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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: Premium StudentCountry: USA Device: Macbook ProOperating System: High SierraMy Question or Issue: I used to be able to use the media keys (F7 for previous, F8 for play/pause, and F9 for next) to control spotify on my macbook pro. These no longe...
Plan: Premium Student Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro Operating System: High Sierra My Question or Issue: I used to be able to use the media keys (F7 for previous, F8 for play/p...
Visitor
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4 replies
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Plan PremiumBulgaria DeviceMacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)Operating SystemMojave 10.14.6 My Question or IssueEverytime I try to start Spotify it just crashes (does not start). Tried adding in privacy settings accessibility, no luck.Tried uninstalling the...
Plan Premium Bulgaria Device MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) Operating System Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or Issue Everytime I try to start Spotify it just crashes (does not st...
Regular
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9 replies
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Hi there, I have this technical issue, I tried to make a post in the Playlist Exchange community but the system keeps on rejecting my post, saying that I must enter a valid Spotify URI, and that's what I'm doing but I can't fix the problem.Already tr...
Hi there, I have this technical issue, I tried to make a post in the Playlist Exchange community but the system keeps on rejecting my post, saying that I must enter a valid Spotify URI, and that's wh...
Community Legend
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GerätMacBook ProBetriebssystemCatalina Hi!I can't play local mp3 Files on my Desktop APP. I added my local Folder, but Music is shown like this (1 second): The Files are free,- no protection.....Any ideas?Kind regards from GermanyBernd
Gerät MacBook Pro Betriebssystem Catalina Hi! I can't play local mp3 Files on my Desktop APP. I added my local Folder, but Music is shown like this (1 second): &nb...
Casual Listener
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2 replies
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Plan: Premium (Canada) Device: iMac (OS Mojave) My spotify app is extremely slow. I have looked through previous posts dealing with the same issue, and have found a guide for fixing this problem (linked below). However, the spotify cache folder that ...
Plan: Premium (Canada) Device: iMac (OS Mojave) My spotify app is extremely slow. I have looked through previous posts dealing with the same issue, and have found a guide for f...
Community Legend
5586 Views
3 replies
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PlanPremiumCountryTurkeyDeviceMacbook Air My Question or IssueNormally you can change the arrangement of songs in a playlist by dragging one but it doesn't work in just one of my playlists, in other playlists I don't have a problem with it and can ch...
Plan Premium Country Turkey Device Macbook Air My Question or Issue Normally you can change the arrangement of songs in a playlist by dragging one but it doesn't work in just one of my...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Air Early 2015Operating SystemMacOS Mojave My Question or IssueSpotify just doesn't work at all. After opening the app, none of my friends appear. I click on my playlist and none of my songs are present. I try to pla...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Air Early 2015 Operating System MacOS Mojave My Question or Issue Spotify just doesn't work at all. After opening the app, none of my friends a...
Casual Listener
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2 replies
1 likes
Plan - PremiumCountry - UK Device - Macbook Pro 13 inch, 2017Operating System - MacOS Mojave 10.14.16 My Question or Issue I've tried multiple ways to connect my Spotify and Facebook over the last few weeks but have been unsuccessful. When I click on...
Plan - Premium Country - UK Device - Macbook Pro 13 inch, 2017 Operating System - MacOS Mojave 10.14.16 My Question or Issue I've tried multiple ways to connect my S...
Roadie
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Trying to set up a queue from my playlists (which I do regularly), but nothing is loading int he queue. I am in Mohave 10.14.6 and Spotirfy just ran an update yesterday. Now this. Please fix before my morning session at 8:45 am EST.
Trying to set up a queue from my playlists (which I do regularly), but nothing is loading int he queue. I am in Mohave 10.14.6 and Spotirfy just ran an update yesterday. Now this. Please fix before m...
Roadie
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I may be posting this on the Mac forum but this is happening on all of my devices including my MacBook Pro Retina. My other devices that I have Spotify Premium are my iPad Pro 2018, my iPhone 8 Plus and my iPhone 6S Plus. So today I was browsing my S...
I may be posting this on the Mac forum but this is happening on all of my devices including my MacBook Pro Retina. My other devices that I have Spotify Premium are my iPad Pro 2018, my iPhone 8 Plus ...
Casual Listener
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My Issue:When a song title has a time in it, a base date of 1899-12-31 is added with the time displayed in 24-hour format. Please see the attached screenshot of Elliot Smith's song "2:45 AM" as an example. The title displays properly in the album tra...
My Issue: When a song title has a time in it, a base date of 1899-12-31 is added with the time displayed in 24-hour format. Please see the attached screenshot of Elliot Smith's song "2:45 AM" as an ...
Composer
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Hello,since months Spotify on my Mac El Capitan (10.11.6) gets slower and slower. It needs maybe up to ten minutes to see not a black screen only.But also when playlists are loaded after such long time, normally it is not possible to start any list o...
Hello, since months Spotify on my Mac El Capitan (10.11.6) gets slower and slower. It needs maybe up to ten minutes to see not a black screen only. But also when playlists are loaded after such lon...
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryFranceDeviceMacBookPro 2018Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.6 My Question or IssueI've got more than 4000 songs on a playlist, I don't know if it does something but, when I click on the jacket of the song, it doesn't focus the right song...
Plan Premium Country France Device MacBookPro 2018 Operating System macOS 10.14.6 My Question or Issue I've got more than 4000 songs on a playlist, I don't know if it does something ...
Community Legend
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HelloHow long does it take Spotify to play music after you have logged on? I have a fast connection and all other apps work very fast. Spotify takes 4 to five minutes. Is that normal?Matt
Hello How long does it take Spotify to play music after you have logged on? I have a fast connection and all other apps work very fast. Spotify takes 4 to five minutes. Is that normal? Matt
Casual Listener
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I have a lot of local files on my current laptop, and I have a lot of playlists that mix Spotify music and local files. I moonlight as a DJ so those playlists are super important to me-- I have over 20 playlists with several hundred songs each, some ...
I have a lot of local files on my current laptop, and I have a lot of playlists that mix Spotify music and local files. I moonlight as a DJ so those playlists are super important to me-- I have over ...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook Pro late 2016Operating SystemMojave MacOS I'm on build "1.1.15.448.g00fba0e3"When I scroll down on a Podcast's homepage, the banner that shrinks shows "true" instead of the actual Podcast name.
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook Pro late 2016 Operating System Mojave MacOS I'm on build "1.1.15.448.g00fba0e3" When I scroll down on a Podcast's homepage, the banner that...
Community Legend
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For the past week or so my Spotify desktop app had been having an issue where songs would freeze a few seconds in so I decided to do a clean install per the instructions provided by Spotify (deleting cache, deleting the application, deleting the Spot...
For the past week or so my Spotify desktop app had been having an issue where songs would freeze a few seconds in so I decided to do a clean install per the instructions provided by Spotify (deleting...
Newbie
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6 replies
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue
Casual Listener
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Hi, every one!I am desperate... all my playlists are empty and cannot listen to any song in my spotify desktop (MAC). I try to uninstall spotify hundred of time but is not working.. I think I changed something by mistake and now I cannot listen to an...
Hi, every one! I am desperate... all my playlists are empty and cannot listen to any song in my spotify desktop (MAC). I try to uninstall spotify hundred of time but is not working.. I think...
Casual Listener
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