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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

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...

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Jemi

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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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Alcyon

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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!!Superuser Contribution Adjust video speed? (1.5x, 2x, etc)

Spotify for Mac (Catalina)Premium planUSAMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)MacOS Catalina Today, I'm checking out Joe Rogan's podcast in the Spotify program and was wondering if there was an option to adjust the speed of the video?...

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Spotify for Mac (Catalina) Premium plan USA MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) MacOS Catalina   Today, I'm checking out Joe Rogan's podcast in the Spotify program a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Hide Recently Played Artists

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMac I didn't want my recently played artists to show anymore and i have no idea how to hide it because every way required a the hide recently played artists button that isnt showing up for some reason. Is it not an option an...

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Plan Premium Country US Device Mac      I didn't want my recently played artists to show anymore and i have no idea how to hide it because every way required a the hide recentl...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Stream or download ...

Plan PremiumCountry Québec, Canada Device iMac (2013)Operating System OS 10.15.7 My Question or Issue Hello ... If I downloaded playlists from Spotify, will Spotify ALWAYS use the downloaded version of a title to play it either from the playlist or f...

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Plan Premium Country Québec, Canada   Device iMac (2013) Operating System OS 10.15.7   My Question or Issue   Hello ...  If I downloaded playlists from Spoti...

Eni

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't login - error code Accesspoint:32

Hi, I can't seem to be able to login to my account in the Spotify app on my Mac (works everywhere else, even in the browser of the Mac etc...). I've restarted the computer, I've done a clean re-install of the Spotify app. The firewall is disabled and...

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Hi, I can't seem to be able to login to my account in the Spotify app on my Mac (works everywhere else, even in the browser of the Mac etc...). I've restarted the computer, I've done a clean re-insta...

Elena

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Solved!! Bad sound quality of a single track

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceMacbook Pro late 2012Operating SystemOSX 10.15.7 Catalina My Question or IssueListening to MONO NO AWARE's album 人生、山おり谷おり (jinsei, yamaori taneori) and their famous single song マンマミーヤ! (Manmamiiya!) has horrendous qual...

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  Plan Premium Country Sweden   Device Macbook Pro late 2012 Operating System OSX 10.15.7 Catalina   My Question or Issue Listening to MONO NO AWARE's album 人生、山おり谷おり (jins...

AdamDamon

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Clicking cover brings you to the wrong album

My Question or IssueDespite an earlier thread on this topic having been marked as FIXED, clicking on the cover art still sends me to the wrong album. This has started happening only recently as a bug. In this case I'm showing, clicking the cover for ...

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My Question or Issue Despite an earlier thread on this topic having been marked as FIXED, clicking on the cover art still sends me to the wrong album. This has started happening only recently as a b...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution URI no longer a share option

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceAll My Question or IssueI use a third party auto playlist generator that adds new songs to existing playlists in my library. In order for this third party service to add songs to existing playlists, it needs the Spotify URI....

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Plan Premium Country US Device All   My Question or Issue I use a third party auto playlist generator that adds new songs to existing playlists in my library. In order for this third par...

Xenia

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Superuser Contribution CPU Usage even when Spotify is closed

Occasionally my macbook get's incredibly hot and the fans speed up despite me not doing anything particularly intensive. Today, after shutting down every application that was running it kept getting hotter and louder so I looked into what was causing...

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Occasionally my macbook get's incredibly hot and the fans speed up despite me not doing anything particularly intensive. Today, after shutting down every application that was running it kept getting ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution REALLY CONFUSED with syncing from iphone to Mac

I'm very confused. How do I get the files from Spotify for iOS on to Spotify for Desktop (Mac)?First, the specs:Spotify for Desktop (Mac)Spotify Mobile (iOS)PremiumUSAiPhone 12 running iOS 14.7MacBook Air 2020 running Big SurI'm very confused with re...

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I'm very confused. How do I get the files from Spotify for iOS on to Spotify for Desktop (Mac)? First, the specs: Spotify for Desktop (Mac) Spotify Mobile (iOS) Premium USA iPhone 12 runnin...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Report a bug...?

My Question or IssueI am having an issue with Sptofiy not loading up and appears to be freezing for an extended period of time. This occurred on my old MacBook Pro (mid 2010) I was running an old outdated OS (Catalina I think). Now with my new laptop...

