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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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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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Solved!! Upstream request timeout?

The web player link brings me to a white page that says upstream request timeout. The website said it was fixed in October but it is a new issue for me.

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Solved!! Spotify doesn't show the icons of playlists and artists

PlanPremiumCountry The NetherlandsDeviceMacbookOperating SystemiOS Mojave My Question or IssueI have this problem for a few months now. There are no images appear when I want to browser or search for related artists. It's getting annoying becuase non...

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  Plan Premium Country  The Netherlands Device Macbook Operating System iOS Mojave   My Question or Issue I have this problem for a few months now. There are no images appea...

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Solved!! High memory usage

PlanPremiumCountrySweden DeviceMac Mini Late 2014Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.1 My Question or Issue I'm having high memory usage. From time to time I need to restart Spotify to reset it.

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Plan Premium Country Sweden   Device Mac Mini Late 2014 Operating System macOS 10.14.1   My Question or Issue  I'm having high memory usage. From time to time I need to rest...

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Solved!! Are these Spotify cache files?

Premium user here on a Macbook Air. Is anyone getting folders created in their music directory, that have two-character names? For several months now, I keep finding these random folders, and I keep deleting them. Are these created by spotify? How do...

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Premium user here on a Macbook Air.   Is anyone getting folders created in their music directory, that have two-character names? For several months now, I keep finding these random folders, an...

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Solved!! Is the "downloaded" song deleted from my hard disk if I "remove" it from my library?

PlanPremium CountryCanada DeviceMacbook Pro, running Spotif app Operating SystemMac OS X My Question or IssueMy library has a few songs. The library is downloaded, no other song or playlist is downloaded. If I remove a song from my library, is the do...

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Plan Premium   Country Canada    Device Macbook Pro, running Spotif app   Operating System Mac OS X   My Question or Issue My library has a few songs. The librar...

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Superuser Contribution Unfollowing artists against my will

Hello. Constantly artists become unfollowed from my profile, without me taking any action. I am 200% sure I did follow some artists several times, and still become unfollowed after some time. Plan PremiumCountry RomaniaDevice iPhone 8Operating System...

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Hello. Constantly artists become unfollowed from my profile, without me taking any action. I am 200% sure I did follow some artists several times, and still become unfollowed after some time. &...

Guido

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Solved!! Error when trying to submit my podcast to Spotify ( "missing description" )

Hello, I recently created a podcast and created an RSS feed using feedburner.com and using Internet Archive as my host (because it's free!). I then successfully submitted my feed to itunes and then wanted to submit it to Spotify. On the Spotify podca...

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Hello,   I recently created a podcast and created an RSS feed using feedburner.com and using Internet Archive as my host (because it's free!). I then successfully submitted my feed to itunes a...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cannot show full podcast lists

PlanFreeDeviceMacbook Pro mid-2015Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.1My Question or Issue From Android version, I can see that I subscribed many podcasts: BUT, at macOS version, I can only see six, I cannot find others!!

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Plan Free Device Macbook Pro mid-2015 Operating System macOS 10.14.1 My Question or Issue   From Android version, I can see that I subscribed many podcasts:   BUT, at macOS ve...

Peter

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Solved!! Spotify Error 126 in Mac

PlanPremiumCountryMexico DeviceMacbookProOperating SystemMojave My Question or IssueSince some months ago I used Spotify on my Mac whitout any problem.However, since some days ago I can`t acces my account in my Mac.When I try to login an error appear...

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Plan Premium Country Mexico   Device MacbookPro Operating System Mojave   My Question or Issue Since some months ago I used Spotify on my Mac whitout any problem. However, since...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution All downloaded playlists suddenly reset, all local files missing.

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceMacbook AirOperating SystemMacOSMy Question or IssueSo I was moving a followed playlist within a folder, and immediately after, all my downloaded playlists suddenly registered undownloaded and started downloading ever...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Macbook Air Operating System MacOS My Question or Issue So I was moving a followed playlist within a folder, and immediately after, all my downloaded pl...

