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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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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 ...
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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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...
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...
Newbie
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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 ...
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...
Spotify Star
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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 Pro.
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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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...
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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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...
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...
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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 ...
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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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...
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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
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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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...
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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All the music I added from my computer are grayed out wont play anymore, local files is also gone? (i have a macbook)
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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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...
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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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...
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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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
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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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!!
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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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.
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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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...
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...
Spotify Legend
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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...
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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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...
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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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...
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...
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