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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....
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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...
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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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PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMacbook Air 2025Operating SystemTahoe 26.6 My Question or IssueEverything is up to date; Spotify app, Mac OS, restarted 5x both JBFlip Bluetooth Speaker, App, Machine and will not find speaker
Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook Air 2025 Operating System Tahoe 26.6 My Question or Issue Everything is up to date; Spotify app, Mac OS, restarted 5x both JBFlip Bl...
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Good day, In the Spotify desktop app on Mac, podcasts that are available as videos cannot be played. A message always appears saying that the content cannot be played. A screenshot is attached. However, it works on my iPhone and in the web applicatio...
Good day, In the Spotify desktop app on Mac, podcasts that are available as videos cannot be played. A message always appears saying that the content cannot be played. A screenshot is attach...
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Hi,I run the desktop app and I'm wondering if there's a way for Spotify to automatically pause music when I receive an incoming call? I run all my Teams, Zoom and cellular calls through my Mac and this would be great to enable if it's possible. When ...
Hi, I run the desktop app and I'm wondering if there's a way for Spotify to automatically pause music when I receive an incoming call? I run all my Teams, Zoom and cellular calls through my...
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PlanPremiumCountryGeorgia, but I am living in Portugal for now DeviceMac Book Pro (Apple M3 Pro) 16 inchOperating SystemMacOS Sequoia v 15.7.3 (had same issue on previous versions as well) My Question or IssueI use Mac M3 for my job and I like to lis...
Plan Premium Country Georgia, but I am living in Portugal for now Device Mac Book Pro (Apple M3 Pro) 16 inch Operating System MacOS Sequoia v 15.7.3 (had same issue on previous version...
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Plan Premium Country Italy Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System iOS 15.7.3 My Question or Issue Salve, da diversi giorni ho problemi di accesso all'app desktop, mi viene richiesto l'accesso, (img_1), vengo indirizzata alla schermata per accedere ...
Plan Premium Country Italy Device Macbook Pro 2019 Operating System iOS 15.7.3 My Question or Issue Salve, da diversi giorni ho problemi di accesso all'app desktop...
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PlanPremiumCountryUKDeviceMacbook Pro M1Operating SystemTahoe 26.1 My Question or IssueAs of today I am no longer able to view the option to see my public playlists on my profile. It used to be below 'Top tracks this month'. Now it is only:Top artist...
Plan Premium Country UK Device Macbook Pro M1 Operating System Tahoe 26.1 My Question or Issue As of today I am no longer able to view the option to see my public playlists on my pro...
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PlanPremiumCountry Devicemac miniOperating Systemmac os sonoma My Question or IssueThis playlist made by spotify is showing songs from multiple artists.But the placement of "Music Video" button and text are at the wrong place.When I skimmed to find t...
Plan Premium Country Device mac mini Operating System mac os sonoma My Question or Issue This playlist made by spotify is showing songs from multiple artists. But the placeme...
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I would like to share a solution to having no sound despite having a connection through Spotify Connect and despite showing that the app is actually playing the track - but with no sound as said. So far not a single forum entry showed me any work aro...
I would like to share a solution to having no sound despite having a connection through Spotify Connect and despite showing that the app is actually playing the track - but with no sound as said. So ...
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I've used Spotify desktop for Mac without any problems for years (I have a premium account). But since the most recent update it has stopped working. I can open the app but it's extremely slow and would load forever and eventually show "Something wen...
I've used Spotify desktop for Mac without any problems for years (I have a premium account). But since the most recent update it has stopped working. I can open the app but it's extremely slow and wo...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited STatesDeviceMacbook Pro 14-inch, 2021, M1 MaxOperating SystemMacOS Ventura My Question or Issue The mac app won't show any airplay devices other than my phone or the web browser. My iphone Spotify app can see and send audio t...
Plan Premium Country United STates Device Macbook Pro 14-inch, 2021, M1 Max Operating System MacOS Ventura My Question or Issue The mac app won't show any airplay devices oth...
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PlanPremium FamilyCountryItaly DeviceMacBook Air 2020Operating SystemmacOS 14.4.1 My Question or Issue Hi, since quite a lot of time the App on my MacBook doesn’t work properly. Basically, I can’t go on any playlist besides the one I was able to down...
Plan Premium Family Country Italy Device MacBook Air 2020 Operating System macOS 14.4.1 My Question or Issue Hi, since quite a lot of time the App on my ...
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PlanPremiumCountrySlovenia DeviceMacOsSOperating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or IssueI want to remove "Import your music from other apps" button. I don't have any other music apps. It's taking up space in already clutter...
Plan Premium Country Slovenia Device MacOsS Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I want to remove "Import your music from other ...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceMacBook Air M1, 2020Operating SystemmacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or IssueAfter hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS), play/pause functionality with the space bar does not work until clicking on...
Plan Premium Country United States Device MacBook Air M1, 2020 Operating System macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 My Question or Issue After hiding / minimizing Spotify using Command+W (on macOS),...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook ProOperating SystemVentura My Question or IssueRecently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and trying to make it play again makes it pause after half a second. All following...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Pro Operating System Ventura My Question or Issue Recently after playing a few songs, one song will just immediately pause upon playing, and tr...
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PlanPremiumCountryNetherlandsDeviceMacbook Air M2 2023Operating SystemMacOS Sequoia 15.5 My Question or IssueThe audio quality is worse than on my iphone 14 pro with the same lossless setting and connection to wifi, it gets better when i turn the pla...
Plan Premium Country Netherlands Device Macbook Air M2 2023 Operating System MacOS Sequoia 15.5 My Question or Issue The audio quality is worse than on my iphone 14 pro with the same...
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PlanPremiumCountryUnited Kingdom DeviceMacbook Pro 13" Early 2015Operating SystemmacOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or IssueWhenever I'm in a discord call, the sound quality from Spotify is dreadful. My headphones are Sony WH-H900N and connected thro...
Plan Premium Country United Kingdom Device Macbook Pro 13" Early 2015 Operating System macOS Catalina 10.15.2 My Question or Issue Whenever I'm in a discord call, the...
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help.PlanPremiumCountryCambodia, but currently in JapanDeviceMacMini M4Operating SystemMacOS 15.5 My Question or ...
Plan Free/Premium Country None of the below information is required. However, the more you provide the easier it will be for us to try and help. Plan Premium Country Cambodia, but curr...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceMacbook Air M4Operating SystemSequia 15.6 My Question or IssueMy mac used to work perfectly for automixes. Today, upon checking my playlist I realized my automixes were all broken and the previous mix "pattern" (still access...
Plan Premium Country US Device Macbook Air M4 Operating System Sequia 15.6 My Question or Issue My mac used to work perfectly for automixes. Today, upon checking my playlist I realiz...
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Hello, i am getting an illegal scope message when trying to log in on my Spotify account on my Mac. any ideas about how to solve that?
Hello, i am getting an illegal scope message when trying to log in on my Spotify account on my Mac. any ideas about how to solve that?
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On MacBook Air M2, latest OS 26.1, Spotify desktop app is causing iCloud sync to hang ("uploading one item, 0 of 87kb"). As soon as I quit Spotify, the iCloud sync completes. As soon as I re-open Spotify the issue re-appears. I've already disabled lo...
On MacBook Air M2, latest OS 26.1, Spotify desktop app is causing iCloud sync to hang ("uploading one item, 0 of 87kb"). As soon as I quit Spotify, the iCloud sync completes. As soon as I r...
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