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My Question or Issue I am having an issue with Sptofiy not loading up and appears to be freezing for an extended period of time. This occurred on my old MacBook Pro (mid 201...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Queue syncs incorrectly across desktop and mobile

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA DeviceGoogle Pixel Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or Issue I use Spotify Premium on my Google Pixel and my Mac desktop at work. When I fill the queue on my desktop, the queue is persisted to my phone -- which is f...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device Google Pixel  Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue   I use Spotify Premium on my Google Pixel and my Mac desktop at ...

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't right click on now playing album art

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook proOperating SystemMac OS 10.15.7 My Question or IssueSince a couple of days ago I can no longer right click on the now playing album art at the bottom lefthand corner of the application. Before, it was re...

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Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook pro Operating System Mac OS 10.15.7   My Question or Issue Since a couple of days ago I can no longer right click on the now play...

Xenia

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't remove a playlist cover?

I'm in the US, and I have Spotify premium. I'm trying to edit my playlist covers from one of my public playlists from my MacBook air, and I decided I didn't like one of the covers I chose and wanted to go back to the original four-album cover display...

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I'm in the US, and I have Spotify premium.   I'm trying to edit my playlist covers from one of my public playlists from my MacBook air, and I decided I didn't like one of the covers I chose an...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution What is the quality of music on the web?

PlanPremiumOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or IssuePlaying music on the web is the same as playing in the application? I mean the qualityI use goole chorme

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  Plan Premium Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue Playing music on the web is the same as playing in the application? I mean the quality I use goole chorme

Alex

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Local Files disabled but still showing up on playlists!

Device:Macbook Pro 16 inchOperating System:macOS Catalina My Question or Issue I have local files disabled as shown here: Yet the local files that were added to my playlist before still show upI have tried deleting the local-files cache, and it works...

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Device: Macbook Pro 16 inch Operating System: macOS Catalina   My Question or Issue   I have local files disabled as shown here:   Yet the local files that were added to m...

Jeremy

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Solved!! Web Player Broken On Chrome Across multiple OS'es

PlanPremiumCountryCanada/US DevicePixelbook 2018, Macbook Pro late 2019 Operating SystemChromeOS 92, OSX Big Sur 11.5.1 My Question or IssueI am trying to use the web player but it seems some of the web requests are hitting 50X errors (server side). ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada/US   Device Pixelbook 2018, Macbook Pro late 2019   Operating System ChromeOS 92, OSX Big Sur 11.5.1   My Question or Issue I am trying to use t...

MattSuda

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Problem Returns:Spotify App Regularly Opens With Black Window

Premium PlanMac Mini 2018 (Intel)OS 10.14.6 MojaveSpotify 1.1.62.583.gdac868ed-a Hello- I thought that this problem was fixed around 3 weeks ago. See the previous thread at https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Mac/Cannot-Configure-Mac-Desktop-Mac...

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Premium Plan Mac Mini 2018 (Intel) OS 10.14.6  Mojave Spotify 1.1.62.583.gdac868ed-a   Hello-   I thought that this problem was fixed around 3 weeks ago.  See the prev...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Version 1.1.61.583 crash on Mac OS X 10.11

PlanPremiumCountrySpainDeviceiMac 20" 2007 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 DuoOperating SystemMac OS X 10.11.6 My Question or IssueThe previous version worked more or less correctly.It is only updated to the new version 1.1.61.583 and although the program opens...

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Plan Premium Country Spain Device iMac 20" 2007 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Operating System Mac OS X 10.11.6   My Question or Issue The previous version worked more or less correctly. I...

Jeremy

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Superuser Contribution List of tracks under Album

HelloI recognize new ui on my MacBook app, it's nice, beautiful, but causes a desire to check what the competition offers (after years paying the premium) because I recognize that discography is now completely useless. For me, the album title and ico...

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Hello I recognize new ui on my MacBook app, it's nice, beautiful, but causes a desire to check what the competition offers (after years paying the premium) because I recognize that discography is no...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Desktop App for Mac not playing music

Hi All, I am experiencing an issue for the last couple days, where music does not play on the desktop app on my MacBook. The music does play on the web player and iOS app, but anytime I want to play music on the desktop app it does not do anything. I...

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Hi All,   I am experiencing an issue for the last couple days, where music does not play on the desktop app on my MacBook. The music does play on the web player and iOS app, but anytime I want...

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