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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

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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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

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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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

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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Solved!! Upstream request timeout?

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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Solved!! How will I know when someone stops sharing their listening activity

How will I know when someone stops sharing their listening activity? Will their activity just stop at the last song they listened to before they stopped sharing, or will their activity just completely disappear from the side bar?

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How will I know when someone stops sharing their listening activity? Will their activity just stop at the last song they listened to before they stopped sharing, or will their activity just completel...

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Solved!! Application layout is weird

PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacbook Pro 13" mid-2014Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.3 Hey, so it's been a few days now that the layout of the spotify desktop app has changed on my computer and I have no idea why, but it's super unhandy. Here's...

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  Plan Premium Country France Device Macbook Pro 13" mid-2014 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.3   Hey, so it's been a few days now that the layout of the spotify desktop app...

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Superuser Contribution Select All does not select all

Premium plan, on MacBook Pro I am trying to create a playlist which includes all my liked songs. However, there seems to be no working way to select all tracks in "Liked Songs". - Edit/Select All, or Command-A, seem to only select a limited number of...

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Premium plan, on MacBook Pro   I am trying to create a playlist which includes all my liked songs. However, there seems to be no working way to select all tracks in "Liked Songs". - Edit/Sel...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Apple Silicon and Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook Air M1 2020Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueHi! I'm just asking when are you going to release an Universal or a M1 optimized version of the Spotify desktop app, because Rosetta 2 is going soon to be r...

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  Plan Premium Country   Device Macbook Air M1 2020 Operating System macOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue Hi! I'm just asking when are you going to release an Universal or a...

MattSuda

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Nonsense error message when disconnecting Bluetooth

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacbook Air 2017Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) When I disconnect a Bluetooth device, even when Spotify is stopped (doesn't play any song) it displays an error message saying "Spotify cannot play this song. ...

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Plan Premium Country Poland Device Macbook Air 2017 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91)   When I disconnect a Bluetooth device, even when Spotify is stopped (doesn't play...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Song keeps skipping on Mac Spotify Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceMacBook Pro early 2020Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueWhenever I try to skip a song it will occasionally try to bounce to other songs in that playlist, like randomly. I am not sure if I am skipping too ...

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  Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device MacBook Pro early 2020 Operating System macOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue Whenever I try to skip a song it will occasionally try to bounce...

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Superuser Contribution NaN:NaN being shown in place of 00:00 duration value around playback progress bar for inactive songs

PlanPremiumCountry: Japan Device: Macbook Pro (15-inch, 2017)Operating System: MacOS Mojave (10.14.6 (18G103))Spotify desktop version: 1.1.54.592.gc0b20638Issue:On opening the desktop Mac client, the duration values beside the playback progress bar s...

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Plan Premium Country: Japan   Device: Macbook Pro (15-inch, 2017) Operating System: MacOS Mojave (10.14.6 (18G103)) Spotify desktop version: 1.1.54.592.gc0b20638 Issue: On op...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Files not finding many files!

DeviceMacbook Pro 16 inch 2019Operating SystemCatalina V10.15.7 My Question or IssueI selected a folder to add to my local files on spotify, but for some reason it's missing a lot of the songs in the folder (about 2000 of them), and i can't tell why ...

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Device Macbook Pro 16 inch 2019 Operating System Catalina V10.15.7   My Question or Issue I selected a folder to add to my local files on spotify, but for some reason it's missing a lot ...

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Mac Playlists

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: Macbook Pro 2020Operating System: Big Sur When I double click the playlist name on the side bar, the playlist starts playing, but on the playlist itself it doesn't say that I am listening to it. Sorry if that explana...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device: Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System: Big Sur   When I double click the playlist name on the side bar, the playlist starts playin...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop App Not Working After Update To Mac 10.15.7

PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook pro 2015Operating SystemiOS 10.15.7 My Question or IssueSpotify desktop will not open correctly (See attached). It just shows a blank screen and nothing can be interacted with (can not even move the application). I removed ca...

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Plan Premium Device Macbook pro 2015 Operating System iOS 10.15.7   My Question or Issue Spotify desktop will not open correctly (See attached). It just shows a blank screen and nothing ...

CarlosE

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Missing "Your Episodes" on Macbook app for podcasts playlists.

Plan - PremiumCountry - IndiaDevice - Macbook ProOperating System - MojaveMy Question or Issue: Hi, I've been adding podcasts under Your episodes section in my iphone which I really wanted to get synced up to my macbook app. But I can't see the same ...

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Plan - Premium Country  - India Device - Macbook Pro Operating System - Mojave My Question or Issue:   Hi, I've been adding podcasts under Your episodes section in...

Eni

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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Recently Played starts with an older entry

PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacbook Air 2017Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74) My Question or IssueThe Recently Played section in the main screen has one older entry at the start. It also appears that way when I click on Show All. The rem...

Roadie

Plan Premium Country Poland Device Macbook Air 2017 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74)   My Question or Issue The Recently Played section in the main screen has one old...

Novy

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Artists Playlist dissapears everytime I ad it using the spotify for artists webpage

I've added a playlist in Spotify For Artists, using both the share link and the playlist name, and after I hit "Save" I get a "Success!" icon. However, as soon as I direct to a new page or try to go to this playlist it disappears. It appeared once or...

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I've added a playlist in Spotify For Artists, using both the share link and the playlist name, and after I hit "Save" I get a "Success!" icon.  However, as soon as I direct to a new page or try ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Reset local files

PlanPremiumGermany DeviceMacBook Late 2020Operating SystemMacOS BigSur 11.2.1. Hey there,Listening to local files is an essential part of my spotify experience. My problem is that the list does not change anymore - even if I switch on and off differe...

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Plan Premium Germany   Device MacBook Late 2020 Operating System MacOS BigSur 11.2.1.   Hey there, Listening to local files is an essential part of my spotify experience. My pro...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Change default speaker on Mac Desktop app

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceiMacOperating SystemMacOS Catalina My Question or IssueUsing the MacOS desktop app of Spotify, is it possible to set the default speaker to Sonos? Today, the Spotify desktop app always launches with the internal speakers of t...

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Plan Premium Country   Device iMac Operating System MacOS Catalina   My Question or Issue Using the MacOS desktop app of Spotify, is it possible to set the default speaker to Sono...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Liked Songs not Visible in Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook PromacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueHi,Liked Songs is not visible in my Desktop app. I can still play music and everything else works fine. I can see my Liked Songs in Mobile app. I've tried reinstalling the app an...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro macOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue Hi, Liked Songs is not visible in my Desktop app. I can still play music and everything else works fine...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Offline Playlist Sync

I'm not sure if I'm missing something really obvious, but I have a handful of personal music files that are in MP3 format in a few playlists that won't sync to my iPhone. According to the instructions given by the app it tells me to go to the app on ...

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I'm not sure if I'm missing something really obvious, but I have a handful of personal music files that are in MP3 format in a few playlists that won't sync to my iPhone.  According to the instr...

selbywall

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 100% CPU macOS — Latest spotify version

Plan — PremiumCountry — New ZealandDevice — MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)Operating System — macOS 10.x.x, and 11.1Spotify Version — 1.1.51.382.g8e3b11ed My Question or IssueAfter Spotify has been open for a couple of minutes, reliably every time, CPU u...

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Plan — Premium Country — New Zealand Device — MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) Operating System — macOS 10.x.x, and 11.1 Spotify Version — 1.1.51.382.g8e3b11ed   My Question...

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