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Not downloading, zip file corrupted 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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Solved!! How to stop Spotify from starting on login on macOS

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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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!! 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...

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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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Solved!! Keyboard media keys (play/pause) not working

macOS High Sierra v10.13.6 Spotify v1.0.90.268.ga8a0ceb4 Play/pause/skip track buttons on keyboard no longer working. - Tried re-starting machine already.- Tried re-starting app.- Tried plugging/unplugging keyboard.- Media keys function with other ap...

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macOS High Sierra v10.13.6   Spotify v1.0.90.268.ga8a0ceb4   Play/pause/skip track buttons on keyboard no longer working.   - Tried re-starting machine already. - Tried re-start...

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Solved!! How do you see which playlist is playing?

PlanPremiumDeviceMacbook Pro 2013Operating SystemIOS My Question or Issue How do i see what playlist the song is playing from? If i select a playlist to play, say a Daily Mix, and then click on other things that lead me away from that playlist window...

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  Plan Premium Device Macbook Pro 2013 Operating System IOS   My Question or Issue  How do i see what playlist the song is playing from?  If i select a playlist to play,...

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Solved!! I hit the download button on my iMac. where did it download to and can I delete the download without

PlanPremiumCountryUS DeviceimacOperating Systemos 10.11 My Question or IssueI hit the download button on my iMac. where did it download to and can I delete the download without it deleting my playlist

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Plan Premium Country US   Device imac Operating System os 10.11   My Question or Issue I hit the download button on my iMac. where did it download to and can I delete the downloa...

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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...

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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!!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!! 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!! App shows blank screens, stops playing, has to be force quit

PlanFreeCountryGermany DeviceMac Mini (Late 2012)Operating SystemmacOS 10.14.1 My Question or Issue Spotify shows blank screens/infinite loaders after 2-3 navigations. The app then also stops playing any music or ad (if it has to do a network request...

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Plan Free Country Germany   Device Mac Mini (Late 2012) Operating System macOS 10.14.1   My Question or Issue  Spotify shows blank screens/infinite loaders after 2-3 navigat...

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"This site can’t provide a secure connection"

Hey guys, So Ive been tryingt to access the spotify homepage from the Chrome server, and no matter what way I try to access it, it keeps popping up with message:Any help with how to get rid of this would be greatly appreciated; I have already tried t...

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Hey guys,   So Ive been tryingt to access the spotify homepage from the Chrome server, and no matter what way I try to access it, it keeps popping up with message: Any help with how to ge...

Loxer

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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...

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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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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!! 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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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 ...

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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...

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