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Discuss Spotify for Mac
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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
Music Fan
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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.
Visitor
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Freeaustraliamacbook air touch id 2020macos 11.2 already clean re instaled 3 times. still got that old ui. other laptop has it same model. i'd like the new update thanks.
Free australia macbook air touch id 2020 macos 11.2 already clean re instaled 3 times. still got that old ui. other laptop has it same model. i'd like the new update thanks.
Spotify Star
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USA, Mac/PC/Android If I click on ANY podcast in the Mac application, Spotify automatically ads every single podcast to my queue, then sets it to autplay. I don't want this. Example. If I click on "Sword and Scale" ep 135, Spotify will add episodes 1...
USA, Mac/PC/Android If I click on ANY podcast in the Mac application, Spotify automatically ads every single podcast to my queue, then sets it to autplay. I don't want this. Example...
Visitor
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PlanFreeCountryUkraine DeviceMacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.7AppGoogle Chrome 89.0.4389.128Desktop (Mac) Spotify 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de-a Yesterday (April 14) search at the bottom of my playlists (where it suggests addi...
Plan Free Country Ukraine Device MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.7 App Google Chrome 89.0.4389.128 Desktop (Mac) Spotify 1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de-...
Spotify Legend
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Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: U.S.A DeviceMacbook Pro 2020Operating SystemBig Sur For some reason, when I use Spotify in my joint account with my sister the update works but when I use my personal account it is still the old version of Spotify. Kinda ...
Plan: Premium Family Country: U.S.A Device Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System Big Sur For some reason, when I use Spotify in my joint account with my sister the update ...
Moderator
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Every since I installed Spotify on my computer, it keeps skipping every few seconds with practically every single song. I tried re-installing but still experience the same problem. Not really sure what else to do, but it's pretty annoying.
Every since I installed Spotify on my computer, it keeps skipping every few seconds with practically every single song. I tried re-installing but still experience the same problem. Not really sure wh...
Spotify Legend
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My Question or Issue:The album column has completely disappeared on my desktop app for Mac. Has this feature been discontinued and/or is there a way to bring the column back? Details if needed: Spotify Plan: FreeCountry: CanadaDevice: MacBook Pro Ret...
My Question or Issue: The album column has completely disappeared on my desktop app for Mac. Has this feature been discontinued and/or is there a way to bring the column back? Details if ne...
Community Legend
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If I'm listening to a podcast, does it show up on friends activity feed?
If I'm listening to a podcast, does it show up on friends activity feed?
Spotify Legend
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Listening to my music at a reasonable volume and then all of a sudden a video ad will come blaring on, seemingly at least twice as loud as my actual music volume. Loud enough to ****ing literally hurt my ears. This needs to fixed immediately. This la...
Listening to my music at a reasonable volume and then all of a sudden a video ad will come blaring on, seemingly at least twice as loud as my actual music volume. Loud enough to ****ing literally hur...
Spotify Legend
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Hi! Spotify had updated UI on desktop so I found a new bug. After enabling local files in settings the row called “Files on device” in the left sidebar doesn’t appear. I tried reinstalling app but that didn’t help. Thanks for response!
Hi! Spotify had updated UI on desktop so I found a new bug. After enabling local files in settings the row called “Files on device” in the left sidebar doesn’t appear. I tried reinstalling app but th...
Spotify Star
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Plan - PremiumCountry - China Device - MacBook Air M1Operating System - MacOS 11.2.2 My Question or IssueHi there, I'm happy to know that iOS app supports Simplified Chinese. When will it be available for MacOS Spotify? Thanks
Plan - Premium Country - China Device - MacBook Air M1 Operating System - MacOS 11.2.2 My Question or Issue Hi there, I'm happy to know that iOS app supports ...
Spotify Star
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemMacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueMac Desktop app no longer lets me save albums or songs to my library. When I try to add an album the icon flashes but then it doesn't get added to the li...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System MacOS Big Sur My Question or Issue Mac Desktop app no longer lets me save albums or songs to my library. When I ...
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DeviceMacbook Pro 16 inch 2019Operating SystemCatalina V10.15.7 My Question or IssueI selected a folder to add to my local files on spotify, but for some reason it's missing a lot of the songs in the folder (about 2000 of them), and i can't tell why ...
Device Macbook Pro 16 inch 2019 Operating System Catalina V10.15.7 My Question or Issue I selected a folder to add to my local files on spotify, but for some reason it's missing a lot ...
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How will I know when someone stops sharing their listening activity? Will their activity just stop at the last song they listened to before they stopped sharing, or will their activity just completely disappear from the side bar?
How will I know when someone stops sharing their listening activity? Will their activity just stop at the last song they listened to before they stopped sharing, or will their activity just completel...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacbook Pro 13" mid-2014Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.3 Hey, so it's been a few days now that the layout of the spotify desktop app has changed on my computer and I have no idea why, but it's super unhandy. Here's...
Plan Premium Country France Device Macbook Pro 13" mid-2014 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.3 Hey, so it's been a few days now that the layout of the spotify desktop app...
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PlanPremiumCountryU.S.A.DeviceMacBook Pro early 2020Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueWhenever I try to skip a song it will occasionally try to bounce to other songs in that playlist, like randomly. I am not sure if I am skipping too ...
Plan Premium Country U.S.A. Device MacBook Pro early 2020 Operating System macOS Big Sur My Question or Issue Whenever I try to skip a song it will occasionally try to bounce...
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacbook Air 2017Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) When I disconnect a Bluetooth device, even when Spotify is stopped (doesn't play any song) it displays an error message saying "Spotify cannot play this song. ...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Macbook Air 2017 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 (20D91) When I disconnect a Bluetooth device, even when Spotify is stopped (doesn't play...
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sound is but not video. im in georgia
sound is but not video. im in georgia
Casual Listener
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: Macbook Pro 2020Operating System: Big Sur When I double click the playlist name on the side bar, the playlist starts playing, but on the playlist itself it doesn't say that I am listening to it. Sorry if that explana...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro 2020 Operating System: Big Sur When I double click the playlist name on the side bar, the playlist starts playin...
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I'm running high sierra (10.13.6). I frequently close all of my applications just to save on memory, etc. However, whenever i close spotify and subsequently try to re-open it, spotlight search cant find it and the only item with a matching name is th...
I'm running high sierra (10.13.6). I frequently close all of my applications just to save on memory, etc. However, whenever i close spotify and subsequently try to re-open it, spotlight s...
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PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook pro 2015Operating SystemiOS 10.15.7 My Question or IssueSpotify desktop will not open correctly (See attached). It just shows a blank screen and nothing can be interacted with (can not even move the application). I removed ca...
Plan Premium Device Macbook pro 2015 Operating System iOS 10.15.7 My Question or Issue Spotify desktop will not open correctly (See attached). It just shows a blank screen and nothing ...
Spotify Legend
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