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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 it's incredibly annoying to have this random window appear every single time. Mac...
Visitor
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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...
Visitor
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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.
Visitor
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The web player link brings me to a white page that says upstream request timeout. The website said it was fixed in October but it is a new issue for me.
Moderator
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Spotify FreeUSAMacbook Air 2018 On both the Desktop app and the web player I am unable to stream this album: https://open.spotify.com/album/2b3JjOvKw9UN47ND80Tvri
Spotify Free USA Macbook Air 2018 On both the Desktop app and the web player I am unable to stream this album: https://open.spotify.com/album/2b3JjOvKw9UN47ND80Tvri  ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS My Question or IssueThis is a bug I've been getting for a while now on the desktop/software version of Spotify. Whenever I use the quick find feature to find something in my playlist without ha...
Plan Free Country USA Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS My Question or Issue This is a bug I've been getting for a while now on the desktop/software version of Spotify. Whene...
Newbie
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With all the Spotify changes making a mess out of things, I now have a bunch of "profiles" I follow that I want to unfollow. Where can I view all the "profiles" I follow (not artists - I only want to see "profiles"). I need to see a list of ALL the P...
With all the Spotify changes making a mess out of things, I now have a bunch of "profiles" I follow that I want to unfollow. Where can I view all the "profiles" I follow (not artists - I only want to...
Regular
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I think I will change to Apple Music, it's unacceptable that we still don't have an Apple Silicon version, the current version running on rosetta is buggy, keep crashing and drain my battery. I'm very disappointed about the lack of seriousness of the...
I think I will change to Apple Music, it's unacceptable that we still don't have an Apple Silicon version, the current version running on rosetta is buggy, keep crashing and drain my battery. I'm ver...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemMacOS 11.3.1 My Question or IssueHi there,since one of the last updates, my local files are not accessible any more. I activated the feature in the settings like you can see in the attachments...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Macbook Pro Operating System MacOS 11.3.1 My Question or Issue Hi there, since one of the last updates, my local files are not accessible...
Composer
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PlanPremiumCountryTaiwan Device(MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports))Operating System(macOS Catalina 10.15.7) My Question or IssueJust found a small bug in Status Bar section, I think the scenario is like this: - In English, the i18n ...
Plan Premium Country Taiwan Device (MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)) Operating System (macOS Catalina 10.15.7) My Question or Issue Just found a small bu...
Moderator
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PlanPremium DeviceMacbook pro 2020Operating SystemBig Sur 11.4 My Question or IssueAfter upgrade to Big Sur 11.4 Spotify app doesn't work. Reinstall doesn't help. /Library/ folders with *spotify* doesn't exists either in /Caches/ either in /Applicati...
Plan Premium Device Macbook pro 2020 Operating System Big Sur 11.4 My Question or Issue After upgrade to Big Sur 11.4 Spotify app doesn't work. Reinstall doesn't help. /Library...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch 2019)Operating SystemmacOS 10.15.7 My Question or IssueUntil yesterday, Spotify has been working fine on my MacBook--when I went to launch it, it hung for about 5 seconds, then there was an error that sa...
Plan Premium Country US Device MacBook Pro (16-inch 2019) Operating System macOS 10.15.7 My Question or Issue Until yesterday, Spotify has been working fine on my MacBook--when I wen...
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My Question or IssueDespite an earlier thread on this topic having been marked as FIXED, clicking on the cover art still sends me to the wrong album. This has started happening only recently as a bug. In this case I'm showing, clicking the cover for ...
My Question or Issue Despite an earlier thread on this topic having been marked as FIXED, clicking on the cover art still sends me to the wrong album. This has started happening only recently as a b...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryireland Device(iMac)Operating System(macOS Big Sur 11.3.1) My Question or Issue : "available offline". is indicated beside the album and tracks... However if I do go offline, the Tracks , Album are quoted as " Not available off line...
Plan Premium Country ireland Device (iMac) Operating System (macOS Big Sur 11.3.1) My Question or Issue : "available offline". is indicated beside the album a...
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Using Mac (M1) Desktop app on a premium account in the UK and finding that artists I have successfully disliked/removed on iOS and are not showing up on mobile app are appearing/included and playing in desktop app when playing same playlist. Was conf...
Using Mac (M1) Desktop app on a premium account in the UK and finding that artists I have successfully disliked/removed on iOS and are not showing up on mobile app are appearing/included and playing ...
Roadie
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Like many people I'd like to organize my library with album playlists. The auto-naming of an album saved as a playlists in the format «Artist – Album» was very convenient even though it has to be done on the Mac desktop client, since it wasn't workin...
Like many people I'd like to organize my library with album playlists. The auto-naming of an album saved as a playlists in the format «Artist – Album» was very convenient even though it has to be don...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook Pro 2019Operating SystemmacOS My Question or IssueWhen looking at the dates added for my playlist, it wasn't there anymore after updating Spotify and instead of a dates added column it said Release date but i...
Plan Free Country United States Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System macOS My Question or Issue When looking at the dates added for my playlist, it wasn't there anymore after upd...
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Plan Premium DuoCountry Australia DeviceMacbook Air Early 2015Operating SystemMacOS Mojave My Question or IssueWhen I play a song its works fine but when the next song comes on it always stops after 6 seconds of playing.
Plan Premium Duo Country Australia Device Macbook Air Early 2015 Operating System MacOS Mojave My Question or Issue When I play a song its works fine but when the next song com...
Spotify Legend
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I just installed 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a, and I cannot find the Browse button or the Radio button. Where are they??
I just installed 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a, and I cannot find the Browse button or the Radio button. Where are they??
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook Air 2020, M1 processorOperating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.3.1 My Question or IssueOn the desktop app, my recently played does not show what I have recently played. For example, the same four things are always...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook Air 2020, M1 processor Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 My Question or Issue On the desktop app, my recently played does not sh...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryThailandDeviceMacbook Pro M1 2021Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur Since last update few days ago I'm not able to play any song on Spotify. Always getting Can't play current song.Also the App itself is so slow on its transitions.
Plan Premium Country Thailand Device Macbook Pro M1 2021 Operating System macOS Big Sur Since last update few days ago I'm not able to play any song on Spotify. Always getting...
Spotify Star
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Hi, I have the 'new look' Spotify on macOS Big Sur, and it's now consistently slamming my power consumption. This never used to be the case, will this be fixed, can i revert to the old app, or am i just 'stuck' ?
Hi, I have the 'new look' Spotify on macOS Big Sur, and it's now consistently slamming my power consumption. This never used to be the case, will this be fixed, can i revert to the old app, or am i j...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.3.1Spotify Client Version1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a Ever since I updated to the new UI this past weekend, the back/forward page navigation shortcuts have s...
Plan Premium Country United States Device iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 Spotify Client Version 1.1.58.820.g2ae50076-a Ever since I updated to t...
Spotify Legend
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On the Mac app, none of my saved albums appear in my library. However, they do appear on the iOS app and on the browser version of Spotify (Firefox). I've reinstalled the Mac app and updated. How can I fix this issue?
On the Mac app, none of my saved albums appear in my library. However, they do appear on the iOS app and on the browser version of Spotify (Firefox). I've reinstalled the Mac app and updated. How can...
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