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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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Plan - PremiumCountry - IndiaDevice - Macbook ProOperating System - MojaveMy Question or Issue: Hi, I've been adding podcasts under Your episodes section in my iphone which I really wanted to get synced up to my macbook app. But I can't see the same ...
Plan - Premium Country - India Device - Macbook Pro Operating System - Mojave My Question or Issue: Hi, I've been adding podcasts under Your episodes section in...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited KingdomDeviceiPhone 11, Macbook Pro 2019)Operating SystemiOS 14.3 and MacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueWhen I like a song it always shows up on my liked songs on my phone, but my liked songs list on my MacBook is constantly ...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device iPhone 11, Macbook Pro 2019) Operating System iOS 14.3 and MacOS Big Sur My Question or Issue When I like a song it always shows up on my l...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryPolandDeviceMacbook Air 2017Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74) My Question or IssueThe Recently Played section in the main screen has one older entry at the start. It also appears that way when I click on Show All. The rem...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Macbook Air 2017 Operating System macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74) My Question or Issue The Recently Played section in the main screen has one old...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceMacbook Pro late 2012Operating SystemMacOS Catalina This problem has started recently. Music continues playing after my bluetooth headphone disconnects. It was ok before. My headphones are Powerbeats 2. Thanks for the he...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Macbook Pro late 2012 Operating System MacOS Catalina This problem has started recently. Music continues playing after my bluetooth headphone d...
Spotify Legend
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I've added a playlist in Spotify For Artists, using both the share link and the playlist name, and after I hit "Save" I get a "Success!" icon. However, as soon as I direct to a new page or try to go to this playlist it disappears. It appeared once or...
I've added a playlist in Spotify For Artists, using both the share link and the playlist name, and after I hit "Save" I get a "Success!" icon. However, as soon as I direct to a new page or try ...
Moderator
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PlanPremiumGermany DeviceMacBook Late 2020Operating SystemMacOS BigSur 11.2.1. Hey there,Listening to local files is an essential part of my spotify experience. My problem is that the list does not change anymore - even if I switch on and off differe...
Plan Premium Germany Device MacBook Late 2020 Operating System MacOS BigSur 11.2.1. Hey there, Listening to local files is an essential part of my spotify experience. My pro...
Spotify Legend
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Plan Premium. 1.1.51.382.Country Sweden Device MacMini late 2012)Operating System Mojave 10.14.6 I am on home wifi, and see no other issue with any other application but Spotify who keeps going offline
Plan Premium. 1.1.51.382. Country Sweden Device MacMini late 2012) Operating System Mojave 10.14.6 I am on home wifi, and see no other issue with any oth...
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PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDevice(Macbook Pro mid 2009)Operating System(OS X El Capitan 10.11.6)My Question or IssueThis question got asked, but there is no solution. Problem: I open spotify, a black window opens and I'm unable to use it. I tried: rest...
Plan Premium Country Hungary Device (Macbook Pro mid 2009) Operating System (OS X El Capitan 10.11.6) My Question or Issue This question got asked, but there is no solution. Problem: I open...
Spotify Legend
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Spotify desktop started not working for several months now. Everytime I try and open it, it will close as soon as possible, I'm not even seeing the popup appear. I've deleted everything related to spotify in the library/caches folder.Restart and Shut...
Spotify desktop started not working for several months now. Everytime I try and open it, it will close as soon as possible, I'm not even seeing the popup appear. I've deleted everyt...
Spotify Legend
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PlanFreeCountryMEXDeviceMacBook Pro 2017Operating SystemMojave I'd been using the Desktop App without any inconvenience for +2 years in this mac until last Friday when this error message showed up when I tried to log into my account: "A Firewall may ...
Plan Free Country MEX Device MacBook Pro 2017 Operating System Mojave I'd been using the Desktop App without any inconvenience for +2 years in this mac until last Friday when this err...
