czech republic   Device: Macbook Pro Mid-2017 Operating System: MacOS Catalina 10.15.4   After the latest update, I cannot use the MacOS app in offlin...
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