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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....
Visitor
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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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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...
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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 ...
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Plan Premium for Family (master)DeviceMacbook Pro (2018 15")Operating SystemMacOS 10.3.5 I am playing back a particular album, and it will play around 20-30 seconds of the song, and then skip to play the last 20 seconds of a song. I once selected to ...
Plan Premium for Family (master) Device Macbook Pro (2018 15") Operating System MacOS 10.3.5 I am playing back a particular album, and it will play around 20-30 seconds of the so...
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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
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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 ...
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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...
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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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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
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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...
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PlanPremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacOperating SystemOS 10.12.6 My Question or IssueI wonder why the new "liked song" feature (the heart) which has replaced the "saved song" feature (the checked sign) is not working at all... In the past, only "saved son...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Mac Operating System OS 10.12.6 My Question or Issue I wonder why the new "liked song" feature (the heart) which has replaced the "saved song" feat...
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when i save and download an album, every song on it automatically downloads to be available offline. is it possible to save and download an album but stop the songs that aren't saved from being downloaded too? i want to still have the album in my lib...
when i save and download an album, every song on it automatically downloads to be available offline. is it possible to save and download an album but stop the songs that aren't saved from being downl...
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Plan PremiumCountry USA DeviceMacOperating SystemMojave My Question or IssueWhen listening on another device the option for adding a song to your liked songs list directly from the Now Playing Bar is not possible as it is greyed out. This feature is ...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Mac Operating System Mojave My Question or Issue When listening on another device the option for adding a song to your liked songs list dir...
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PremiumSweden Mac Mini mid 2011OS 10.13.6 Unshuffled music shuffles. If this is a feature I find no way to turn it off.The only temporary solution I have found is to change to the next song manually after every single song.
Premium Sweden Mac Mini mid 2011 OS 10.13.6 Unshuffled music shuffles. If this is a feature I find no way to turn it off. The only temporary solution I have found is to change ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountry Sweden DeviceMac Mini mid 2011Operating System(iOS 10.13,6) My Question or IssueI use Spotify on several devices: computers, my phone etc. Today when I switched back to one computer, after having used another computer for a few mon...
Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Mac Mini mid 2011 Operating System (iOS 10.13,6) My Question or Issue I use Spotify on several devices: computers, my phone etc. Today when ...
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PlanPremiumCountryThe Netherlands Devicemacbook pro 2013Operating SystemmacOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or Issue I'm not sure if this is a bug or new "feature" but it's seriously annoying, I have my playlist on sluffle mode (since forever), and now ...
Plan Premium Country The Netherlands Device macbook pro 2013 Operating System macOS Mojave 10.14.6 My Question or Issue I'm not sure if this is a bug or new "feature"...
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