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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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Spotify on Desktop doesn't see Google Home Mini

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)Operating SystemmacOS Mojave v10.14.5 My Question or IssueI can't connect to my Google Home Mini directly from Spotify on my MacBook. ContextHave you looked to see if this question has a...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016) Operating System macOS Mojave v10.14.5   My Question or Issue I can't connect to my Google Home Mini directly from...
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Superuser Contribution Album cover in fullscreen

When I make a song full screen on my mac, I usually get the Artist's banner, but sometimes I get a big picture of the album cover, but it goes away a few hours later, and it's been happening for a while now. Is there a way I can keep the full-screen ...

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  • When I make a song full screen on my mac, I usually get the Artist's banner, but sometimes I get a big picture of the album cover, but it goes away a few hours later, and it's been happening for a wh...
  • Eni
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Superuser Contribution Sync local files to 2nd computer (macbook)

I have two Macbooks. In the first picture, you can see all the songs are available. In the second picture, there are three files that are greyed out. You can see both computers are on the same network. The local files sync to my iPhone eventually, wi...

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  •   I have two Macbooks.  In the first picture, you can see all the songs are available.  In the second picture, there are three files that are greyed out.  You can see both comput...
  • Vasil
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Solved!! Spotify thumbnail in Mission Control is blank

PlanPremiumCountryIrelandDevice(Macbook Pro 13" early 2015)Operating System(MacOS Mojave v10.14.5) My Question or IssueThe thumbnail in Mission Control on Mac for Spotify only is blank/black unless when hovering over the app in Mission Control. See a...

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  • Plan Premium Country Ireland Device (Macbook Pro 13" early 2015) Operating System (MacOS Mojave v10.14.5)   My Question or Issue The thumbnail in Mission Control on Mac for Spotify onl...
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Superuser Contribution The same playlist link opens different playlists on iOS and macOS

PlanPremium CountryUSADeviceMBP 16" M1 Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max Operating SystemmacOS 12.2.1, iOS 15.3.1 My Question or IssueWhen the link following link is clicked: https://open.spotify.com/track/5gJ1DNzFHwNFlEw1UltyFk?si=PIig9jlnQ0ej7qVIvCLiTg&contex...

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  • Plan Premium   Country USA Device MBP 16" M1 Max, iPhone 13 Pro Max   Operating System macOS 12.2.1, iOS 15.3.1   My Question or Issue When the link following link is c...
  • MattSuda
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Superuser Contribution All content unavailable at random (Hardware acceleration?)

Plan: PremiumCountry: Norway Device: Macbook Pro (16" 2019 - Intel)Operating System: macOS Almost every day Spotify suddenly states that all content (music and podcasts) is unavailable. Restart of app does not work. Solution is to disable and enable ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: Norway   Device: Macbook Pro (16" 2019 - Intel) Operating System: macOS   Almost every day Spotify suddenly states that all content (music and podcast...
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Superuser Contribution No Dislike Button in Daily Mix

I would love to dislike this song and never hear it again, but there is no "dislike" button on the player at the bottom. Nor is there a dislike in the menus. In fact, I often get into lists where I have no ability to dislike a song.Am I doing somethi...

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  • I would love to dislike this song and never hear it again, but there is no "dislike" button on the player at the bottom.  Nor is there a dislike in the menus.   In fact, I often get into ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Stuck on Quit, Brings Down Internet, Hard Restart Necessary

PlanPremiumCountrySlovakiaDeviceMacbook Pro 2021 14" M1Operating SystemMac OS 12.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I Quit (Command + Q) Spotify on my computer, the window closes, but the app keeps running in the dock and stops responding. At the same ti...

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  • Plan Premium Country Slovakia Device Macbook Pro 2021 14" M1 Operating System Mac OS 12.2   My Question or Issue Whenever I Quit (Command + Q) Spotify on my computer, the window closes...
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Superuser Contribution Filter within podcast channel

We need to have a filter over podcast episodes within the channel such as (The Joe Rogan Experience) on all platforms. Would make it much easier to go through episodes

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  • We need to have a filter over podcast episodes within the channel such as (The Joe Rogan Experience) on all platforms. Would make it much easier to go through episodes  
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MacOS | Recently Played section | Track Id will be visible instead of Track name

Pre-condition:There should be available track item inside Recently Played section.App version:Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon)1.1.79.763.gc2965cdfPlanPremiumCountryCroatiaDevice/VersionMacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)/macOS Big Sur 11.5.1

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  • Pre-condition: There should be available track item inside Recently Played section. App version: Spotify for macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.1.79.763.gc2965cdf Plan Premium Country Croatia Device/Ve...
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Superuser Contribution crossfading feature still not working on my computer

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)   My Question or Issue  
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Interface messed up after last update (Fixed)

I'm so sorry about that. Restart fixed it. But.. how do I delete this post? Old postPlanPremiumCountryNLDeviceMacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H1713)My Question or IssueSpotify for macOS (Intel)1.1.79...

