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Solved!! Spotify begins playing random music

When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...

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Jemi

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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!! [Desktop] Can't play the current song

PlanPremium CountryUS DeviceMacbook Pro 2017 My Question or Issue Hi guys, like many others. I've gotten the notorious "Can't play the current song" message. I have tried reinstalling, turning off hardware acceleration, turning it back on. Etc you na...

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Plan Premium   Country US   Device Macbook Pro 2017     My Question or Issue  Hi guys, like many others. I've gotten the notorious "Can't play the current song" me...

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how to unblock a song

My Question or Issue How do you unblock a song that you blocked by mistake. This is extremely annoying. I picked up my device and my thumb hit that stupid block button by mistake now I cannot get back one of my favorite songs. Please fix this! I don'...

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    My Question or Issue   How do you unblock a song that you blocked by mistake.  This is extremely annoying.  I picked up my device and my thumb hit that stupid block b...

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Solved!! Remving from playlist

PlanPremiumCountryNetherlands DeviceiMac 2012Operating SystemHigh Sierra 10.13.6 My Question or IssueI have an issue removing songs from my playlist. When i remove the song it is gone from the playlist, but it still plays when i let spotify play the ...

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Plan Premium Country Netherlands  Device iMac 2012 Operating System High Sierra 10.13.6   My Question or Issue I have an issue removing songs from my playlist. When i remove the s...

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Solved!! MacOS error

PlanFree/Country New ZealandDeviceMac desktop OS 10.14.2Operating SystemOS 10.14.2 My Question or Issue The installer in the app download is .exe, which of course doesn't work.And the web player doesn't work on Mac/Safari.

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Plan Free/ Country  New Zealand Device Mac desktop OS 10.14.2 Operating System OS 10.14.2   My Question or Issue  The  installer in the app download is .exe, which ...

Derek21246

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Solved!! Unable to right click on Spotify Mac desktop app

The past week I've been unable to righ click songs or playlists in my spotify desktop application about 90% of the time. Clicking the three dots to the right of a song normally to show more options doesn't work either This means I'm unable to in any ...

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  The past week I've been unable to righ click songs or playlists in my spotify desktop application about 90% of the time. Clicking the three dots to the right of a song normally to s...

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Solved!! Friend feed doesn't show even though I have it set to show

My Question or IssueI have had Spotify free on my MacBook for three or four years and only just discovered that I am supposed to be able to see what my friends are listening to. I have toyed with the settings over and over again, but it doesn't show ...

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      My Question or Issue I have had Spotify free on my MacBook for three or four years and only just discovered that I am supposed to be able to see what my friends are listening...

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Solved!! Filtering a Playlist doesn't auto-scroll to results

DeviceMacbook Pro 2017Operating SystemmacOS High Sierra My Question or Issue When filtering a playlist on the Mac Desktop App, the list doesn't auto-scroll to the results, so unless I'm viewing the very top of the playlist, it often looks like there ...

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   Device Macbook Pro 2017 Operating System macOS High Sierra   My Question or Issue  When filtering a playlist on the Mac Desktop App, the list doesn't auto-scroll to the ...

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Solved!! I have a very specific problem

FreeUSA Macbook AirOS X El Capitan I know you can't download music unless you have Premium. My brother wanted to see whether if the download button on the playlist I was listening to was toggled on, it would ask you to sign up for Premium. I humored ...

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  Free USA   Macbook Air OS X El Capitan   I know you can't download music unless you have Premium. My brother wanted to see whether if the download button on the playlist I was...

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Solved!! ERROR CODE 17 ON MAC

Hi everyone, I've been having problems starting using spotify on both of my computers, the same problem: once I've installed the app and it's time to log in, it appears a error code 17, that says: that askme to check out the firewalls or the proxy co...

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    Hi everyone, I've been having problems starting using spotify on both of my computers, the same problem: once I've installed the app and it's time to log in, it appears a error code 1...

a_girl

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Solved!! Song library loaded from drive backup won't update

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceMacbook Pro late 2017Operating SystemOS Sierra My Question or IssueRecently I had an issue which ended up requiring me to restore my computer from a backup external drive. I had a backup saved from a few months ago that ...

