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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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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!! 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...

budlust91

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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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tag:new no longer as a valid search query?

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacBook Pro 2017 or 2018Operating SystemMacOS High Sierra10.13.5 My Question or IssueI'm no longer able to utilize the query of "tag:new" to get all of the new releases.

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Plan Premium Country USA Device MacBook Pro 2017 or 2018 Operating System MacOS High Sierra10.13.5   My Question or Issue I'm no longer able to utilize the query of "tag:new" to get al...

Krousk

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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!!Superuser Contribution Daily Mix scrambled at each "love" or "dislike"

Hi all, Since a few days ago, any "Daily Mix" (I have 6 of them now) changes entirely (even the list of songs previously played, which is entirely odd and plainly wrong) at each "love" and "dislike". What is worse is that the underlying queue seems u...

Gig Goer

Hi all,   Since a few days ago, any "Daily Mix" (I have 6 of them now) changes entirely (even the list of songs previously played, which is entirely odd and plainly wrong) at each "love" and "...

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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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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!! BUG: Spotify app does not properly install itself in "Login items"

After reinstalling Spotify, I found that it autostarted when logging in to the mac... but the application wasn't listed in Login items. I had to go somewhere in advanced settings to disable the autostart of spotify. Spotify should just System Prefere...

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  After reinstalling Spotify, I found that it autostarted when logging in to the mac... but the application wasn't listed in Login items.   I had to go somewhere in advanced setting...

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Solved!! Changing Google Drive Folder

Plan - PremiumFree/PremiumCountry - USA Device(MacBook Air)Operating System(iOS 10) My Question or Issue Hello Spotify Community, I have connected my Spotify account to my google drive. And now I want to change it to another folder but the problem is...

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    Plan - Premium Free/Premium Country - USA   Device (MacBook Air) Operating System (iOS 10)   My Question or Issue   Hello Spotify Community,   I have ...

AeroZ

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Solved!! Can't Install Spotify

PlanPremiumCountryFrance (previously the USA) DeviceMac book pro late 2011Operating System(iOS 10.11.6) I addressed the issue somewhere else but I received no help really. I am trying to install the latest version of spotify but I keep getting the sa...

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  Plan Premium Country France (previously the USA)   Device Mac book pro late 2011 Operating System (iOS 10.11.6)  I addressed the issue somewhere else but I received no help...

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Solved!! Song shuffle no longer working

Premium, Family, UK, iPhone, Mac. The main way I like to listen to my music is to shuffle play across all the songs in my library. Just as iTunes, Apple Music etc has always let you do.This used to work fine in Spotify. It no longer works. If you sel...

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Premium, Family, UK, iPhone, Mac.   The main way I like to listen to my music is to shuffle play across all the songs in my library. Just as iTunes, Apple Music etc has always let you do. Thi...

alpatters

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Solved!! ERROR 17 then ERROR 4

PlanFree/PremiumCountry DeviceMacbook Pro late 2010Operating SystemiOS 10 My Question or Issue Hello, A few days ago, I went into my spotify and it came up with an error randomly of ERROR 17, saying to change my proxy settings or firewall settings. I...

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Plan Free/Premium Country   Device Macbook Pro late 2010 Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue  Hello,   A few days ago, I went into my spotify and it came up...

Loxer

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Solved!! How to see the playlist I'm currently listening to?

Hi with the new update I can no longer easily find the playlist I'm listening to unless I remember how to find it.With the last version I could just click on the album art that appeared at the bottom left, but now as there is no longer a section for ...

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  Hi with the new update I can no longer easily find the playlist I'm listening to unless I remember how to find it. With the last version I could just click on the album art that appeared at ...

AeroZ

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Solved!! Delete queue button has disappeared

Hey ! I'm on Mac High Sierra and I have a premium account. The delete button of the queue has disapared so I can't delete the next songs... Any one woudl have a solution to make it appear again ? I've tried several restarts...

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  Hey !  I'm on Mac High Sierra and I have a premium account.    The delete button of the queue has disapared so I can't delete the next songs...    Any one woud...

Kongenakaguden

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Solved!! Shuffle not working for Songs or Daily Mix

Shuffle isn't working on Songs or Daily Mix. Did you discontinue it? I've included a screen shot so you can see the shuffle option is blurred out. Not happy about this. PlanPremiumCountryUSA DeviceMac DesktopOperating SystemMac Sierra 10.12 My Questi...

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Shuffle isn't working on Songs or Daily Mix. Did you discontinue it? I've included a screen shot so you can see the shuffle option is blurred out.  Not happy about this.   Plan Premium ...

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Solved!! Pause button not working/log in and have to choose between ubuntu or my iphone

Premium accountCountry Germany Device(iPhone 5s and MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013))Operating System OS Yosemite 10.10.5 when i log in to spotify from my macbook air and from my iphone 5s, it gives me two options : Listening on ubuntu or listen on th...

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  Premium account Country Germany   Device (iPhone 5s and MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)) Operating System OS Yosemite 10.10.5      when i log in to spotify fr...

polidino

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Solved!! Radio Error - Failed to load

This problem has come up before with somebody saying they disabled hardware acceleration in settings – an option which doesn't exist (anymore). So what can be done when the radio doesn't load?

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This problem has come up before with somebody saying they disabled hardware acceleration in settings – an option which doesn't exist (anymore).   So what can be done when the radio doesn't loa...

Loxer

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Solved!! Autoplay won't work

PlanFree DeviceMacbook air early 2015 Operating SystemHigh Sierra version 10.13.6 My autoplay won't work after the playlist is done, I don't have it on repeat and I have autoplay on, but it just restarts the playlist but doesn't start. I've restarted...

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  Plan Free   Device Macbook air early 2015   Operating System High Sierra version 10.13.6   My autoplay won't work after the playlist is done, I don't have it on r...

Loxer

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Solved!! Unable to bring back autoplay

PlanPremiumCountry FranceDeviceiMac My Question or Issue My autoplay is off, and I can't find the autoplay in the settings, so I can't bring back the autoplay. Can you help me? Thanks

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Plan Premium Country  France Device iMac     My Question or Issue  My autoplay is off, and I can't find the autoplay in the settings, so I can't bring back the autoplay.&...

Goslopo

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Solved!! Get list of all episodes in a podcast back

Plan PremiumDevice Macbook Pro You can choose to filter by "unplayed episodes" but once you do, and have played all episodes, you can not get the full list of episodes back. Anyone who know a solution to this ?

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  Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro   You can choose to filter by "unplayed episodes" but once you do, and have played all episodes, you can not get the full list of episodes ba...

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