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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

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...

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Jemi

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Pop-up for xpui appears on app startup

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...

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Alcyon

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Solved!! Cant download Spotify on Mac OS 10.15.7

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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Solved!! Clear recently played on home screen?

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.

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jruby

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Superuser Contribution How do I go to the playlist of currently playing song on the Web interface?

So I am jamming a playlist and leave to say the home page, usually if you click on the icon on the bottom left part of the screen of the currently playing song, you'd be taken right back to the currently playing playlist. But for some reasons that do...

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So I am jamming a playlist and leave to say the home page, usually if you click on the icon on the bottom left part of the screen of the currently playing song, you'd be taken right back to the curre...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify won't play Local Files anymore.

PlanPremiumCountryUK Device(Macbook Air early 2015)Operating System(iOS 11.5.2 Big Sur) My Question or IssueI had synched up Spotify to play local files and suddenly it won't anymore. They appear grey and spotify just skips past them. I've checked an...

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device (Macbook Air early 2015) Operating System (iOS 11.5.2 Big Sur)   My Question or Issue I had synched up Spotify to play local files and suddenly i...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify app icon persists in MacOS launchpad after uninstall

Hi Spotify users on MacOS, I followed the instructions to perform a clean uninstall of the Spotify app on MacOS (15.6). However, the app icon remains in the launchpad and cannot be removed - even all Spotify-related files are delete via Finder. It al...

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Hi Spotify users on MacOS,   I followed the instructions to perform a clean uninstall of the Spotify app on MacOS (15.6). However, the app icon remains in the launchpad and cannot be removed -...

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Superuser Contribution Desktop app crashes when clicking on the interface.

PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook M1 Pro, 16gb ramOperating SystemSequoia 15.6 My Question or IssueWhen I open the Spotify app, it launches correctly. But as soon as I click anywhere at all on the app interface, it immediately closes. This started happening t...

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Plan Premium Device Macbook M1 Pro, 16gb ram Operating System Sequoia 15.6   My Question or Issue When I open the Spotify app, it launches correctly. But as soon as I click anywhere at a...

chvarria

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Superuser Contribution Spotify app changed to (old)

Plan PremiumCountry UK Device(iMac 27"late 2014)Operating System(MacOs 11.0.1) My Question or Issuehi, I'm just after updating my Spotify app, and my app has changed name to Spotify (old) why is this? thanks in advance

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Plan Premium Country UK   Device (iMac 27"late 2014) Operating System (MacOs 11.0.1)   My Question or Issue hi,  I'm just after updating my Spotify app,  and my app ...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify Installer Showing Unix Epoch Modification Date

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacPro 2019Operating System15.5 My Question or IssueI am trying to re-install Spotify onto my mac, to attempt to debug an issue with Spotify crashing and bringing down my whole computer. On the way to understanding that ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device MacPro 2019 Operating System 15.5   My Question or Issue I am trying to re-install Spotify onto my mac, to attempt to debug an issue with Spotify cra...

Petje73

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Superuser Contribution Mac OS sequoia web player issues

using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop speakers and also when using bluetooth headphones, au...

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using the Spotify web player on developer version os Mac OS sequoia is resulting in playback sounding like there's a sheet of glass lying on my MacBooks speakers, issue presents on built in laptop sp...

MihailY

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Playlist not showing when tryna add a song into them

Hi i recently came across this issue after i updated the app on my macbook and i cannot add a song to a playlist other than liked songs cause none of them show for some reason so i gotta add it thru my phone, but on my phone liked songs wont show so ...

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Hi i recently came across this issue after i updated the app on my macbook and i cannot add a song to a playlist other than liked songs cause none of them show for some reason so i gotta add it thru ...

Billy-J

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Solved!! Hardware Acceleration not found.

I use a macbook air m2 and I have downloaded Spotify to it. But, when I try to resize my Spotify window, it's a bit laggy. Many suggests that disabling HA works, but when I look for the option HA in the settings, no option/setting is found. I wanna t...

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I use a macbook air m2 and I have downloaded Spotify to it. But, when I try to resize my Spotify window, it's a bit laggy. Many suggests that disabling HA works, but when I look for the option HA in ...

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Can't play to Spotify Connect device.

PlanPremiumCountryHungaryDeviceAll my devicesOperating SystemMacOS, iOS, iPadOS My Question or IssueI have a server authenticated correctly into my Spotify account to use with Spotify Connect. Up until three days ago, it was completely fine, then all...

