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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...
Casual Listener
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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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PlanPremiumCountryAustralia DeviceMacbook Pro mid 2015 Operating SystemMac OS 10.13.6 My Question or IssueSince the latest Spotify update, Spotify seems to be saying "no internet connection detected" for internet speeds lower than 10 Mbps. I have an ...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Macbook Pro mid 2015 Operating System Mac OS 10.13.6 My Question or Issue Since the latest Spotify update, Spotify seems to be s...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Air 2020, Onkyo TX8260 stereo receiver Operating SystemMac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or Issue I have been using Spotify Connect to stream to my Onkyo receiver from my Mac for two years, originally from an old...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Air 2020, Onkyo TX8260 stereo receiver Operating System Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or Issue I have been using...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Pro (16-inch, 2019)Operating SystemCatalina 10.15.7 My Question or IssueThe Spotify app started crashing on startup out of the blue. I followed the instructions to uninstall it fully following these instructions:http...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro (16-inch, 2019) Operating System Catalina 10.15.7 My Question or Issue The Spotify app started crashing on startup out of the blue. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryGeorgiaDeviceMacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur, Version 11.6Spotify Version:Spotify for macOS (Intel)1.1.**bleep**.612.gb7409abc My Question or IssueThe exit/minimise/fullscreen buttons are overlapping...
Plan Premium Country Georgia Device MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020) Operating System macOS Big Sur, Version 11.6 Spotify Version: Spotify for macOS (Intel) 1.1.**bleep**.612.gb7409abc ...
Spotify Legend
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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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The default setting seems to be 44,100 Hz, but my Mac Book Pro allows to me change it to 48,000 Hz. Should I do that? When I plug in my external DAC, I have many more choices, going up to 192,000 Hz. Should I always use the highest rate available for...
The default setting seems to be 44,100 Hz, but my Mac Book Pro allows to me change it to 48,000 Hz. Should I do that? When I plug in my external DAC, I have many more choices, going up to 19...
Moderator
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Having playback issues on desktop. Popping, delay, skipping type of sound (see video). It happens when I'm on another virtual desktop in macOS. When I switch back to the virtual desktop I keep the Spotify app open on (#4), the issue stops. It then st...
Having playback issues on desktop. Popping, delay, skipping type of sound (see video). It happens when I'm on another virtual desktop in macOS. When I switch back to the virtual desktop I kee...
Roadie
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In the Mac App Preferences>Display there is an option "Show desktop notifications when a song changes"Anyone know what this does? I hoped it would provide MacOS-style notifications, but I can't see it doing anything.Thanks!
In the Mac App Preferences>Display there is an option "Show desktop notifications when a song changes" Anyone know what this does? I hoped it would provide MacOS-style notifications, but I can't ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemmacOS Big SurSpotify VersionSpotify for macOS (Intel)1.1.68.632.g2b11de83 My Question or Issue While it is possible to hold the "option" aka "alt" modifier key while hovering over the "S...
Plan Premium Country United States Device Macbook Air Operating System macOS Big Sur Spotify Version Spotify for macOS (Intel) 1.1.68.632.g2b11de83 My Question or Issue Wh...
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Thanks preemptively for your suggestion we vote. We have voted. Here are 2700 votes:https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Desktop-Developer-Add-support-for-Apple-Silicon-ARM64-on-Mac/idi-p/5069922 And here are 350 more votes:https://community.s...
Thanks preemptively for your suggestion we vote. We have voted. Here are 2700 votes: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Desktop-Developer-Add-support-for-Apple-Silicon-ARM64-on-Mac...
Spotify Star
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I think I will change to Apple Music, it's unacceptable that we still don't have an Apple Silicon version, the current version running on rosetta is buggy, keep crashing and drain my battery. I'm very disappointed about the lack of seriousness of the...
I think I will change to Apple Music, it's unacceptable that we still don't have an Apple Silicon version, the current version running on rosetta is buggy, keep crashing and drain my battery. I'm ver...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook Air M1 2020Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueHi! I'm just asking when are you going to release an Universal or a M1 optimized version of the Spotify desktop app, because Rosetta 2 is going soon to be r...
Plan Premium Country Device Macbook Air M1 2020 Operating System macOS Big Sur My Question or Issue Hi! I'm just asking when are you going to release an Universal or a...
Spotify Star
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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?...
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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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...
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...
Spotify Star
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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...
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...
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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-install of the Spotify app. The firewall is disabled and...
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...
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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...
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...
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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 ...
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...
Music Fan
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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....
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...
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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 hotter and louder so I looked into what was causing...
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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