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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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When I connect my Macbook M1 Max to my interface (so I can listen on good speakers), the playback immediately slows down (thus lowering the pitch of the song as well). As soon as I unplug it, it returns to normal speed. Why is this happening? It did ...
When I connect my Macbook M1 Max to my interface (so I can listen on good speakers), the playback immediately slows down (thus lowering the pitch of the song as well). As soon as I unplug it, it retu...
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I've started a song in a playlist and moved the progress bar about halfway the song. Then when I play a different song from that playlist, that song starts playing at 0:00, but... the progress bar either moves to the right of the previous song's posi...
I've started a song in a playlist and moved the progress bar about halfway the song. Then when I play a different song from that playlist, that song starts playing at 0:00, but... the progress bar ei...
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No matter what my computer's output settings are, the Spotify app will *always* play through my laptop's speakers. All other apps are able to be played through headphones, a bluetooth speaker, my Scarlett 18i8, etc. but no matter my output settings, ...
No matter what my computer's output settings are, the Spotify app will *always* play through my laptop's speakers. All other apps are able to be played through headphones, a bluetooth speaker, my Sca...
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PlanPremiumUSA DeviceMacBook Pro 2020 Just had a suggestion if there are any developers that read these. Love Spotify's interface as a whole, but I think it would be great to include a song/album's release date (not just year) on the Desktop version,...
Plan Premium USA Device MacBook Pro 2020 Just had a suggestion if there are any developers that read these. Love Spotify's interface as a whole, but I think it would be great t...
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PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceMacbook Pro 2021Operating SystemMac OS 12.4 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play all playlists in a folder I get a popup "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it."Pla...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Pro 2021 Operating System Mac OS 12.4 My Question or Issue When I try to play all playlists in a folder I get a popup "Spotify can'...
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I installed Spotify on my new iMac. Worked fine. Today, I went to my external hard drive (where I keep all my documents) and, it was oddly full of folders that had two digit names. s8, f7, aN, etc. My files were there and, fine. Just all these moslty...
I installed Spotify on my new iMac. Worked fine. Today, I went to my external hard drive (where I keep all my documents) and, it was oddly full of folders that had two digit names. s8, f7,...
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PlanPremiumCountryHong Kong DeviceMacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Monterey 12.3.1 My Question or IssueI have Spotify on auto-start when I boot my laptop and today I'm on a metered WiFi connection (the router is using 4G). Because it's a bit slow and...
Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device MacBook Air Operating System macOS Monterey 12.3.1 My Question or Issue I have Spotify on auto-start when I boot my laptop and today I'm...
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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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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMac Mini Late 2014Operating SystemmacOS 12.4 (21F79)Spotify VersionSpotify for macOS (Intel)1.1.85.895.g2a71e1b8 My Question or IssueSearching works, but clicking on "See All" sometimes shows grey boxes instead of results (...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Mac Mini Late 2014 Operating System macOS 12.4 (21F79) Spotify Version Spotify for macOS (Intel) 1.1.85.895.g2a71e1b8 My Question or Issue Searchin...
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Hi! Several weeks ago my interface has completely changed for no reason and it has become unmanageable and unusable. I tried to reinstall but nothing worked, the search for the interface switch from the visually impaired mode to normal was also unsuc...
Hi! Several weeks ago my interface has completely changed for no reason and it has become unmanageable and unusable. I tried to reinstall but nothing worked, the search for the interface sw...
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On my MacBook, the Spotify app says "Spotify(old)". I have tried looking for updates and redownloading the app, but it still does not work? Does anybody know how to fix this? Thank you so much!
On my MacBook, the Spotify app says "Spotify(old)". I have tried looking for updates and redownloading the app, but it still does not work? Does anybody know how to fix this? Thank you so much!
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I'm on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 and Spotify version 1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819 for Intel. I always hide my apps (using Command-H) to switch and manage my windows. When I hide the Spotify app, then switch back to it so it becomes the active application, then pr...
I'm on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 and Spotify version 1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819 for Intel. I always hide my apps (using Command-H) to switch and manage my windows. When I hide the Spotify app, then switch ...
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Today when playing any playlist on my mac client, spotify does not stay on the playlist I select, and randomly selects other songs from my all liked songs. PlanPremium Countryaccount belongs to Portugal but at the moment I'm in Germany Device(Macbook...
Today when playing any playlist on my mac client, spotify does not stay on the playlist I select, and randomly selects other songs from my all liked songs. Plan Premium Country ac...
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PlanPremiumCountry Device2018 macbook proOperating System My Question or IssueI'd like to make all my playlists private (I have upward of 200). Can I do this in one action? Or does it require going through each individually and privatizing each indiv...
Plan Premium Country Device 2018 macbook pro Operating System My Question or Issue I'd like to make all my playlists private (I have upward of 200). Can...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro 16Operating SystemmacOS 12.3 I'm using Spotify for macOS / 1.1.83.956 and am trying to custom order my playlists. Per the instructions, I should be able to drag a playlist to a new location. When I do that, noth...
Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro 16 Operating System macOS 12.3 I'm using Spotify for macOS / 1.1.83.956 and am trying to custom order my playlists. Per the instructi...
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Whenever i try to play any song, it skips down 5-6 songs and then the songs don't have any sound, tats the best i can explain for now because i don't know what's going on
Whenever i try to play any song, it skips down 5-6 songs and then the songs don't have any sound, tats the best i can explain for now because i don't know what's going on
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macOS 12.3.1, M1 MacBook AirThe app crashes with that error after launch. There are also many "exception EXC_GUARD invalid in EXC_CRASH" warnings.
macOS 12.3.1, M1 MacBook Air The app crashes with that error after launch. There are also many "exception EXC_GUARD invalid in EXC_CRASH" warnings.
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I just installed the latest preview on my Mac, and have enabled the crossfade option in the preferences, but new tracks just start playing straight away with no crossfading occurring.Is this not working, or am I confused as how the crossfade should w...
I just installed the latest preview on my Mac, and have enabled the crossfade option in the preferences, but new tracks just start playing straight away with no crossfading occurring. Is this not wo...
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Hello. I was wondering, is it possible to visualize my spotify music with the build-in visualizer from itunes for free on my mac? I know spotify has a build-in visualizer but it's not that amazing... also i've tried doing it with Soundflowerbed en Ni...
Hello. I was wondering, is it possible to visualize my spotify music with the build-in visualizer from itunes for free on my mac? I know spotify has a build-in visualizer but it's not that amazing....
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PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemMac My Question or IssueSpotify on Mac randomly plays Spotify's Feelin' Good playlist without me wanting to. First it turns up the volume of the laptop itself really high and after a few seconds the pl...
Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System Mac My Question or Issue Spotify on Mac randomly plays Spotify's Feelin' Good playlist without me wanting to. First it turns up th...
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