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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...
Visitor
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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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The web player link brings me to a white page that says upstream request timeout. The website said it was fixed in October but it is a new issue for me.
Moderator
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Hi, I've got a Premium account and the desktop app on MacOS Mojave. The app has been behaving erratically. I would listen to music, pause, go back to play again and it'd keep saying can't play the current song. I removed the old app and installed the...
Hi, I've got a Premium account and the desktop app on MacOS Mojave. The app has been behaving erratically. I would listen to music, pause, go back to play again and it'd keep saying can't pl...
Casual Listener
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I can't believe that I have to post this question in 2020. I see this issue has been spinning around in the entire universe since 2015 or so. I know some of you are bored to see this question. Spotify keeps (randomly) pausing on both my laptop (Macbo...
I can't believe that I have to post this question in 2020. I see this issue has been spinning around in the entire universe since 2015 or so. I know some of you are bored to see this question.  ...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceiMacOperating SystemMac OS 15 My Question or IssueI've had an onrunning issue with Spotify on my Mac Desktop. No matter what playlist or choice of songs I select, Spotify will play - The first song on the playlist- I Could D...
Plan Premium Country UK Device iMac Operating System Mac OS 15 My Question or Issue I've had an onrunning issue with Spotify on my Mac Desktop. No matter what playlist or choice of s...
Community Legend
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When I try to access the Spotify Web App it says a firewall or proxy is blocking it. When I try and access the Spotify Desktop app it won't let me login, quotes error code 30, citing a proxy issue and won't let me login. Spotify does work on my andro...
When I try to access the Spotify Web App it says a firewall or proxy is blocking it. When I try and access the Spotify Desktop app it won't let me login, quotes error code 30, citing a proxy...
Casual Listener
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I use a Spotify client on macOS Catalina (10.15.2). I recently updated the client to version 1.1.25.559.g85cf5e4c and when I look at the About tab of any artist, there are no data about listeners in the Discovered On section. It works fine in 1.1.24....
I use a Spotify client on macOS Catalina (10.15.2). I recently updated the client to version 1.1.25.559.g85cf5e4c and when I look at the About tab of any artist, there are no data about listener...
Music Fan
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PlanPREMIUMCountryUSA DeviceMac book air (2016)Operating SystemOS X El Capitan 10.11.6 My Question or IssueWhenever I add a song to play on the queue, it won’t ever play. Also, whenever I select a playlist, only one song from the playlist will play a...
Plan PREMIUM Country USA Device Mac book air (2016) Operating System OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 My Question or Issue Whenever I add a song to play on the queue, it won’t ever pl...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacbook Pro 13" Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm in a discord call, the sound quality from Spotify is dreadful. My headphones are Sony WH-H900N and connected thro...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm in a discord call, the...
Visitor
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I have tried many times but with no luck . When I go to cancel after the progress bar has hardly moved for ages, it says almost complete but nothing happens and keeps retrying. Thanks in advanceCountrySADeviceIMAC Osx 10.13.6
I have tried many times but with no luck . When I go to cancel after the progress bar has hardly moved for ages, it says almost complete but nothing happens and keeps retrying. Thanks in adv...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryUSOperating SystemWindows 10, MacOS Mojave My Question or IssueThe recently played section under "Home" is not updating for me. I have tried multiple steps to resolve, logging out and in, listening on all my devices, uninstalling an...
Plan Premium Country US Operating System Windows 10, MacOS Mojave My Question or Issue The recently played section under "Home" is not updating for me. I have tried multiple st...
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Using the desktop app for Mac. Activity feed now just says 'Find Friends', and shows no friend activity . I know the friends I am following are online and listening to music but it is not appearing in the feed. Seeing what my friends are listening to...
Using the desktop app for Mac. Activity feed now just says 'Find Friends', and shows no friend activity . I know the friends I am following are online and listening to music but it is not appearing i...
