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Discuss Spotify for Mac
I just purchased a m4 macbook running 26.2 Tahoe. I tried downloading spotify from Safari and Chrome. Every time I try to open the zip file it says Unable to expand "SpotifyInstaller.zip" into "Desktop". (Error 79 - Inappropriate file type or format....
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hi! this is the same question as this one but because it’s marked as solved and the solution doesn’t work for me, I’m posting it again. I’ve double checked:1) I have no “login items” for my user in the Users & Groups pref pane2) when I right click th...
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...
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My Question or Issue:After the latest update I can't change the order of my songs in my playlists. This is unacceptable and a good reason to stop the premium subscription! Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Macbook Pro 2020Operating System: macOS Catal...
My Question or Issue: After the latest update I can't change the order of my songs in my playlists. This is unacceptable and a good reason to stop the premium subscription! Plan: Premi...
Casual Listener
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Premium Family Plan - USADevice - Macbook Pro 2018Operating System - macOS Mojave v. 10.14.4 My Question or IssueI can't get already created playlist descriptions to update. Everytime I try to save an update to the playlist it reverts back to the ori...
Premium Family Plan - USA Device - Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System - macOS Mojave v. 10.14.4 My Question or Issue I can't get already created playlist descriptions to update. ...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacOperating SystemMac OS My Question or IssueHi, Am I the only one with this issue? my songs present in my playlist "liked songs" are not marked (white heart) on the artist/album view, I thing this is an issue has it lead ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Mac Operating System Mac OS My Question or Issue Hi, Am I the only one with this issue? my songs present in my playlist "liked song...
Casual Listener
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Is there any way to view search results as text not album covers, there used to be a way.Thanks Premium Mac desktopUSA
Is there any way to view search results as text not album covers, there used to be a way. Thanks Premium Mac desktop USA
Spotify Star
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Why has my follower count reduced overnight?? It say 249 followers on the spotify application on my macbook pro but 279 followers on my artists.spotify.com page. I know some of the people that followed me on spotify cause i told them to. They couldnt...
Why has my follower count reduced overnight?? It say 249 followers on the spotify application on my macbook pro but 279 followers on my artists.spotify.com page. I know some of the people that follow...
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None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,e...
None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9,...
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Hello,I would like to know when the option to upload my mp3 will be available on the platform. I have some mp3 songs that are not available on the Spotify platform. We have the option of using local files through the desktop application, however, the...
Hello, I would like to know when the option to upload my mp3 will be available on the platform. I have some mp3 songs that are not available on the Spotify platform. We have the option of us...
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Hi, y'all So I don't know exactly where to put this topic in 'cause it can be various topics. I don't know if it is me but it has been happening for more than 1 month now. I just cannot seem to put up an idea on the Spotify community. I don't know wh...
Hi, y'all So I don't know exactly where to put this topic in 'cause it can be various topics. I don't know if it is me but it has been happening for more than 1 month now. I just ca...
Composer
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PlanPremium DeviceMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueTrying to access my daily mix and they're just stuck on the loading screen.This has been happening for the last few days. Can anyone please help?
Plan Premium Device MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or Issue Trying to access my daily mix and they're just stuck on the loading screen. This has been happening for t...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDevice(iPhone 6, iPad 9.7, Macbook Pro 2018)Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or IssueCan a spotify user select one particular song, and the song after that would be a random song but similar to that one particular song ...
Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device (iPhone 6, iPad 9.7, Macbook Pro 2018) Operating System (iOS 10) My Question or Issue Can a spotify user select one particular song, and the son...
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There are songs that are not on Spotify due to agreement with the label. I want to add them to my Spotify but I’d like to know if there’s a way to do it without premium.PlanFreeCountryUSADeviceMacBook Air 2019Operating SystemMacOS My Question or Issu...
There are songs that are not on Spotify due to agreement with the label. I want to add them to my Spotify but I’d like to know if there’s a way to do it without premium. Plan Free Country USA De...
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Hi! Just got my Mac and Spotify was the very first thing I set up—as I was playing around with the Touch Bar in the app, I realized the scrubbing bar indicated exactly where I was in the music in real-time—however, I can't control my music with it. I...
Hi! Just got my Mac and Spotify was the very first thing I set up—as I was playing around with the Touch Bar in the app, I realized the scrubbing bar indicated exactly where I was in the music in rea...
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentina DeviceMacBook Pro 2017 RetinaOperating SystemHigh Sierra My Question or Issue AppleScript is not returning current song correctly. The last build from Apr 23th Broke it. The script in question is the following: if applicat...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device MacBook Pro 2017 Retina Operating System High Sierra My Question or Issue AppleScript is not returning current song corr...
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Plan PremiumCountry Germany Device iMacOperating System macOS Catalina My Question or IssueSpotify crashes immediatly on startup, output of command./Spotify --show-console: 18:07:33.091 I [network_controller.cpp:77 ] Connectivity policy is initially ...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device iMac Operating System macOS Catalina My Question or Issue Spotify crashes immediatly on startup, output of command ./Spotify --show-console...
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PremiumUSAMacbook Pro late 2018macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Hi!For months now, whenever a sound plays from my chrome (doesn't matter which site), Spotify will break. What I mean by this is that when I click play again on spotify, the bar will continue to m...
Premium USA Macbook Pro late 2018 macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Hi! For months now, whenever a sound plays from my chrome (doesn't matter which site), Spotify will break. What I mean by this is...
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PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or IssueI just downloaded spotify on my mac and when i opened it, none of my friends' activity showed up and all the playlists in my library were empty, eve...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15.5 My Question or Issue I just downloaded spotify on my mac and when i opened it, none of...
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Open Finder In the Menu Bar select Go and then 'Go to Folder' Enter: /private/etc/hosts Locate the file called 'host' and drag to desktop Open the file and replace the text with: ### Host Database## localhost is used to configure the loopback interfa...
Open Finder In the Menu Bar select Go and then 'Go to Folder' Enter: /private/etc/hosts Locate the file called 'host' and drag to desktop Open the file and replace ...
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PlanPremiumCountry Germany DeviceMacbook Pro Retina Early 2013Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.5 My Question or IssueSpotify on my mac unfortunately recently started crashing randomly (once per 1 minute), which makes the app completely unuseable. I've tri...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Macbook Pro Retina Early 2013 Operating System macOS 10.14.5 My Question or Issue Spotify on my mac unfortunately recently st...
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PlanPremiumCountryItalyDevicemacbook pro 13" 2017Operating SystemmacOs 10.15.5 My Question or IssueSince today app crashes on start.So far I tried: - reboot: no effect- uninstall and reinstall: no effect- clean cache: no effect- clean cache and reins...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device macbook pro 13" 2017 Operating System macOs 10.15.5 My Question or Issue Since today app crashes on start. So far I tried: - reboot: no ef...
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I want to start fresh with my playlist, and my first step was to delete all the playlists i didnt need. I went to delete a playlist and clicked the delete button on the macbook app but it didnt work. Anyone have some answers?
I want to start fresh with my playlist, and my first step was to delete all the playlists i didnt need. I went to delete a playlist and clicked the delete button on the macbook app but it didnt work....
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