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Discuss Spotify for Mac
When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...
Spotify Legend
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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...
Music Fan
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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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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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
Moderator
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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...
Casual Listener
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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
Moderator
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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.
Casual Listener
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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...
Newbie
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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....
Newbie
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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...
Visitor
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Since a few versions ago, when I double click in a playlist in the sidebar, instead of playing the first sorted (if you have the list sorted by, for example, addition date) song (i.e. the one that is on top of the list) it always starts in the origin...
Since a few versions ago, when I double click in a playlist in the sidebar, instead of playing the first sorted (if you have the list sorted by, for example, addition date) song (i.e. the one that is...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceMacBook Pro late 2021 (14 inch)Operating SystemmacOS Monterey 12.3 My IssueI consider myself as a power user and therefore I use yabai window manager to make full use of my small 14 inch screen. Some features of this ...
Plan Premium Country Singapore Device MacBook Pro late 2021 (14 inch) Operating System macOS Monterey 12.3 My Issue I consider myself as a power user and therefore I use yabai w...
Visitor
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I would expect my "New episodes" podcasts list to only contain new episodes of podcasts that I am currently subscribed to. But it also contains new episodes of podcasts I am either no longer subscribed to, or have never been subscribed to at all (but...
I would expect my "New episodes" podcasts list to only contain new episodes of podcasts that I am currently subscribed to. But it also contains new episodes of podcasts I am either no longer subscrib...
Music Fan
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Heya - has anyone canceled their Spotify account in the past few days? I'm wondering if there's an exit survey where you have the option to explain WHY you're canceling.
Heya - has anyone canceled their Spotify account in the past few days? I'm wondering if there's an exit survey where you have the option to explain WHY you're canceling.
Casual Listener
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I downgraded to 1.1.78 and it's back to normal - cyrillic Gotham font is back. Tried a fresh install of 1.1.80 – then a different random font is used for cyrillic words. I tried googling the issue before posting and I've only found people complaining...
I downgraded to 1.1.78 and it's back to normal - cyrillic Gotham font is back. Tried a fresh install of 1.1.80 – then a different random font is used for cyrillic words. I tried googling the issue be...
Spotify Legend
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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...
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...
Casual Listener
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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 computers are on the same network. The local files sync to my iPhone eventually, wi...
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...
Moderator
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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...
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...
Casual Listener
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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 from Youtube or anything else works fine) but the ...
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...
Visitor
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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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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...
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...
Spotify Legend
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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 way to change the photo and if not, Spotify should really...
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 ...
Spotify Legend
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