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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Where is Browse section on (Mac) desktop app (Oct 2022)

PlanPremiumCountryUK/FranceDeviceMacBook Pro M1Operating SystemmacOS 12.6 My Question or IssueWhere can I find the mood and genre playlists provided by Spotify now? I used to go to the Browse section but this doesn't exist anymore. I could swear that...

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  • Plan Premium Country UK/France Device MacBook Pro M1 Operating System macOS 12.6   My Question or Issue Where can I find the mood and genre playlists provided by Spotify now? I used to...
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Superuser Contribution Custom playlist photo background color [Mac]

Normally when creating a playlist the background color is chosen from the album art of the first song in the playlist as I understand. This works correctly without adding a custom playlist photo, but when I upload a custom photo for the playlist, the...

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  • Normally when creating a playlist the background color is chosen from the album art of the first song in the playlist as I understand. This works correctly without adding a custom playlist photo, but...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify stops playing 5 or 6 seconds into any song

Spotify stops playing 5 or 6 seconds into any song. I cannot even resume the song manually. I have tried reinstalling spotify using this link: https://support.spotify.com/sg-en/article/reinstallation-of-spotify/But the problem still remains. Plan: Pr...

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  • Spotify stops playing 5 or 6 seconds into any song. I cannot even resume the song manually.   I have tried reinstalling spotify using this link: https://support.spotify.com/sg-en/article/reins...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify keeps crashing on my iMac with El Capitan.

Hello,I am trying to install Spotify on my iMac (Mid 2007), running OS X El Capitan, v. 10.11.6.Somehow when I try to install it (by downloading from https://www.spotify.com/download/mac/), I get the "Spotify Installer.app" app.While running it shows...

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  • Hello, I am trying to install Spotify on my iMac (Mid 2007), running OS X El Capitan, v. 10.11.6. Somehow when I try to install it (by downloading from https://www.spotify.com/download/mac/), I...
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Superuser Contribution Mac App won't load, fault indication that says "something went wrong"

Tried to close the app, load it again as questioned in the pop up window, uninstall the app and install it again, restarted the Mac - nothing worked. No problems on other Apple devices or in the Browser. Just the Mac App

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  • Tried to close the app, load it again as questioned in the pop up window, uninstall the app and install it again, restarted the Mac - nothing worked. No problems on other Apple devices or in the Brow...
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Superuser Contribution Can't download onto Mac OS 10.12.6 and cannot update my OS any higher

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Air 2017Operating SystemmacOS Sierra 10.12.6 My Question or IssueHello! I cannot download the Spotify app to my MacBook Air as it says it requires 10.13 or higher. However, I cannot download a higher OS version on t...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Air 2017 Operating System macOS Sierra 10.12.6   My Question or Issue Hello! I cannot download the Spotify app to my MacBook Air as it s...
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Spotify opens automatically on login even when this option is disabled

Have turned off the setting 'Open Spotify automatically after you login to the computer' as described here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/How-do-I-stop-Spotify-from-opening-automatically-on-my-desktop/ta-p/920051 However, this does nothing. E...

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  • Have turned off the setting 'Open Spotify automatically after you login to the computer' as described here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/FAQs/How-do-I-stop-Spotify-from-opening-automatically...
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Superuser Contribution song won’t play

Spotify Premium Subscription Country: AustraliaDeviceiPhone 13, Macbook Air 2020 (both up to date) My Question or IssueOne song in my playlist can’t be played on my laptop (Macbook) but can be played on my phone.

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  • Spotify Premium Subscription  Country: Australia Device iPhone 13, Macbook Air 2020 (both up to date)   My Question or Issue One song in my playlist can’t be played on my laptop (Macb...
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Superuser Contribution How Do I Mass Delete/Unlike Liked Songs On Spotify App for Mac Desktop?

Premium DeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS 10.14 I would like to delete/unlike all my liked songs at once. The answers I've found describing how to do it say to go to the "songs" folder in the left panel, but I don't have anything that just says ...

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  • Premium   Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS 10.14   I would like to delete/unlike all my liked songs at once. The answers I've found describing how to do it say to go to the ...
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Superuser Contribution Spotiify macbook app not opening

I am running it on Apple Silicon MacBook on MacOS 12.3.1The app just doesnt open, tried to clean re install Spotify, removing all files from Finder etc. Still no luck.

