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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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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 Can't reinstall spotify app on Catalina

PlanPremiumCountry : Israel DeviceMacbook Pro 13-inch Catalina 10.15.6 I deleted the Spotify app from my computer about two months ago because it wasn't working well and kept crashing. I haven't been able to reinstall it ever since then. I've tried m...

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Plan Premium Country : Israel   Device Macbook Pro 13-inch Catalina 10.15.6   I deleted the Spotify app from my computer about two months ago because it wasn't working well and kep...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Song Display in Playlists

Plan: Premium CanadaDevice: Macbook AirMy Question or Issue:When DJ-ing for my community, I create Playlists using Spotify. I'm sure thousands of your clients do, too. So, help us out, please. Simply include the running time in the list of songs in t...

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  Plan: Premium Canada Device: Macbook Air My Question or Issue: When DJ-ing for my community, I create Playlists using Spotify. I'm sure thousands of your clients do, too. So...

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Solved!! Can't share Playlist

PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDevice(Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(MacOSCatalina) My Question or IssueI can't share my playlist or song on facebook, instagram, twitter.I also can not copy the url-link

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Plan Premium Country Belgium Device (Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (MacOSCatalina)   My Question or Issue I can't share my playlist or song on facebook, instagram, twitter. ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Zoom in Spotify on mac OS

It looks like Spotify desktop client on mac OS is based on web-ui. It behaves as webpage when it comes to zoom functionality. I can use pinch-to-zoom or double-finger-tap (one finger) to zoom-in. I was just wondering if this expected? CheersRadek

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It looks like Spotify desktop client on mac OS is based on web-ui. It behaves as webpage when it comes to zoom functionality. I can use pinch-to-zoom or double-finger-tap (one finger) to zoom-in. I w...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Mac] app crashes instantly

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...

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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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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Music randomly pausing on all my device, Mac, Iphone

Music keeps pausing every few second. Can't even finish a song. The problem is happening on all my device, Mac, iPhone 8s, Apple watch SE PlanPremium Device(iPhone 8s, Macbook Pro, Apple Watch SE)Operating System(iOS 14.1)

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Music keeps pausing every few second. Can't even finish a song. The problem is happening on all my device, Mac, iPhone 8s, Apple watch SE   Plan Premium     Device (iPhone 8s, M...

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Solved!! Adding to Queue Duplicates Song

I have a premium family plan, US. Every time I add a song to the queue (when dragging, usually from a playlist, into the queue icon in the lower right) it always adds two instances. This happens on multiple computers, all Mac, for me. Here's a gif of...

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I have a premium family plan, US.   Every time I add a song to the queue (when dragging, usually from a playlist, into the queue icon in the lower right) it always adds two instances. This hap...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution MAC DESKTOP UPDATE

On my mac, it's not allowing me to reorder my songs properly (I try to drag one song to the top but it just stops scrolling), dragging a song to the bottom is fine

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On my mac, it's not allowing me to reorder my songs properly (I try to drag one song to the top but it just stops scrolling), dragging a song to the bottom is fine

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Solved!! YamahaRX-V479 A/V Amp not showing as Connect device

PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceMacbook Pro late 2012)Operating System10:13:6 High Sierra My Question or IssueTwo days ago the option to select my Yamaha RX-V479 amp disappeared from the Spotify app on my Macbook Pro and all the other Mac, iPhones and my ...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device Macbook Pro late 2012) Operating System 10:13:6 High Sierra   My Question or Issue Two days ago the option to select my Yamaha RX-V479 amp disapp...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Obscure/unpopular tracks do not play

Recently I start hitting issues with playing obscure/unpopular artists/tracks. Here is an example:spotify:artist:3AUmmVu7wsx1EvUr1vlsk9 I hit Play and on most of tracks progress stays at 0:00 and nothing plays. For the artist above second track from ...

