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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!! My local files are refusing to play/show up on my phone, even though they are on my computer. Help?

Alright, here's what's happening. My local files are refusing to play/show up on my phone, even though they are on my computer. Even though they actually play on my computer, they don't download, which I'm assuming is probably the root of the problem...

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Alright, here's what's happening. My local files are refusing to play/show up on my phone, even though they are on my computer. Even though they actually play on my computer, they don't download...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify (old) won't update?

On my MacBook, the Spotify app says "Spotify(old)". I have tried looking for updates and redownloading the app, but it still does not work? Does anybody know how to fix this? Thank you so much!

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On my MacBook, the Spotify app says "Spotify(old)". I have tried looking for updates and redownloading the app, but it still does not work? Does anybody know how to fix this? Thank you so much!

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Solved!! Mac desktop app bluetooth speaker volume lowering automatically

When playing music in the Spotify Desktop app for Mac over my bluetooth speakers (Argon Alto 4 Active) the volume of my speakers are lowering automatically.This happens randomly in the middle of a song and keeps happening every X (feels like 10 or 15...

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When playing music in the Spotify Desktop app for Mac over my bluetooth speakers (Argon Alto 4 Active) the volume of my speakers are lowering automatically. This happens randomly in the middle of a ...

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Connecting to Chromecast Device on Mac Desktop App

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Macbook Pro mid 2015Operating System: MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueI just purchased some speakers (Polk Magnifi Mini) that has wifi capability (and Bluetooth). Important to me is to be able to play mu...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro mid 2015 Operating System: MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue I just purchased some speakers (Polk Magnifi Mini) that...

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Superuser Contribution How to prevent local files from playing?

I've got tons of MP3s on my Mac, many of them live. It happens very often so that when I play an album from Spotify, it suddenly plays one of the tracks from the local hard drive instead of the one on the album. I prefer to use iTunes to play the loc...

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I've got tons of MP3s on my Mac, many of them live. It happens very often so that when I play an album from Spotify, it suddenly plays one of the tracks from the local hard drive instead of the one o...

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Solved!! Why can't I edit my tracklist in one of my playlists?

I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify app but it isn't working on my Macbook Pro. I was t...

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I never had a problem with dragging songs up and down the playlist to edit my tracklist. But for some reason, one of my newer playlists won't allow me to drag songs. I can do it on my iPhone Spotify ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Sort deleted tracks within playlist

Does anyone know a way of sorting/ordering deleted tracks within a playlist? I can view them fine, but I have a playlist of 10,000 songs with 1 deleted song somewhere inside it! I'm just trying to find a way of viewing it quickly before I spend time ...

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  Does anyone know a way of sorting/ordering deleted tracks within a playlist? I can view them fine, but I have a playlist of 10,000 songs with 1 deleted song somewhere inside it! I'm just tryi...

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Solved!! How to prevent Spotify from using the Microphone?

PlanPremiumCountryDenmarkDeviceMacOperating SystemMacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueWhen I start playing a song using the Desktop App my antivirus software warns me that my microphone is being used by the app. How can I prevent the app fr...

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Plan Premium Country Denmark Device Mac Operating System MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue When I start playing a song using the Desktop App my antivirus software warns ...

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Solved!! Importing mp3s on Mac files greyed out

PlanPremiumCountryUnited States DeviceiMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)Operating SystemOS X El Capitan My Question or Issue I downloaded some mp3s onto my computer. I clicked the top-right arrow and went to settings. I clicked add a source, but all the mp3s...

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Plan Premium Country United States  Device iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) Operating System OS X El Capitan   My Question or Issue  I downloaded some mp3s onto my computer.  ...

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Solved!! Can't view my songs

Hi,I can't view my songs it says go to browse. I deleted spotify and reinstalled twice but the same issue happened again. Can you help me please?can't view my songs?!PremiumTurkeyMacBook ProiOS 10

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Hi, I can't view my songs it says go to browse. I deleted spotify and reinstalled twice but the same issue happened again. Can you help me please? can't view my songs?! Premium Turkey MacBook Pr...

