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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...
Newbie
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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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Hi, for several months now, every time I go to click on the "Find Friends" button, this error message (attached below) pops up. I have added friends in the past and want to add more. Why isn't it letting me?
Hi, for several months now, every time I go to click on the "Find Friends" button, this error message (attached below) pops up. I have added friends in the past and want to add more. Why isn't it let...
Spotify Legend
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5 replies
1 likes
Can I play local mp4 video files as a video rather than playing only the audio? Plan: PremiumCountry: India Device: Samsung Galaxy S10, Macbook AirOperating System: Android 10, MacOS 10.15.5
Can I play local mp4 video files as a video rather than playing only the audio? Plan: Premium Country: India Device: Samsung Galaxy S10, Macbook Air Operating System: An...
Moderator
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After booting the Mac, the Spotify App for Mac will start even though the automatic start for the Spotify App is disabled. I am using the Spotify App with the version number 1.1.21.1654.g282a2807. It is very annoying that the app "does what it want"....
After booting the Mac, the Spotify App for Mac will start even though the automatic start for the Spotify App is disabled. I am using the Spotify App with the version number 1.1.21.1654...
Newbie
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Family PlanPremiumUSA Macbook Air Hey! Spotify helped me out a lot yesterday with a hacking situation; somebody added themselves into my family plan, and also hacked into my own library. They added this song (attached image) to literally every single...
Family Plan Premium USA Macbook Air Hey! Spotify helped me out a lot yesterday with a hacking situation; somebody added themselves into my family plan, and also hacked into my own...
Casual Listener
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PremiumUKDevice - MacOperating System - macOS Catalina v10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhen I search for any song using the search bar on my mac it gives the expected titles but also titles of the same name that are unplayable which have a number (e.g 0...
Premium UK Device - Mac Operating System - macOS Catalina v10.15.2 My Question or Issue When I search for any song using the search bar on my mac it gives the expected titles b...
Moderator
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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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18 replies
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Ok so- I've tried for AGES now to login on a new profile and this is all I get: Now my question is: How do I fix this? I've tried every damned thing under the sun+moon, day+night, and NOT ONE of the MULTIPLE "solutions" ended up working. I'm on an ol...
Ok so- I've tried for AGES now to login on a new profile and this is all I get: Now my question is: How do I fix this? I've tried every damned thing under the su...
Spotify Legend
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16 replies
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On my Mac desktop, the Podcast section does not update when new episodes of Podcasts are added since the update. So now I have no way of knowing when new podcast episodes have been released, at least not without clicking on the podcast icons to check...
On my Mac desktop, the Podcast section does not update when new episodes of Podcasts are added since the update. So now I have no way of knowing when new podcast episodes have been released, at least...
Casual Listener
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10 replies
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Well, Spotify has just been released in Vietnam and it's the hype here. Yesterday, I could still use the lyrics feature, and this morning, my friend can still use it on his Windows laptop. However, I cannot find that feature on my Spotify anymore. I ...
Well, Spotify has just been released in Vietnam and it's the hype here. Yesterday, I could still use the lyrics feature, and this morning, my friend can still use it on his Windows laptop. However, I...
Spotify Legend
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Hi! I am on my desktop APP (not web browser) for Mac and I can no longer edit playlists (change cover, reorder songs, etc.) I have the premium plan. I have some custom covers I would love to use but can't find that option anymore. The pencil edit opt...
Hi! I am on my desktop APP (not web browser) for Mac and I can no longer edit playlists (change cover, reorder songs, etc.) I have the premium plan. I have some custom covers I would love to use but ...
Community Legend
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PlanPremium CountryGermany DeviceMacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.2 (18C54) My Question or IssueHi, yesterday I updated the desktop app to version 1.1.32.618.gda5638a6. The songs that were added to the queue before the upda...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) Operating System macOS 10.14.2 (18C54) My Question or Issue Hi, yesterday I updated t...
Spotify Legend
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The most recent Spotify Installer for Mac gets stuck at 'Installing Spotify', and keeps eating RAM. I left it for a good 30 minutes, and by that time it occupied more than 28 GBs or RAM. PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Pro Retina 2014Operating ...
The most recent Spotify Installer for Mac gets stuck at 'Installing Spotify', and keeps eating RAM. I left it for a good 30 minutes, and by that time it occupied more than 28 GBs or RAM. Pla...
Casual Listener
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Using a macbook pro and this issue only started up within the past few days. I plugged an aux into my mac to connect it to my desktop speakers and it sounded as if the right speaker was the only one playing music. Upon inspection the left speaker was...
Using a macbook pro and this issue only started up within the past few days. I plugged an aux into my mac to connect it to my desktop speakers and it sounded as if the right speaker was the only one ...
Casual Listener
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Plan: PremiumCountry: USA Device: Macbook pro 2019Operating System: macOS 10.14.6 My Question or Issue Is it possible to configure Spotify to stop playing after I have been idle for a period of time, or perhaps after the screen locks? I have searched...
Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook pro 2019 Operating System: macOS 10.14.6 My Question or Issue Is it possible to configure Spotify to stop playing aft...
Community Legend
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Device: MacBook Pro 16" 2019Operating System: MacOS 10.15.4 The current layout of the control strip leaves something to be desired.Whether in the application or outside it is not possible (for example) to like a song, to see the name of the song or t...
Device: MacBook Pro 16" 2019 Operating System: MacOS 10.15.4 The current layout of the control strip leaves something to be desired. Whether in the application or outside it is not possibl...
Spotify Legend
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Hello, I wanted to know that, when I am playing songs from other public playlists is there any way to hide only the playlist name from my listening activity other than opting for a private session? Also, I already added the playlist to my account but...
Hello, I wanted to know that, when I am playing songs from other public playlists is there any way to hide only the playlist name from my listening activity other than opting for a private session? A...
Community Legend
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Plan premiumFree/PremiumCountry USA Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) macbook pro 2018Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) mac os catalina My Question or IssueHow do i stop spotify autostarting when my compu...
Plan premium Free/Premium Country USA Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) macbook pro 2018 Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) mac os ca...
Community Legend
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Plan - PremiumCountry - USADevice - 2017 5K Retina Display 27" iMacOperating System - iOS Catalina 10.15 Any idea at all why, when I open Spotify sometimes, it would appear with this red translucent overlay around it??? I was viewing a photo in Photo...
Plan - Premium Country - USA Device - 2017 5K Retina Display 27" iMac Operating System - iOS Catalina 10.15 Any idea at all why, when I open Spotify sometimes, it would appear with this r...
Spotify Legend
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I'm using the free version of spotify on the mac and the date added section of my playlists shows up as "in a year." I've tried reinstalling spotify but it still shows up. What can I do to fix this?
I'm using the free version of spotify on the mac and the date added section of my playlists shows up as "in a year." I've tried reinstalling spotify but it still shows up. What can I d...
Visitor
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Spotify will not close when hitting the close button and instead minimizes.It is not much of an extra step to simply right click and quit the app, but it's a step I really shouldn't have to be taking. There is already a minimize button and there is l...
Spotify will not close when hitting the close button and instead minimizes. It is not much of an extra step to simply right click and quit the app, but it's a step I really shouldn't have to be taki...
Community Legend
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