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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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I need help with this. The Spotify menu on my Mac is somehow in Spanish. When on my phone it's English, and I have no idea why it's suddenly spanish when I'm on my Mac - and I can't seem to change it. I find it extremely annoying that there is no eas...
I need help with this. The Spotify menu on my Mac is somehow in Spanish. When on my phone it's English, and I have no idea why it's suddenly spanish when I'm on my Mac - and I can't seem to ...
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I was wondering if I could delete my 'Persistent Cache' folder without damaging my library of functioning of my desktop Spotify app? It is now at 30gb and taking up space I could do with. Also is there a way to cap this folder size or must I manually...
I was wondering if I could delete my 'Persistent Cache' folder without damaging my library of functioning of my desktop Spotify app? It is now at 30gb and taking up space I could do with.  ...
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Plan: PremiumCountry: IndiaDevice:MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)Operating System: macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) My Question or IssueI have recently noticed that local files from my Mac show up in search results despite the Show Local Files opt...
Plan: Premium Country: India Device:MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Operating System: macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) My Question or Issue I have recently noticed that loca...
Composer
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PlanPremium (latest version app installed)CountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Pro 2018Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or IssueI'm not able to start Spotify connect (for cromecast audio, samsung galaxy S9 plus) from my laptop as I cannot even ...
Plan Premium (latest version app installed) Country Sweden Device Macbook Pro 2018 Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or Issue I'm not able to start Spotify conne...
Newbie
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMacBook Pro 15 inch 2013Operating SystemMacOs Mojave Since a few days some songs I have added to certain playlists on my phone wouldn't show up in my playlists on my MacBook. Today I wanted to fix this so I reinstal...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device MacBook Pro 15 inch 2013 Operating System MacOs Mojave Since a few days some songs I have added to certain playlists on my phone wouldn't show ...
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Used to work fine, now none of those songs in that folder play, either greyed out and no sound. I have some awesome old mp3s from back in the day I'm talking pre 2000 and songs you can't find anywhere now and custom releases from artist and bands etc...
Used to work fine, now none of those songs in that folder play, either greyed out and no sound. I have some awesome old mp3s from back in the day I'm talking pre 2000 and songs you can't find anywher...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryColombia DeviceMacBook AirOperating SystemmacOS Catalina My Question or IssueFilter feature in albums view is not working. When trying to filter albums by album name or artist name, no results are produced
Plan Premium Country Colombia Device MacBook Air Operating System macOS Catalina My Question or Issue Filter feature in albums view is not working. When trying to filter albu...
Spotify Legend
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Olá! O aplicativo do Spotify para Desktop (Mac) está indisponível na App Store? Existe previsão para retorno?
Olá! O aplicativo do Spotify para Desktop (Mac) está indisponível na App Store? Existe previsão para retorno?
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Plan PremiumCountry CanadaDevice: Macbook Pro 11,5 2015, MacOS Catalina 10.15.4, Spotify 1.1.31.703.g256add22 My Question or IssueA few days ago (I think Thurs., April 30) suddenly the album cover for current song in the lower left corner of the Spot...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device: Macbook Pro 11,5 2015, MacOS Catalina 10.15.4, Spotify 1.1.31.703.g256add22 My Question or Issue A few days ago (I think Th...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany Device(MacBook Pro 2018)Operating System(macOS Catalina 10.15.5) My Question or IssueI want to change playlist cover image to the custom one but when hovering over playlist cover image in the desktop app 'edit' icon no longe...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device (MacBook Pro 2018) Operating System (macOS Catalina 10.15.5) My Question or Issue I want to change playlist cover image to the custom one ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Air 2015Operating SystemMacOS Catalina 10.15Date20th October 2019 My Question or IssueSpotify has been crashing on launch for about a week now. It started about when I updated my laptop to MacOS Catalina 10.15 and no...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Air 2015 Operating System MacOS Catalina 10.15 Date 20th October 2019 My Question or Issue Spotify has been crashing on launch for about a we...
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DeviceMacbook Pro 15 inch 2019 Operating SystemMacOS 10.15.5 Spotify Version1.1.33.569.gced9e0f5 If shuffle is enabled, the wrong music in the list is highlighted when clicking the song image. Shuffle Enabled (highlighted the currently playing song) ...
Device Macbook Pro 15 inch 2019 Operating System MacOS 10.15.5 Spotify Version 1.1.33.569.gced9e0f5 If shuffle is enabled, the wrong music in the list is highlighted whe...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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