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Discuss Spotify for Mac
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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Crackling/popping/clipping/stuttering issue that I've seen in different forums. Can't find a fix for the mac. Just started noticing it today. Please help! Macbook running macOS Catalina v10.15.6 Retina, 12 inch, 2017.
Crackling/popping/clipping/stuttering issue that I've seen in different forums. Can't find a fix for the mac. Just started noticing it today. Please help! Macbook running macO...
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PlanPremium DeviceMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueTrying to access my daily mix and they're just stuck on the loading screen.This has been happening for the last few days. Can anyone please help?
Plan Premium Device MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or Issue Trying to access my daily mix and they're just stuck on the loading screen. This has been happening for t...
Spotify Legend
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There are songs that are not on Spotify due to agreement with the label. I want to add them to my Spotify but I’d like to know if there’s a way to do it without premium.PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacBook Air 2019Operating SystemMacOS My Question or Issu...
There are songs that are not on Spotify due to agreement with the label. I want to add them to my Spotify but I’d like to know if there’s a way to do it without premium. Plan Free Country USA De...
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Hi! Just got my Mac and Spotify was the very first thing I set up—as I was playing around with the Touch Bar in the app, I realized the scrubbing bar indicated exactly where I was in the music in real-time—however, I can't control my music with it. I...
Hi! Just got my Mac and Spotify was the very first thing I set up—as I was playing around with the Touch Bar in the app, I realized the scrubbing bar indicated exactly where I was in the music in rea...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevice(iPhone 6, iPad 9.7, Macbook Pro 2018)Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or IssueCan a spotify user select one particular song, and the song after that would be a random song but similar to that one particular song ...
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device (iPhone 6, iPad 9.7, Macbook Pro 2018) Operating System (iOS 10) My Question or Issue Can a spotify user select one particular song, and the son...
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Plan PremiumCountry Germany Device iMacOperating System macOS Catalina My Question or IssueSpotify crashes immediatly on startup, output of command./Spotify --show-console: 18:07:33.091 I [network_controller.cpp:77 ] Connectivity policy is initially ...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device iMac Operating System macOS Catalina My Question or Issue Spotify crashes immediatly on startup, output of command ./Spotify --show-console...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Pro, Mid 2012Operating SystemmacOS Mojave My Question or IssueAs I've seen many people posting about here, I too seem to have fallen to the "firewall may be blocking Spotify" problem that many others ...
Plan Free/Premium Country United States Device MacBook Pro, Mid 2012 Operating System macOS Mojave My Question or Issue As I've seen many people posting about here, I too seem to hav...
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PremiumUSAMacbook Pro late 2018macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Hi!For months now, whenever a sound plays from my chrome (doesn't matter which site), Spotify will break. What I mean by this is that when I click play again on spotify, the bar will continue to m...
Premium USA Macbook Pro late 2018 macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Hi! For months now, whenever a sound plays from my chrome (doesn't matter which site), Spotify will break. What I mean by this is...
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PlanPremiumCountrySingaporeDeviceiMacOperating SystemOSX Catalina My Question or Issue I know this issue has been discussed in several other threads, but I have not found a solution using any of the previous recommendations. I recently did a clean fa...
Plan Premium Country Singapore Device iMac Operating System OSX Catalina My Question or Issue I know this issue has been discussed in several other threads, but I have not fo...
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I accidentally clicked on the Artist header in the New Music Friday playlist and now I have it alphabetical by artist instead of the original order (with the biggest stars on top). Can switch to the other headers--track title (alphabetical), length--...
I accidentally clicked on the Artist header in the New Music Friday playlist and now I have it alphabetical by artist instead of the original order (with the biggest stars on top). Can switch to the ...
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I want to start fresh with my playlist, and my first step was to delete all the playlists i didnt need. I went to delete a playlist and clicked the delete button on the macbook app but it didnt work. Anyone have some answers?
I want to start fresh with my playlist, and my first step was to delete all the playlists i didnt need. I went to delete a playlist and clicked the delete button on the macbook app but it didnt work....
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicemacbook pro 13" 2017Operating SystemmacOs 10.15.5 My Question or IssueSince today app crashes on start.So far I tried: - reboot: no effect- uninstall and reinstall: no effect- clean cache: no effect- clean cache and reins...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device macbook pro 13" 2017 Operating System macOs 10.15.5 My Question or Issue Since today app crashes on start. So far I tried: - reboot: no ef...
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PlanFreeCountryFinlandDeviceiMac 18,1Operating SystemMac OS 10.15.6 My Question or IssueWhen in installing Spotify on Mac 10.15.6 the installer just quits without installation confirmation or opening the program. Is this normal?
Plan Free Country Finland Device iMac 18,1 Operating System Mac OS 10.15.6 My Question or Issue When in installing Spotify on Mac 10.15.6 the installer just quits without installatio...
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PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevice(MacBook Air 2017)Operating System(macOS Catalina 10.15.6) My Question or IssueI just finished installing Mac OS Catalina, and each time I try to open Spotify, the icon jumps like normal as if it’s about to open, and ...
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device (MacBook Air 2017) Operating System (macOS Catalina 10.15.6) My Question or Issue I just finished installing Mac OS Catalina, and each time I tr...
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PlanPremium DuoCountryUkraineDevice(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating SystemMacOs Mojave 10.14.6 Getting "Something went wrong. Try reloading the page" when trying to listen to the spotify using browser (Chrome Version 84.0....
Plan Premium Duo Country Ukraine Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System MacOs Mojave 10.14.6 Getting "Something went wrong. Try reloading the page...
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PlanStudent PaidCountryUSADeviceMacBook AirOperating SystemMojave 10.14 My Question or IssueI recently downloaded a few albums and use them on Spotify through local files. The day after I did that, I tried opening Spotify on my laptop and whenever I ...
Plan Student Paid Country USA Device MacBook Air Operating System Mojave 10.14 My Question or Issue I recently downloaded a few albums and use them on Spotify through local file...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueI just downloaded spotify on my mac and when i opened it, none of my friends' activity showed up and all the playlists in my library were empty, eve...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or Issue I just downloaded spotify on my mac and when i opened it, none of...
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Hello - I'm a premium user located in the USA. Device: Macbook Pro - Catalina - ver 10.15.5 (19F101)Spotify version: 1.1.37.690.g8f3b16fc I noticed this issue with my Sony bluetooth WH-1000XM3's, but isolated it to a Spotify specific issue. This does...
Hello - I'm a premium user located in the USA. Device: Macbook Pro - Catalina - ver 10.15.5 (19F101) Spotify version: 1.1.37.690.g8f3b16fc I noticed this issue with my S...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryRussia DeviceMacBook'12 2017Operating SystemmacOS Mojave. Version 10.14 My Question or IssueI can't even see the little window for Friend Activity on my Mac Desktop app as if this function isn't available for me. Yet my friends from...
Plan Premium Country Russia Device MacBook'12 2017 Operating System macOS Mojave. Version 10.14 My Question or Issue I can't even see the little window for Friend Activity on...
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CountryUnited States DeviceMacbook Air 2020Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueThe moment I try to launch spotify, it shows up on dock and then goes away. The app doesn't even open for a second. I tried deleting cache, deleting...
Country United States Device Macbook Air 2020 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or Issue The moment I try to launch spotify, it shows up on dock and then goes...
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