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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Apple Silicon and Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook Air M1 2020Operating SystemmacOS Big Sur My Question or IssueHi! I'm just asking when are you going to release an Universal or a M1 optimized version of the Spotify desktop app, because Rosetta 2 is going soon to be r...

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  •   Plan Premium Country   Device Macbook Air M1 2020 Operating System macOS Big Sur   My Question or Issue Hi! I'm just asking when are you going to release an Universal or a...
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Superuser Contribution My spotify for the last few days have been pausing everywhere, on browser, on my desktop application

I have a premium student account and my Spotify for the last few days have been pausing whenever I'd play music everywhere! – on browser, on my desktop application(Mac) and on my iPhone. I've tried almost everything.I signed out of on all my accounts...

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  • I have a premium student account and my Spotify for the last few days have been pausing whenever I'd play music everywhere! – on browser, on my desktop application(Mac) and on my iPhone.  &nbsp...
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Spotify Apple Silicon Low Audio Volume Issue

PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceMacBook Air M1Operating SystemBig Sur My Question or IssueHi I'm using Apple Silicon and I don't know where to post bug issues and I can't find it on Github so I post it here,I'm running Spotify 1.1.63.488.g27383f12 b...

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  • Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device MacBook Air M1 Operating System Big Sur   My Question or Issue Hi I'm using Apple Silicon and I don't know where to post bug issues and I can't fi...
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Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working

Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working Since the desktop update a few weeks ago, I can no longer use the keyboard shortcuts to go forward and back! Instead I have to actually use the mouse to click on the tiny arrows at the top....

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  • Forward and back keyboard shortcut feature no longer working   Since the desktop update a few weeks ago, I can no longer use the keyboard shortcuts to go forward and back! Instead I have to ...
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[Desktop][Playlists] See who added a song to a shared playlist

Previously we could see small circles with the letter of the first name of who added a song to a share playlist, but you have removed it - why?! It was awesome!

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  • Previously we could see small circles with the letter of the first name of who added a song to a share playlist, but you have removed it - why?! It was awesome!
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Adjust video speed? (1.5x, 2x, etc)

Spotify for Mac (Catalina)Premium planUSAMacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)MacOS Catalina Today, I'm checking out Joe Rogan's podcast in the Spotify program and was wondering if there was an option to adjust the speed of the video?...

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  • Spotify for Mac (Catalina) Premium plan USA MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) MacOS Catalina   Today, I'm checking out Joe Rogan's podcast in the Spotify program a...
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Superuser Contribution friend activity

I saw friends listening to music this morning and then suddenly the 'last activity' went from 4 hours ago to 6 days ago on restart.

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  • I saw friends listening to music this morning and then suddenly the 'last activity' went from 4 hours ago to 6 days ago on restart.
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Hide Recently Played Artists

PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMac I didn't want my recently played artists to show anymore and i have no idea how to hide it because every way required a the hide recently played artists button that isnt showing up for some reason. Is it not an option an...

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  • Plan Premium Country US Device Mac      I didn't want my recently played artists to show anymore and i have no idea how to hide it because every way required a the hide recentl...
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Superuser Contribution Song starts playing about 20 seconds in, but track time shows 0:00.

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook Pro mid 2014Operating SystemOS 11.5.1 My Question or IssueAlmost every time I start playing something on Spotify, it starts the song at about 20 seconds in even though the track time shows it playing from the beg...

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  • Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook Pro mid 2014 Operating System OS 11.5.1   My Question or Issue Almost every time I start playing something on Spotify, it starts the song at ...
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Superuser Contribution Missing song in Sadisfaction album by Gregorian

PlanPremiumCountryMalaysiaDeviceiMac 2015Operating SystemCatalina My Question or IssueHi,Once in a lifetime song is missing from Sadisfaction album by Gregorian. Attached photo.Please bring it back.Thank you.Cheers

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  • Plan Premium Country Malaysia Device iMac 2015 Operating System Catalina   My Question or Issue Hi, Once in a lifetime song is missing from Sadisfaction album by Gregorian. Attac...
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Superuser Contribution Autoplay working too well

Plan: Family premium Country: Australia Device: MacBook Pro 2018Operating System: macOS Big Sur, version 11.4 My Question or IssueI've had my autoplay option turned on for a while because it's a great way to discover new music. However, recently auto...