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Solved!! Macbook Not Connecting to Iphone

So, once day the Spotify web player couldn't play songs anymore. Everything works fine except for playing songs. Whenever I click the play button, nothing happens. I did some research in the Spotify community and found that the most common cause for ...

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    So, once day the Spotify web player couldn't play songs anymore. Everything works fine except for playing songs. Whenever I click the play button, nothing happens. I did some research...

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Solved!! Not able to manually rearrange songs in playlist Mac Desktop

PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceMacbook 2012Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue I cannot manually rearrange the order of my tracks in a playlist. I can drag it to a new location, but it will not stay there.

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Plan Premium Country  Canada Device Macbook 2012 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  I cannot manually rearrange the order of my tracks in a playlist. I can drag ...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Connect randomly pauses

Spotify Connect randomly pauses since last app update with Yamaha RN402D and MacBook Pro. Not having issues with iphone & chromecast...Anyone else?

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Spotify Connect randomly pauses since last app update with Yamaha RN402D and MacBook Pro. Not having issues with iphone & chromecast... Anyone else?  

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Queue syncs incorrectly across desktop and mobile

Plan: PremiumCountry: USA DeviceGoogle Pixel Operating SystemAndroid 8.1.0 My Question or Issue I use Spotify Premium on my Google Pixel and my Mac desktop at work. When I fill the queue on my desktop, the queue is persisted to my phone -- which is f...

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Plan: Premium Country: USA   Device Google Pixel  Operating System Android 8.1.0   My Question or Issue   I use Spotify Premium on my Google Pixel and my Mac desktop at ...

Alex

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Two Songs Playing At Once

I (regretfully) updated to the new version of Spotify for mac and it seems buggy, noteably because it keeps playing two songs at once. If I'm clicking through a playlist to different songs, it ends up having 2 songs going. I can pause/control one of ...

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I (regretfully) updated to the new version of Spotify for mac and it seems buggy, noteably because it keeps playing two songs at once.   If I'm clicking through a playlist to different songs, ...

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Why the cache Spotify app on OSX takes up 10G of space?

Whenever I restart my computer the ~Library/Caches/com.spotify.client takes up a small amount of space. By the end of my working day the said folder takes up 10GB of space! Why is this happening? Some smart garbage collection for this cache would hel...

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Whenever I restart my computer the ~Library/Caches/com.spotify.client takes up a small amount of space. By the end of my working day the said folder takes up 10GB of space! Why is this happening...

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Solved!! Sorting a playlist back to the Author's Default

I found some playlists I want to follow that have the beatport top 100 tracks for certain genres. When i was looking at the playlist to see how recently it had been updated I changed the sort to date. I realized later that the author had the playlist...

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I found some playlists I want to follow that have the beatport top 100 tracks for certain genres. When i was looking at the playlist to see how recently it had been updated I changed the sort to date...

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History on desktop... more than 50 tracks possible?

Plan:Premium Family Country:USA Device27” iMac (current second to bottom build w/32GB RAM added post purchase) Operating SystemmacOS current build and current OS My Question or Issue I'm looking to find larger ‘listory’© (by me;)) ... Listen history,...

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    Plan: Premium Family    Country: USA   Device 27” iMac (current second to bottom build w/32GB RAM added post purchase)   Operating System macOS current b...

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Superuser Contribution Spotify volume is suddenly really quiet

PlanPremiumCountry AustriaDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue I have had Spotify on my Mac for months but suddenly the volume is really really quiet although the volume is completely turned on. The volume on my Mac does work ...

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Plan Premium Country  Austria Device Macbook Pro Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  I have had Spotify on my Mac for months but suddenly the volume is really rea...

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Solved!! Spotify non si apre più.

Buongiorno! Spotify non si apre più, mostra solo lo schermo completamente nero. Ho utilizzato Onyx per pulire il Mac. HO disinstallato e reinstallato Spotify ma il problema non si risolve.

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   Buongiorno! Spotify non si apre più, mostra solo lo schermo completamente nero. Ho utilizzato Onyx per pulire il Mac. HO disinstallato e reinstallato Spotify ma il problema non si risol...

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