Casual Listener
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Brief description of the issueSpotify memory usage does not stop increasing until my MacBook runs out of memory/swap (I experienced up to 79 GB (!!!)) Steps to reproduce the issue:Start Spotify and just stream musicWait (do not know how long exactly,...
Brief description of the issue Spotify memory usage does not stop increasing until my MacBook runs out of memory/swap (I experienced up to 79 GB (!!!)) Steps to reproduce the issue: Start...
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PlanPremiumDeviceMacBookPro My Question or Issue:please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant
Plan Premium Device MacBookPro My Question or Issue: please put Spotify on the Mac app Store , to allow using it with Siri assistant
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I would like to use a bluetooth speaker to play spotify during the workday. But when I connect my macbook to the speaker ALL sounds divert to the speaker. Is there a way to connect only the Spotify App with the speaker? Other email or IM notification...
I would like to use a bluetooth speaker to play spotify during the workday. But when I connect my macbook to the speaker ALL sounds divert to the speaker. Is there a way to connect only the Spotify A...
Community Legend
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1 replies
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Hi there, I am permanently unable to connect to Google Chromecast Audio from MacOS (Catalina 10.15.2, but also prior to that). I am using the most recent Spotify version. I CAN see all of my speakers from my mobile device though (iOS, most recent). B...
Hi there, I am permanently unable to connect to Google Chromecast Audio from MacOS (Catalina 10.15.2, but also prior to that). I am using the most recent Spotify version. I CAN see ...
Newbie
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Buenas, tengo el siguiente problema. Uso mi Mac con High Sierra muchas veces sin conexión a Internet. Por eso descargo la musica de Spotify.El problema viene que me la descarga en una ruta que no es la indicada. Tengo 2 discos duros, uno para el sist...
Buenas, tengo el siguiente problema. Uso mi Mac con High Sierra muchas veces sin conexión a Internet. Por eso descargo la musica de Spotify. El problema viene que me la descarga en una ruta que no e...
Moderator
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PlanFree/PremiumCountryDeviceiMacOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueHello guys, I've just bumped into a strange issue. My wife sent me a playlist link for Spotify, and specifically asked me to play two songs. When I opened the playlist in Saf...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device iMac Operating System iOS 10 My Question or Issue Hello guys, I've just bumped into a strange issue. My wife sent me a playlist link for Spot...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceMac Pro 5,1Operating SystemMojave 10.14.6 My Question or IssueEverything was ok in High Sierra, after updating to Mojave the playback isn't fluid, it cuts frequently even in local files. I've uninstalled the app (as pe...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Mac Pro 5,1 Operating System Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or Issue Everything was ok in High Sierra, after updating to Mojave the playback isn't fl...
Casual Listener
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Hi, I'm Riccardo, I'm a graphic designer and I'm working with artists who will shortly publish a song on Spotify with my cover. This cover has a real cow heart in the snow. I would like to know if this representation reflects the image guidelines of ...
Hi, I'm Riccardo, I'm a graphic designer and I'm working with artists who will shortly publish a song on Spotify with my cover. This cover has a real cow heart in the snow. I would like to know if th...
Spotify Legend
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Greetings, I have a Premium account, an iPhone 6s plus, and I am in the United States. I would like to install desktop on an old MacBook (August 2008) that is not able to be upgraded past OS X 10.7.5 . Although older versions of Spotify for Mac seem ...
Greetings, I have a Premium account, an iPhone 6s plus, and I am in the United States. I would like to install desktop on an old MacBook (August 2008) that is not able to be upgraded p...
Roadie
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Plan: PremiumCountry: SpainDevice: MacBook High Sierra When I try to download Spotify client for Mac from the official page https://www.spotify.com/int/download/mac/ I get 404 error:
Plan: Premium Country: Spain Device: MacBook High Sierra When I try to download Spotify client for Mac from the official page https://www.spotify.com/int/download/mac/ I get 404 ...
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