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  •   Plan: Family premium  Country: Australia   Device: MacBook Pro 2018 Operating System: macOS Big Sur, version 11.4   My Question or Issue I've had my autoplay option...
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Superuser Contribution Error code access point 19

Hi,I just subscribed for premium in South Korea.However, I am not able to login in Spotify on my MacBook. It says error code access point 19.Is there a way to solve this problem?

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  • Hi, I just subscribed for premium in South Korea. However, I am not able to login in Spotify on my MacBook. It says error code access point 19. Is there a way to solve this problem?
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Bug: Inconsistent Follow / Unfollow button

Hello team,As I wanted to unfollow a contact profile on Spotify, I noticed something odd.Despite the fact I that I am following someone, the action button label says "follow" instead of "unfollow" (red arrow on my screenshot).The drop down menu, is c...

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  • Hello team, As I wanted to unfollow a contact profile on Spotify, I noticed something odd. Despite the fact I that I am following someone, the action button label says "follow" instead of "unfollow...
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Superuser Contribution Two very annoying things about the recent Spotify for Mac app

PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceMacbook Pro 2014Operating SystemMacOS 10.14.6 My Question or Issue So, for the latest incarnations, two (at least) very annoying things have become part of the desktop client of Spotiy for Mac. 1) Adding albums to a play...

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  • Plan Premium Country Norway Device Macbook Pro 2014 Operating System MacOS 10.14.6   My Question or Issue   So, for the latest incarnations, two (at least) very annoying things h...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Stream or download ...

Plan PremiumCountry Québec, Canada Device iMac (2013)Operating System OS 10.15.7 My Question or Issue Hello ... If I downloaded playlists from Spotify, will Spotify ALWAYS use the downloaded version of a title to play it either from the playlist or f...

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  • Plan Premium Country Québec, Canada   Device iMac (2013) Operating System OS 10.15.7   My Question or Issue   Hello ...  If I downloaded playlists from Spoti...
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Account name truncated

PlanPremiumCountryThe NetherlandsDeviceMacBook Pro 16 inch (2019)Operating SystemmacOS 11.5.2 My Question or IssueMy account name seems to be truncated in the top right of the macOS app. My name has 18 characters (including spaces) and is truncated a...

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  • Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device MacBook Pro 16 inch (2019) Operating System macOS 11.5.2   My Question or Issue My account name seems to be truncated in the top right of th...
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Superuser Contribution Desktop app doesn't show Google speakers as a device to connect to

I have a premium account and I'm on Mac Mojave 10.14.4 Whenever I want to cast my Spotify to my Google Home speakers, it works without issue on my phone. However, whenever I try to cast from the desktop app, my speakers never show up as an option. It...

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  • I have a premium account and I'm on Mac Mojave 10.14.4   Whenever I want to cast my Spotify to my Google Home speakers, it works without issue on my phone. However, whenever I try to cast from...
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Artwork image is blurry

Hello there, I am creating this topic as I noticed that nobody’s at Spotify seems to care about the issue we are all encountering about artworks when playing a song on an apple device. All the artworks on Spotify mac are blurry as **bleep** and no on...

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  • Hello there,    I am creating this topic as I noticed that nobody’s at Spotify seems to care about the issue we are all encountering about artworks when playing a song on an apple device....
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Superuser Contribution Tracks are blurred when scrolling

Spotify 1.1.66.580.gbd43cbc9-a, Mac OS 10.14.6, MacBook Pro 2012 Often when scrolling through tracks, several titles will be replaced by boxy placeholders, indicating that the titles haven't loaded. This started fairly recently. Scrolling up and down...

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  • Spotify 1.1.66.580.gbd43cbc9-a, Mac OS 10.14.6, MacBook Pro 2012   Often when scrolling through tracks, several titles will be replaced by boxy placeholders, indicating that the titl...
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Superuser Contribution Music swap by itself from spotify iphone to spotify desktop

HI! I have been having problems lately to play music on my phone when my desktop spotify is connected, it keeps swapping! so my music on my phone stops. There is nobody playing music in the laptop because literally I am in front of it.

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  • HI! I have been having problems lately to play music on my phone when my desktop spotify is connected, it keeps swapping! so my music on my phone stops. There is nobody playing music in the laptop be...
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