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  • I am running it on Apple Silicon MacBook on MacOS 12.3.1 The app just doesnt open, tried to clean re install Spotify, removing all files from Finder etc. Still no luck. 😞
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Superuser Contribution why wont podcasts play

I try to play a podcast and it lets me click the play button but it doesnt do anything

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  • I try to play a podcast and it lets me click the play button but it doesnt do anything
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Superuser Contribution Can't click shuffle or loop

PlanPremiumCountryCanada DeviceiMacOperating SystemmacOS Monteray (Version 12.4) My Question or Issue For some reason, the shuffle and loop buttons on the desktop app are greyed out, and I cannot click them. Additionally, the play button at the top o...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada  Device iMac Operating System macOS Monteray (Version 12.4)   My Question or Issue   For some reason, the shuffle and loop buttons on the desktop...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect doesn't start to play

PlanPremiumCountrySwitzerlandDeviceM1 Macbook Air, iPhone 12 mini, iPad Pro 12"Operating Systemlatest iOS or macOS My Question or IssueHi, Since this week I have a problem with Spotify Connect. All the Spotify Connect devices are shown in the list an...

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  • Plan Premium Country Switzerland Device M1 Macbook Air, iPhone 12 mini, iPad Pro 12" Operating System latest iOS or macOS   My Question or Issue Hi,   Since this week I have a p...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify crashes while trying to load, won't open (Mac OS)

This issue only started happening a few days ago but whenever I try to open the Spotify app on my desktop it crashes before it has time to open. Tried opening it with no other applications running but no luck. I'm running Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 on a l...

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  • This issue only started happening a few days ago but whenever I try to open the Spotify app on my desktop it crashes before it has time to open. Tried opening it with no other applications running bu...
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Spotify pauses when disconnecting airpods

PremiumSweden DeviceMacbook pro 16" M1 ProOperating SystemMacOS 12.4 I use Spotify to on my desktop to play music through the speakers for everyone at home to hear (chromecast or spotify connect, same behaviour on both), and I simultaneously use my a...

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  • Premium Sweden   Device Macbook pro 16" M1 Pro Operating System MacOS 12.4   I use Spotify to on my desktop to play music through the speakers for everyone at home to hear (chromeca...
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Podcasts are starting over from the beginning whenever I switch devices

Brief description of the issue:I start a podcast episode on my phone. By the time I switch to my desktop, I'm somewhere in the middle of the episode.Then, when playing the same episode on my desktop, the episode starts over from the beginning. Steps ...

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  • Brief description of the issue: I start a podcast episode on my phone. By the time I switch to my desktop, I'm somewhere in the middle of the episode. Then, when playing the same episode on my desk...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify Randomly Pausing and Skipping

Plan: PremiumCountry: United KingdomDevice: Macbook ProOperating System: macOS Monterey Version 12.4 The app version of Spotify on my Macbook Pro has suddenly started randomly pausing and skipping songs. I've tried a clean deletion/reinstall but the ...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: United Kingdom Device: Macbook Pro Operating System: macOS Monterey Version 12.4   The app version of Spotify on my Macbook Pro has suddenly started randomly pau...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't download music to listen offline on Spotify in Mac desktop app

Hi, so in reply to your question, i just wanna say that it is not so muchabout not being able to download app to mac, but to download music to mac.So I subscribed Premium in order to download my playlists and musicaccording to the advertisement. So h...

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  • Hi, so in reply to your question, i just wanna say that it is not so much about not being able to download app to mac, but to download music to mac. So I subscribed Premium in order to download my ...
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Superuser Contribution Can't remove device?

I'm on premium plan. I had an echo dot that wouldn't connect no matter what, but I've since fixed the problem by removing and readding the echo to my alexa account. Anyway, it's still shows up in Spotify - greyed out, without th three dots that give ...

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  • I'm on premium plan. I had an echo dot that wouldn't connect no matter what, but I've since fixed the problem by removing and readding the echo to my alexa account. Anyway, it's still shows up in Spo...
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Superuser Contribution Add to queue function breaks the search bar shortcut

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceMac Mini (2018)Operating SystemMacOS 12.6 (Monterey)Current Agent VersionSpotify for macOS (Intel)1.1.95.893.g6cf4d40cMy Question or IssueIf i start spotify, the search bar shortcut (Command+F) working on all playlist. ...

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  • Plan Premium Country Hungary Device Mac Mini (2018) Operating System MacOS 12.6 (Monterey) Current Agent Version Spotify for macOS (Intel) 1.1.95.893.g6cf4d40c My Question or Issue If...
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