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Recently I start hitting issues with playing obscure/unpopular artists/tracks.   Here is an example: spotify:artist:3AUmmVu7wsx1EvUr1vlsk9   I hit Play and on most of tracks progress s...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Dislike button missing from Spotify

PlanPremium CountryRomania DeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020) Operating SystemmacOS Catalina (v 10.15.7) My Question or IssueDislike button is missing in every playlist in Spotify desktop app, same if I use Spotify player directly in browser.Is this t...

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  Plan Premium   Country Romania   Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020)   Operating System macOS Catalina (v 10.15.7)   My Question or Issue Dislike button is mis...

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Solved!! How to get the scrubbing Feature (Touch Bar)

I see people on their touchbar with the spotify logo and the scrubbing bar, how do you enable it or get it on there? Im stuck to only play, pause, change spotify volume, loop, shuffle, the default keys for spotify. How do i get the scrub bar on it?Pr...

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I see people on their touchbar with the spotify logo and the scrubbing bar, how do you enable it or get it on there? Im stuck to only play, pause, change spotify volume, loop, shuffle, the default ke...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify suddenly lags computer, won't load, and is barely functional. [Mac]

PlanPremiumCountryCaliforniaDeviceMac DesktopOperating SystemMacOS Sierra Spotify suddenly lags computer, won’t load, and is barely functional.One day I opened spotify and suddenly it just lagged my whole computer, I could still move my mouse but non...

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Plan Premium Country California Device Mac Desktop Operating System MacOS Sierra   Spotify suddenly lags computer, won’t load, and is barely functional. One day I opened spotify and su...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Organising title in a playlist with desktop app

How can I organise titles within a playlist using spotify app on a mac book pro?They remains impossible to move.thks

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How can I organise titles within a playlist using spotify app on a mac book pro? They remains impossible to move. thks

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution [Mac] Spotify does not show content, does not play any tracks as if it was offline

With two different Macs I have the same issue with the latest versions of Spotify.Spotify lets me log in, shows me the home page but no content is loaded, my playlist are empty and if I try to play a song doesn't load anything.All is working if I ins...

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With two different Macs I have the same issue with the latest versions of Spotify. Spotify lets me log in, shows  me the home page but no content is loaded, my playlist are empty and if I try t...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How can I configure my headphones to seek forward instead of playing next song?

PlanPremiumDeviceiPhone X + MacOSSamsung level over & Cardo Packtalk My Question or IssueI used to be able to seek forward or back 15 seconds when playing a podcast, but now I can only play next or start from beginning. When playing music it would pl...

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Plan Premium Device iPhone X + MacOS Samsung level over & Cardo Packtalk   My Question or Issue I used to be able to seek forward or back 15 seconds when playing a podcast, but now I ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Covers of songs are not showing up

hi i have a problem with thumbnails, covers of songs. when i play song there is no pic next to name of artist and song name. idk how i turn this option off but idk how to turn it on again. please help me

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hi i have a problem with thumbnails, covers of songs. when i play song there is no pic next to name of artist and song name. idk how i turn this option off but idk how to turn it on again. please hel...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify and Sonos

Plan - PremiumCountry - AustraliaDevice - MacOS High Sierra - 10.13.6 I have created a playlist in Spotify, when I open Sonos and look at the playlist, all of the local files included in the playlist are greyed out. (see image) Steps taken: Reset rou...

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Plan - Premium Country - Australia Device - MacOS High Sierra - 10.13.6   I have created a playlist in Spotify, when I open Sonos and look at the playlist, all of the local files includ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Podcasts are is missing at all

Hi, folks, I have an issue I could not listen to podcasts using the desktop app at all. I tried to reinstall the desktop app, but the issue remained.The same is for mobile and Web. Although I opened https://open.spotify.com/genre/podcasts-web in inco...

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Hi, folks, I have an issue I could not listen to podcasts using the desktop app at all. I tried to reinstall the desktop app, but the issue remained. The same is for mobile and Web. Although I ope...

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Solved!! Sidebar expands on hover on any playlist, causing the screen to jump

PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.3 (19D76) My Question or IssueEvery time I hover on a playlist on the left, it causes the left sidebar to jump in order to cover ...

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Plan Premium Country Germany   Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.3 (19D76)   My Question or Issue Every time I hov...

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