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Plan Premium Country Hungary Device All my devices Operating System MacOS, iOS, iPadOS   My Question or Issue I have a server authenticated correctly into my Spotify account to use wit...

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Superuser Contribution iMac desktop unable to reinstall

PlanCurrently PremiumCountryCanadaDeviceiMacOperating SystemmacOS Ventura 13.4.1 My Question or Issuethe desktop app for Spotify randomly became unopenable, and then when reinstalling, the Installer either didn't open with what I assume is an error c...

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Plan Currently Premium Country Canada Device iMac Operating System macOS Ventura 13.4.1   My Question or Issue the desktop app for Spotify randomly became unopenable, and then when rei...

AlejaR

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution When i try to open spotify on my mac and play songs, it says i'm offline

It works perfectly on my phone but when i try my mac it says i am in 'offline mode' when i am connected to the internet. I tried with my personal hotspot but that did not work either.

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It works perfectly on my phone but when i try my mac it says i am in 'offline mode' when i am connected to the internet. I tried with my personal hotspot but that did not work either.

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Superuser Contribution Can't repeat one song while in "Recommendation mode"

PlanPremiumDeviceMacBook Air M1 (2020) Operating SystemMac OS Ventura - 13.5.2 (22G91) Spotify VersionSpotify on macOS (Apple Silicon)1.2.25.1011.g0348b2ea IssueIf you play a playlist without the "Repeat Playlist" mode, after all songs had been playe...

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Plan Premium Device MacBook Air M1 (2020)   Operating System Mac OS Ventura - 13.5.2 (22G91)   Spotify Version Spotify on macOS (Apple Silicon) 1.2.25.1011.g0348b2ea   ...

brtylr

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Superuser Contribution Crackling/Clipping Noise on Macbook

Crackling/popping/clipping/stuttering issue that I've seen in different forums. Can't find a fix for the mac. Just started noticing it today. Please help! Macbook running macOS Catalina v10.15.6 Retina, 12 inch, 2017.

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Crackling/popping/clipping/stuttering issue that I've seen in different forums. Can't find a fix for the mac. Just started noticing it today.    Please help!   Macbook running macO...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution How do I mark a Podcast as unplayed?

MacOS I can't mark podcasts as unplayed. I know this has been implemented on the mobile app, but the desktop app needs this also. It would also be helpful to have batch editing on the mobile and desktop. Sometimes I like to relisten to whole librarie...

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MacOS    I can't mark podcasts as unplayed. I know this has been implemented on the mobile app, but the desktop app needs this also. It would also be helpful to have batch editing on the ...

Eni

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Superuser Contribution "Spotify can't play this right now" error in Liked Songs on Mac (Sequoia 15.5)

PlanPremiumCountryCzech Republic DeviceMacbook Pro 14" 2021Operating SystemSequoia 15.5 My Question or IssueWhen I try to play any song in the Liked Songs, an error occurs that states:"Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your c...

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Plan Premium Country Czech Republic   Device Macbook Pro 14" 2021 Operating System Sequoia 15.5   My Question or Issue When I try to play any song in the Liked Songs, an e...

Maria

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I do not want to see Spotify in the macOS menu bar

Please give me the option - like any other app - to not show the app in the top right menu bar on macOS Sequoai v15.5

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Please give me the option - like any other app - to not show the app in the top right menu bar on macOS Sequoai v15.5  

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Superuser Contribution newly added songs can't be played

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceMacBook Pro 2021 Operating SystemSonoma 14.3 My Question or IssueI couldn't play newly added songs in "Liked Songs", and the message "Spotify can't play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can imp...

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Plan Premium   Country Canada   Device MacBook Pro 2021   Operating System Sonoma 14.3   My Question or Issue I couldn't play newly added songs in "Liked Songs", and ...

nuszki

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Search is broken on Mac Desktop App

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook Pro 14-inch 2023 - Apple M2 Pro with 16 GB RAMOperating SystemSequoia 15.5My Question or IssueThe Spotify App (version 1.2.51.345.gcc39d911) is having ongoing issues especially when trying to search for any music or...

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Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Pro 14-inch 2023  - Apple M2 Pro  with 16 GB RAM Operating System Sequoia 15.5 My Question or Issue The Spotify App (version 1.2.51.345.gcc3...

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