Spotify Legend
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Hi thereI am brand new to Spotify - wanting to download music offline to then transfer to USB to play in the car (have taken out Spotify Premium Duo). Am using macOS BigSur v11.1 I managed to change the download location on my macbook pro so that I c...
Hi there I am brand new to Spotify - wanting to download music offline to then transfer to USB to play in the car (have taken out Spotify Premium Duo). Am using macOS BigSur v11.1 ...
Spotify Star
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I have two major complaints regarding the desktop version of Spotify. For reference, I have a Macbook and I keep Spotify open in full-screen and I four-finger swipe between my apps in full-screen:1) It used to be that you could see the album cover of...
I have two major complaints regarding the desktop version of Spotify. For reference, I have a Macbook and I keep Spotify open in full-screen and I four-finger swipe between my apps in full-screen: 1...
Moderator
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I accidentally clicked on the Artist header in the New Music Friday playlist and now I have it alphabetical by artist instead of the original order (with the biggest stars on top). Can switch to the other headers--track title (alphabetical), length--...
I accidentally clicked on the Artist header in the New Music Friday playlist and now I have it alphabetical by artist instead of the original order (with the biggest stars on top). Can switch to the ...
Regular
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Hi,I run the desktop app and I'm wondering if there's a way for Spotify to automatically pause music when I receive an incoming call? I run all my Teams, Zoom and cellular calls through my Mac and this would be great to enable if it's possible. When ...
Hi, I run the desktop app and I'm wondering if there's a way for Spotify to automatically pause music when I receive an incoming call? I run all my Teams, Zoom and cellular calls through my...
Spotify Legend
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So, on two different devices of mine (a mac and a windows 10 computer) I had an incident where suddenly two songs were separated with a gap where they previously weren't. This gap persisted when I shut of Spotify and restarted it. Other songs that di...
So, on two different devices of mine (a mac and a windows 10 computer) I had an incident where suddenly two songs were separated with a gap where they previously weren't. This gap persisted when I sh...
Spotify Legend
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Hi, I am a premium user with 13,000+ local files. These are stored on a drive connected to my Mac (Catalina macOS 10.15.7). I presume from several posts that there is a limit of 10,000 files, and that that is the reason that new files I add do not pl...
Hi, I am a premium user with 13,000+ local files. These are stored on a drive connected to my Mac (Catalina macOS 10.15.7). I presume from several posts that there is a limit ...
Spotify Legend
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MacBook Pro 2017Catalina 10.15.7 USA I was having an issue opening up Spotify, it was just a black screen and nothing was happening, so I used instructions found on the Spotify website to clean the app and all files pertaining to the app off my lapto...
MacBook Pro 2017 Catalina 10.15.7 USA I was having an issue opening up Spotify, it was just a black screen and nothing was happening, so I used instructions found on the Spotify...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremium CountryJapan DeviceMacbook Pro late 2019 and Mac mini M1 2020 Operating SystemCatalina and Big Sur My Question or Issue I'm using the Mac app and am running into the problem of music stopping when I press the play button. The problem I im...
Plan Premium Country Japan Device Macbook Pro late 2019 and Mac mini M1 2020 Operating System Catalina and Big Sur My Question or Issue I'm using the ...
Spotify Legend
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When playing music from a playlist clickin on album image in left corner does not take me to the right song on a playlist. Instead it takes me to a wrong song. This happens when the sorting column is activated, but does not happen when the sorting co...
When playing music from a playlist clickin on album image in left corner does not take me to the right song on a playlist. Instead it takes me to a wrong song. This happens when the sorting column is...
Community Legend
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PlanPremium DeviceMacbook Pro 2012 My Question or IssueYesterday and today I haven't been able to change the cover picture for any of my playlists, it says "Failed to save playlist changes. Please try again" I have tried on several playlists, there's...
Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro 2012 My Question or Issue Yesterday and today I haven't been able to change the cover picture for any of my playlists, it says "Failed to ...
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