Peter

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 'Podcasts' tab keeps disappearing off Mac Desktop app

I haven't been having a good time - recently I went to go to my 'Podcasts' tab on the which is usually on the left-hand side under 'Your Library' but it had disappeared. I uninstalled Spotify, reinstalled it then loaded the program - it was magically...

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I haven't been having a good time - recently I went to go to my 'Podcasts' tab on the which is usually on the left-hand side under 'Your Library' but it had disappeared.   I uninstalled S...

Peter

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Superuser Contribution Insanely long load time on iMac desktop

Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes. If I were to wait that long, the performance once everything loads is OK. It's strictly the load. On my iphone X ...

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Not sure exactly when, but my iMac spotify install got pretty much unusable -- the load time is, and I'm not exaggerating, 9-10 minutes.  If I were to wait that long, the performance once everyt...

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Solved!! Friend Feed not updating

PlanFreeCountry USADeviceMacBook Pro 2018Operating SystemMacOS 10.14.1 My Question or Issue The friends' tab doesn't refresh unless I close Spotify and reopen it.

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Plan Free Country  USA Device MacBook Pro 2018 Operating System MacOS 10.14.1   My Question or Issue  The friends' tab doesn't refresh unless I close Spotify and reopen ...

Mantisentil

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Poor sound quality when on a Discord phone call (MAC)

Whenever I'm on a phone call on Discord, the sound quality drops significantly. I have the high quality streaming option switched on, so the call must be interfering with spotify somehow. I have a Macbook and premium account.

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  Whenever I'm on a phone call on Discord,  the sound quality drops significantly. I have the high quality streaming option switched on, so the call must be interfering with spotify someh...

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Solved!! Friend Feed hasn't shown in months

PlanPremiumCountry IrelandDeviceMacbook Pro (Early 2015)Operating SystemMojave. Had the problem with High Sierra also. My Question or Issue The friend feed hasn't shown in months. It's not that it isn't updating, it isn't there at all. I've tried rei...

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Plan Premium Country  Ireland Device Macbook Pro (Early 2015) Operating System Mojave. Had the problem with High Sierra also.   My Question or Issue   The friend feed hasn't...

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Mac OSX Stream Quality WORST than iOS

I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without. There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming quality is inferior than the Spotify iOS App. I have "High-Quality ...

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I've been testing this extensively for the past month, with different speakers and headphones, both with Bluetooth or without.   There are no more doubts: Spotify MAC OSX App streaming qu...

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Solved!! Airplay on the Mac desktop app

PlanPremiumCountry BelgiumDeviceiMacOperating SystemMacOS 10.14.1 (18B75) My Question or Issue I would like to hav an airplay icon in the spotify-app itself.I know I can use airplay like this.But then are all the sounds of my mac send to my airplay s...

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Plan Premium Country  Belgium Device iMac Operating System MacOS 10.14.1 (18B75)   My Question or Issue  I would like to hav an airplay icon in the spotify-app itself. ...

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Solved!! "Spotify (old)" showing up on dock

PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceMacbook Pro (13inch Mid-2012)Operating SystemMacOS High Serria 10.13.6 My Question or Issue I'm having an issue where I've got two versions of Spotify showing up on my dock, see screenshot attached. I can close the "S...

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Plan Premium Country Australia Device Macbook Pro (13inch Mid-2012) Operating System MacOS High Serria 10.13.6   My Question or Issue   I'm having an issue where I've got two ver...

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Solved!! Songs Won't Play

Spotify FreeAustralia (iOS 10.13.6, Mac Air) My Question or Issue I can only play songs that are already on my playlists. Any songs which are not previously in my playlists can't be played (eg. reccomended songs, spotify curated playlists, new artist...

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  Spotify Free Australia   (iOS 10.13.6, Mac Air)   My Question or Issue   I can only play songs that are already on my playlists. Any songs which are not previously in my...

Loxer

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Stations Disappeared

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceiPhone X and iMac Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueToday, I noticed that none of my stations are being displayed either on my desktop, iPhone X, and web player. On the desktop and iPh...

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Plan Premium Country United States  Device iPhone X and iMac  Operating System macOS High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue Today,  I noticed that none of my station...

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