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Plan Premium Country Canada Device Macbook Pro late 2017 Operating System OS Sierra   My Question or Issue Recently I had an issue which ended up requiring me to restore my computer fr...

Maxim

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Solved!! Some of my friends don't show in the friend activity box..

Hey, some of my friends don't show in the friend activity box. I'm following about 10 of my friends and only 5 shows? All of them listens frequently.. I'm on a MacBook Pro.

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  Hey, some of my friends don't show in the friend activity box. I'm following about 10 of my friends and only 5 shows? All of them listens frequently..  I'm on a MacBook P...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Can't add device on Premium

PlanPremiumCountryAustriaDeviceMacbook Pro My Question or Issue I can't add my MacBook Pro to Spotify Premium. I already have Spotify Premium, for University Students. I currently have two offline-devices. Every time I want to add my MacBook Pro as a...

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Plan Premium Country Austria Device Macbook Pro   My Question or Issue  I can't add my MacBook Pro to Spotify Premium. I already have Spotify Premium, for University Students. I cur...

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Solved!! Spotify fails to play the music within the playlist.

I have used Spotify for years. Its been great. Recently, Spotify fails to play the music within the playlist. It plays the songs out of the playlists. Those songs was in the other playlists. After a song is finished, Spotify will skip the sequence of...

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  I have used Spotify for years. Its been great. Recently, Spotify fails to play the music within the playlist. It plays the songs out of the playlists. Those songs was in the other playli...

Loxer

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Solved!! Album art not showing on bottom left corner next to song (Mac)

PlanPremiumCountry New ZealandDeviceMacbook air 2018Operating SystemiOS 10.14.2 Album art doesn't show up next to the playing song? I tried many different things but this is how I fixed it! Hover your mouse over the bar that separates your playlists ...

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  Plan Premium Country  New Zealand Device Macbook air 2018 Operating System iOS 10.14.2   Album art doesn't show up next to the playing song? I tried many different things b...

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Lyrics in Macbook Pro touch bar

It would be awesome if the lyrics provided by Genius (or some other third party like Musixmatch for example) would be visible in the touch bar. I really like to read along with the lyrics of music when listening to it, but this isn't practical when I...

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It would be awesome if the lyrics provided by Genius (or some other third party like Musixmatch for example) would be visible in the touch bar.    I really like to read along with the lyr...

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Solved!! Go Back To Original (Spotify) Location for Downloaded/Offline files, Mac

I'm new and quite ignorant here but -- because I'm a reluctant Spotify user in the first place and I dislike streaming in general, I decided to try some downloading music files and using them offline (On my MacBook). Then after I had downloaded sever...

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I'm new and quite ignorant here but -- because I'm a reluctant Spotify user in the first place and I dislike streaming in general, I decided to try some downloading music files and using them offline...

Loxer

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify begins playing random music

When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have the music paused it will begin playing again later...

Newbie

When listening to one of my own playlists, Spotify begins to play random (usually top hits or hip hop) music instead. I may be mid song and it will change to something completely random, or if I have...

Jemi

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Solved!! Adding a song from one playlist to another playlist

PlanPremiumUSA Device Iphone and macbook My Question or Issue When I am playing one of my playlists and I want to add a song on that playlist to another playlist, when I click to add to playlist - only 4 playlists pop up to choose from, but I have so...

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  Plan Premium USA   Device  Iphone and macbook    My Question or Issue   When I am playing one of my playlists and I want to add a song on that playlist to an...

Loxer

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Solved!! Default shuffle on all devices even though I have premium account and shuffle is turned off

Please help, I'm going nuts here. When I select a track in an album or playlist and it goes to the next teach, it automatically shuffles to a track in my saved songs. On my mac as well as on my phone. Of course I have the shuffle button turned off an...

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  Please help, I'm going nuts here. When I select a track in an album or playlist and it goes to the next teach, it automatically shuffles to a track in my saved songs. On my mac as well as on ...

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Solved!! Did spotify get rid of local files

All the music I added from my computer are grayed out wont play anymore, local files is also gone? (i have a macbook)

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  All the music I added from my computer are grayed out wont play anymore, local files is also gone? (i have a macbook)

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