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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...
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.
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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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Hi, I have been using Spotify almost daily since 2013. I have multiple Spotify accounts--some free and some paid. I program a ton of playlists. For the past 2 months it's been a total nightmare to add/delete songs, move songs around, and search for s...
Hi, I have been using Spotify almost daily since 2013. I have multiple Spotify accounts--some free and some paid. I program a ton of playlists. For the past 2 months it's been a total nightmare to ad...
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Spotify desktop started not working for several months now. Everytime I try and open it, it will close as soon as possible, I'm not even seeing the popup appear. I've deleted everything related to spotify in the library/caches folder.Restart and Shut...
Spotify desktop started not working for several months now. Everytime I try and open it, it will close as soon as possible, I'm not even seeing the popup appear. I've deleted everyt...
Spotify Legend
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Hi guys I've had spotify for years and recently its developed a weird problem that has been getting worse. Sometimes it just won't play certain songs. I have a stable internet connection and the songs aren't greyed out. If I click play though, nothin...
Hi guys I've had spotify for years and recently its developed a weird problem that has been getting worse. Sometimes it just won't play certain songs. I have a stable internet connection and...
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Hi,I run the desktop app and I'm wondering if there's a way for Spotify to automatically pause music when I receive an incoming call? I run all my Teams, Zoom and cellular calls through my Mac and this would be great to enable if it's possible. When ...
Hi, I run the desktop app and I'm wondering if there's a way for Spotify to automatically pause music when I receive an incoming call? I run all my Teams, Zoom and cellular calls through my...
Spotify Legend
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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...
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...
Casual Listener
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Hi, I am a premium user with 13,000+ local files. These are stored on a drive connected to my Mac (Catalina macOS 10.15.7). I presume from several posts that there is a limit of 10,000 files, and that that is the reason that new files I add do not pl...
Hi, I am a premium user with 13,000+ local files. These are stored on a drive connected to my Mac (Catalina macOS 10.15.7). I presume from several posts that there is a limit ...
Spotify Legend
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MacBook Pro 2017Catalina 10.15.7 USA I was having an issue opening up Spotify, it was just a black screen and nothing was happening, so I used instructions found on the Spotify website to clean the app and all files pertaining to the app off my lapto...
MacBook Pro 2017 Catalina 10.15.7 USA I was having an issue opening up Spotify, it was just a black screen and nothing was happening, so I used instructions found on the Spotify...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryBrazilDeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueSpotify was working beautifully yesterday. Basically, I didn't do anything to cause any issue, not even shutting down the laptop. But I woke up today and ...
Plan Premium Country Brazil Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System macOS Big Sur My Question or Issue Spotify was working beautifully yesterday. Basically, I didn't do anything to ...
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PlanPremium CountryJapan DeviceMacbook Pro late 2019 and Mac mini M1 2020 Operating SystemCatalina and Big Sur My Question or Issue I'm using the Mac app and am running into the problem of music stopping when I press the play button. The problem I im...
Plan Premium Country Japan Device Macbook Pro late 2019 and Mac mini M1 2020 Operating System Catalina and Big Sur My Question or Issue I'm using the ...
Spotify Legend
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When playing music from a playlist clickin on album image in left corner does not take me to the right song on a playlist. Instead it takes me to a wrong song. This happens when the sorting column is activated, but does not happen when the sorting co...
When playing music from a playlist clickin on album image in left corner does not take me to the right song on a playlist. Instead it takes me to a wrong song. This happens when the sorting column is...
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PlanPremium DeviceMacbook Pro 2012 My Question or IssueYesterday and today I haven't been able to change the cover picture for any of my playlists, it says "Failed to save playlist changes. Please try again" I have tried on several playlists, there's...
Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro 2012 My Question or Issue Yesterday and today I haven't been able to change the cover picture for any of my playlists, it says "Failed to ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Pro 2012 Operating SystemMojave My Question or IssueI really keep coming back to my liked song to play a song. But now all gone after new update im installed, checkout the file given.
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2012 Operating System Mojave My Question or Issue I really keep coming back to my liked song to play a song. But now all gon...
Spotify Legend
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So, on two different devices of mine (a mac and a windows 10 computer) I had an incident where suddenly two songs were separated with a gap where they previously weren't. This gap persisted when I shut of Spotify and restarted it. Other songs that di...
So, on two different devices of mine (a mac and a windows 10 computer) I had an incident where suddenly two songs were separated with a gap where they previously weren't. This gap persisted when I sh...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountry : Israel DeviceMacbook Pro 13-inch Catalina 10.15.6 I deleted the Spotify app from my computer about two months ago because it wasn't working well and kept crashing. I haven't been able to reinstall it ever since then. I've tried m...
Plan Premium Country : Israel Device Macbook Pro 13-inch Catalina 10.15.6 I deleted the Spotify app from my computer about two months ago because it wasn't working well and kep...
Spotify Legend
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How do I stop Spotify from opening automatically on my desktop device?
How do I stop Spotify from opening automatically on my desktop device?
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PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDevice(Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(MacOSCatalina) My Question or IssueI can't share my playlist or song on facebook, instagram, twitter.I also can not copy the url-link
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device (Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (MacOSCatalina) My Question or Issue I can't share my playlist or song on facebook, instagram, twitter. ...
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Plan PremiumCountry UK Device(iMac 27"late 2014)Operating System(MacOs 11.0.1) My Question or Issuehi, I'm just after updating my Spotify app, and my app has changed name to Spotify (old) why is this? thanks in advance
Plan Premium Country UK Device (iMac 27"late 2014) Operating System (MacOs 11.0.1) My Question or Issue hi, I'm just after updating my Spotify app, and my app ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 11 My Question or IssueWith the new Spotify experience, there are some really rough edges (but overall it's a great change!). One of these is scrolling - I often scroll through my list ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS 11 My Question or Issue With the new Spotify experience, there are some really rough edges (but overall it's a...
Spotify Legend
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Music keeps pausing every few second. Can't even finish a song. The problem is happening on all my device, Mac, iPhone 8s, Apple watch SE PlanPremium Device(iPhone 8s, Macbook Pro, Apple Watch SE)Operating System(iOS 14.1)
Music keeps pausing every few second. Can't even finish a song. The problem is happening on all my device, Mac, iPhone 8s, Apple watch SE Plan Premium Device (iPhone 8s, M...
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Plan - PremiumFree/PremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.)Mac OS Catalina10.15.6 My Question or Issue Spotify does not remember custom sorting on playlists. W...
Plan - Premium Free/Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) Mac OS Catalina10.1...
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