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  • I'm so sorry about that. Restart fixed it.   But.. how do I delete this post?   Old post Plan Premium Country NL Device MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013) Operating Syste...
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Superuser Contribution Wrong Form of Song Playing

PlanPremium DeviceiPhone 13, Mac Desktop, Mac Web Browser My Question or IssueWhen I play certain songs on my playlists it replaces them with different versions of the song. For example, when I play a Kpop song it will change it to the English versio...

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  • Plan Premium   Device iPhone 13, Mac Desktop, Mac Web Browser   My Question or Issue When I play certain songs on my playlists it replaces them with different versions of the song. F...
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App screen goes blank...

PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or Issue Running Mac OS X El Capitan. The app, if left running, even playing music...if I navigate to another screen, as I do for the various applications I hav...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country   Device  Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue  Running Mac OS X El Capitan. The app, if left running, even ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify on Apple TV. Music skips and fast forwards

PlanFree/Premium Premium PlanCountry USA Device Apple TV Operating System TV OS 15.2 My Question or IssueI listen to Spotify using my Apple TV Spotify app. I recently had issues so I replaced old HDMI to new 8K HDMI and a new ethernet cable. I also r...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Premium Plan Country USA   Device  Apple TV  Operating System  TV OS 15.2   My Question or Issue I listen to Spotify using my Apple TV Spotify app...
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Superuser Contribution Why is there sometimes no sound but the song is playing?

I am using the Spotify application on my Macbook Pro. The app is always open while I am doing other things and when I want to play my music sometimes there is no sound playing (only on Spotify, sound from Youtube or anything else works fine) but the ...

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  • I am using the Spotify application on my Macbook Pro. The app is always open while I am doing other things and when I want to play my music sometimes there is no sound playing (only on Spotify, sound...
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Superuser Contribution Media Keys will randomly stop working with Spotify on Big Sur

PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiMac Late 2014Operating SystemMacOS 11.1 Big Sur Noticed that since running Big Sur that the media keys on the keyboard (F7, F8, F9 - Back, Play/Pause, Next) seem to sometimes stop controlling Spotify, never had this exact i...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK Device iMac Late 2014 Operating System MacOS 11.1 Big Sur   Noticed that since running Big Sur that the media keys on the keyboard (F7, F8, F9 - Back, Play/Pause...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sticky header on playlist issue

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMacbook Pro M1 - 2020Operating SystemMac OS Monterey - 12.0.1 My Question or IssueThere is some opacity issue on the sticky header in a playlist while scrolling. I'm using the version:Spotify for macOS (Apple Silico...

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  • Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Macbook Pro M1 - 2020 Operating System Mac OS Monterey - 12.0.1   My Question or Issue There is some opacity issue on the sticky header in...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect Randomly Pausing on Yamaha AVR - AGAIN

PlanPremiumCountryGermanyDevice(Yamaha RX-V581, iPhone 6s, Macbook Pro mid 2012, )Operating System(iOS 13.3, macOS 10.14.6)Yamaha RX-V581 AV-Receiver with MusicCast (firmware up-to-date) My Question or IssueSame stuff like in the old, long thread. Af...

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  • Plan Premium Country Germany Device (Yamaha RX-V581, iPhone 6s, Macbook Pro mid 2012, ) Operating System (iOS 13.3, macOS 10.14.6) Yamaha RX-V581 AV-Receiver with MusicCast (firmware up-to-da...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Desktop][Discover] Change Discover Weekly photo

There should be a simple way for me to update my Discover Weekly photo. Apparently one needs to have a Facebook account? But I no longer have a Facebook account -- surely there must be another way to change the photo and if not, Spotify should really...

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  • There should be a simple way for me to update my Discover Weekly photo.  Apparently one needs to have a Facebook account? But I no longer have a Facebook account -- surely there must be another ...
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